Lesson 13 Flashcards
circumvent (sûr kəm vent´) v.
to get around; to bypass
Though she did not lie, the defendant circumvented the question by claiming she could not remember where she was at the time.
syn: avoid
inert (in ûrt´) adj.
unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish All dangerous components have been removed from the inert missile on display at the science museum.
syn: dormant; passive ant: dynamic; active
clandestine (klan des´ tin) adj.
secret
Romeo and Juliet were forced to hold clandestine meetings because of their parents”“feuding.
syn: covert; furtive ant: open; aboveboard
acquit (ə kwit´) v.
to find not guilty of a fault or crime
The jury acquitted the man, and he was free to go.
syn: absolve ant: convict
deprecate (dep´ ri kāt) v.
to express strong disapproval of
Doug stopped offering new ideas after the other workers deprecated his first suggestion.
syn: deplore ant: approve; praise
barrister (bar´ i stər) n.
lawyer (British)
The barrister questioned the witness as to his familiarity with a certain London pub.
adulation (aj ōō lā´ shən) n.
excessive praise or admiration
Kim despised the adulation heaped on rock stars by young fans.
syn: flattery; adoration ant: derision
culinary (kul´ ə ner ē) adj.
having to do with the kitchen or cooking
The famous chef had been a life-long student of the culinary arts.
bawdy (bô´ dē) adj.
indecent; humorously obscene
When some called the new sitcom bawdy, the toy company quickly withdrew its sponsorship.
syn: risqué; lewd ant: innocent; clean
chastise (chas tīz´) v.
to punish severely
Brother Jacques chastised Archie for skipping Latin by grounding him for the semester.
syn: discipline
jocose (jō kōs´) adj.
joking; humorous “say he should become a stand-up comedian.
syn: witty; funny; playful; jocund ant: serious
myriad (mir´ ē əd) n.
a very large number
adj. too numerous to be counted
(n. ) After my break-up, my mom fed me the old line about there being a myriad of fish in the sea.
(a. ) The biologist spent her entire career categorizing the myriad plant species of the rain forest.
(n. ) syn: host; multitude
(a. ) syn: countless; innumerable ant: few; limited
latent (lāt´ nt) adj.
present, but not active; hidden
After retiring, Nat took up painting and found that he had had latent artistic talents all along.
syn: dormant ant: manifest
pernicious (pər nish´ əs) adj.
destructive; deadly
The pernicious plague wiped out half the country’s population.
syn: malignant; harmful ant: benign
frugal (frōō´ gəl) adj.
thrifty; economical in money matters
My frugal father buys only day-old bread and marked-down fruit.
syn: economical ant: wasteful; profligate”
