vocab quiz
Term | Definition | Synonym AND Antonym | Explain the term in your own words OR Provide an example (can be a visual) |
voracious | Wanting or devouring great quantities of food; having a very eager approach to a particular activity | ravenous satisfied | Eating lots of food, very excited to do something |
engross | To occupy someone completely; to absorb | preoccupy bore | To be involved with someone or something completely… absorb all the attention or interest |
surreptitious | Kept secret, especially of behavior that would not be approved of | Undercover Open | Being secretive, spying on someone |
cacophony | A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds | Noise silence | Lots of sounds at once, annoying and harsh sounds |
aversion | A strong dislike or distaste for something | loathe Like,love | Hating something a lot |
insufferable | Too extreme to bear; intolerable | Unbearable sufferable | Too annoying, don't want to be around |
pernicious | Having a harmful effect, especially gradually or subtly | Damaging Beneficial | It has a bad effect and could be obvious or subtle |
ephemeral | Lasting for a very short time | Temporary permanent | There for a small amount of time, quick |
respite | A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant | Break Continuation | Taking a break after something stressful or difficult |
disconcerting | Causing one to feel unsettled; disturbing | Awkward comfortable | Letting them feel uncomfortable, |
eject | Put out or expel from a place | Banish Welcome | To remove them |
fragment | A piece broken off or cut off something else | Piece whole | A piece of something else, broken off |
Ineffable | Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words | Heavenly, ethereal definable | Something so amazing you have no words to describe it |
sustenance | Food and drink regarded as a source of strength; and nourishment | Nutrition trash | Something that gives strength, something healthy |
indignant | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment | Furious pleased | Getting mad at something unfair |
irrevocable | Not able to be changed, reserved, or recovered; final | Irreversible Reversible | Unable to be changed, nothing to do about it now |
neurotic | Excessively nervous or obsessive | Obsessive Normal | Getting scared, or overwhelmed |
persecute | To torture or torment; to worry and badger | Torture help | Feeling like you are being tortured, constantly worried |
obsolete | No longer necessary or useful because it is outdated | Medieval modern | Unnecessary, not useful because it is not relevant to stuff now |