Grade 12 Sadlier Vocabulary Unit #12 Study Notes

Aesthetic: Pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty. Syn: artistic.

Defunct: No longer in existence or functioning; dead. Syn: extinct, nonexistent. Ant: alive.

Discomfit: To frustrate, confuse, or embarrass. Syn: nonplus, foil.

Espouse: To take up and support; to become attached to or adopt. Syn: embrace, wed. Ant: repudiate, disavow, renounce.

Fetish: An object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence. Syn: charm, obsession.

Gregarious: Sociable; living together in a herd or group; seeking the company of others. Syn: outgoing, extroverted. Ant: aloof, introverted, reclusive.

Hapless: Marked by a persistent absence of good luck; very unlucky. Syn: unlucky, unfortunate. Ant: lucky, fortunate.

Impeccable: Faultless; beyond criticism or blame. Syn: flawless, spotless, immaculate. Ant: grimy, soiled, spotted.

Importune: To trouble with demands; to beg for insistently. Syn: implore, dun.

Interpolate: To insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction. Syn: interpose, introduce.

Irreparable: Incapable of being repaired or rectified. Syn: irremediable. Ant: fixable, reversible.

Laconic: Concise; using few words. Syn: succinct, pithy. Ant: garrulous, wordy.

Languish: To become weak or suffer neglect. Syn: fade, weaken.

Mendacious: Given to lying or deception; untrue. Syn: untruthful, false. Ant: truthful.

Nadir: The absolute lowest point. Syn: rock bottom. Ant: peak.

Omnipresent: Present in all places at all times. Syn: ubiquitous, ever-present.

Perfunctory: Done in a superficial or halfhearted manner. Syn: careless, shallow. Ant: thorough, diligent, meticulous.

Plaintive: Expressive of sorrow or woe; melancholy. Syn: sad, mournful. Ant: cheerful, joyful.

Requite: To make suitable repayment or retaliation; to reciprocate. Syn: repay, avenge.

Tantamount: Equivalent in value, meaning, or effect. Syn: equal, equivalent.