Dr.Lee vocab 4 real version

Annulling definition

to declare or make legally invalid or void;

to reduce to nothing, obliterate;

to make ineffective or

inoperative, neutralize

Annulling part of speech

verb

Annulling synonyms

Offset and cancel

Annulling antonyms

Enact and establish

Blase' definition

1: apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary

2 : sophisticated, worldly-wise

3 : unconcerned

blase' part of speech

adjective

blase' synonyms

nonchalant and beat

Blase' antonyms

serious and interested

bolster definition

As a noun

1 : a long pillow or cushion

2 : a structural part designed to eliminate friction or provide support or bearing

As a verb

1 : to support with or as if with a bolster : reinforce

2 : to give a boost to

bolster part of speech

noun and verb

bolster synonyms

Sustain and pillar

bolster antonyms

Undermine and weaken

deplore definitions

1 : to feel or express grief for deplore the death of a friend

2 : to regret strongly deplore my own actions

3 : to consider unfortunate or deserving of disapproval

deplore part of speech

verb

deplore synonyms

Blame and regret

deplore antonyms

Commend and Joy

Frivolous definitions

of little weight or importance;

lacking in seriousness

having no sound basis (as in fact or law)

marked by unbecoming levity

Frivolous part of speech

adjective

Frivolous synonyms

Goofy and small

Frivolous antonyms

Major and sober.

Muster definitions

As a noun

1 :a representative specimen

2 :an act of assembling

As a verb

1: to cause to gather : convene

2: to bring together : collect mustered up the votes they needed mustering support for the war

3: to amount to

Muster part of speech

Noun and verb

Muster synonyms

Rally and lot

Muster antonyms

Unit and disrupt

Nonentity definition

1: something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination

2: nonexistence

3: a person or thing of little consequence or significance

Nonentity part of speech

Noun

Nonentity Synonyms

Dream and nobody.

Nonentity Antonyms

Fact and somebody.

Obsess definition

To haunt or excessively preoccupy the mind of

Obsess (Part of speech)

Verb

Obsess (Synonyms)

Attract and interest

Obsess (Antonyms)

Bore and weary

Ornate definitions

1: marked by elaborate rhetoric

2: elaborately or excessively decorated

Ornate (Part of speech)

Adjective.

Ornate (Synonyms)

Decorated and rhetorical.

Ornate (Antonyms)

Plain and spare.

Oust definitions

To remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity.

Oust Part of speech(es)

Verb

Oust Synonyms

Banish and depose.

Oust Antonyms

Take and crown.

Peruse definiton

1: to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study

2: read

Peruse Part of speech

Verb

Peruse Synonyms

Read

Peruse Antonyms

No antonyms

Porous definitions

1: possessing or full of pores

2: permeable to fluids

3: capable of being penetrated

Porous (Part of speech)

Adjective

Porous (Synonyms)

Permeable and penetrable

Porous (Antonyms)

Impermeable and impenetrable

Promontory Definitions:

1: a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water

2: a bodily prominence

Promontory Part of speech

Noun

Promontory synonyms

Peninsula and headland

Promontory Antonyms

None.

prone Definition(s):

As an adjective

1: having a tendency or inclination : being likely —often used with to prone to forget names

2: having the front or ventral surface of a body facing downward : lying with the chest and stomach positioned downward

As a verb

1: transitive medical : to place (oneself or another person) in a prone position with the chest and stomach facing downward especially to increase blood oxygenation

2: transitive : to cause or order (a person) to lie flat on the ground with the face and stomach facing downward

Prone parts of speech

verb and adjective

prone synonyms

Inclined and flat

prone antonyms

Unwilling and supine.

qualms Definition(s):

1: a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety

2: a sudden feeling of usually disturbing emotion (such as doubt or fear)

3: a sudden attack of illness, faintness, or nausea

Qualms part of speech

noun

qualms synonyms

Doubts and regrets

qualms antonyms

Convictions and assurances

recourse Definition(s):

1: a turning to someone or something for help or protection settled the matter without recourse to law

2: the right to demand payment from the maker or endorser of a negotiable instrument (such as a check)

Recourse (part of speech)

noun

Recourse synonyms

Opportunity and resource

no antonyms