Mid Level Day 35 Flashcards
Volubility
Noun
Definition: tendency to talk much
Synonym: loquacity, fluency
Antonym:
Sentence: Her volubility often got her in trouble.
Cinerary
Adjective
Definition: for ashes
Synonym:
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Sentence: The vase on the mantle is cinerary, holding the ashes of her grandfather.
Solemnity
Noun
Definition: feeling serious
Synonym: sobriety, earnestness
Antonym: flightiness, lightheartedness
Sentence: There was an atmosphere of solemnity at the high school graduation.
Parricide
Noun
Definition: act of killing one’s own parents
Synonym: patricide, matricide
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Sentence: The man was arrested for parricide.
Incorporeal
Adjective
Definition: not made of any material or substance
Synonym: spiritual, immaterial
Antonym: corporeal. bodily
Sentence: When she blew out the candles on her birthday cake, she wished for something incorporeal.
Fortnight
Noun
Definition: two weeks
Synonym:
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Sentence: The festival will take place in a fortnight.
Incandesce
Verb
Definition: to glow with heat
Synonym: bream, luminescence
Antonym: dim, dull
Sentence: In her happiness, she seemed to incandesce.
Stratification
Noun
Definition: arrangement in layers
Synonym: layered
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Sentence: The growing social stratification of the country was more of a problem with each passing year.
Lamentable
Adjective
Definition: regretted or pitied
Synonym: upsetting, miserable
Antonym: blessed. fortunate
Sentence: Years later, he considered his actions to be lamentable.
Exculpatory
Adjective
Definition: freeing from blame
Synonym: excusable, forgivable
Antonym:
Sentence: His remark was clearly exculpatory.
Dentition
Noun
Definition: growth of teeth
Synonym: teething
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Sentence: The infant cried frequently because she was experiencing dentition.
Cankerous
Adjective
Definition: something that causes decay
Synonym: corrosive, troublesome
Antonym: advantageous, agreeable
Sentence: Her negative attitude had reached the point where it was cankerous.
Reportage
Noun
Definition: an account of news or events
Synonym: communication, dispatch
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Sentence: His reportage from Syria conveyed the violence of the civil war there.
Invalidate
Verb
Definition: to make valueless
Synonym: impair, negate
Antonym: legalize, validate
Sentence: His ID was invalidated by its recent expiration.
Circumfuse
Verb
Definition: pour or spread around
Synonym: surround
Antonym:
Sentence: She circumfused the dessert with melted chocolate.
Mutability
Noun
Definition: adaptability
Synonym: changeability, modification
Antonym: stagnation, constancy
Sentence: His mutability no matter the situation made him successful.
Apterous
Adjective
Definition: wingless
Synonym:
Ahtonym:
Sentence: Ants are apterous insects.
Garrison
Noun
Definition: group of soldiers stationed at a town to defend it
Synonym: encampment, fortress
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Sentence: Forty soldiers were stationed at the garrison on the border or the country.
Buoyancy
Noun
Definition: power to float
Synonym.
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Sentence: Before going on the lake, he made sure to have a life jacket with good buoyancy.
Succession
Noun
Definition: group of persons or things coming one after another
Synonym: sequence, progression
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Sentence: A succession of incapable rulers left the country destitute.
Precocity
Noun
Definition: developed earlier than usual in knowledge, skill, etc.
Synonym:
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Sentence: The precocity of the child allowed her to skip a grade.
Histrionics
Noun
Definition: dramatic representation
Synonym: theatrics, dramatics
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Sentence: She was known for her histrionics when she didn’t get her way.
Exorbitant
Adjective
Definition: exceeding what is customary
Synonym: excessive, superfluous
Antonym: scanty, lacking
Sentence: The couple received an exorbitant amount of gifts at their wedding.
Unwarrantable
Noun
Definition: not justifiable or defensible
Synonym: unforgivable. unjustifiable
Antonym: defensible, excusable
Sentence: Her unwarrantable actions gained her many enemies.
Exhortation
Noun
Definition: strong urging
Synonym: encouragement, entreaty
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Sentence: The exhortation of his mother caused him to join a basketball team.
Retardant
Noun
Definition: something that delays an action
Synonym:
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sentence: She bought a fire retardant material to make auntains with
Transcendent
Adjective
Definition: surpassing ordinary limits
Synonym: fantastic, otherworldly
Antonym: real, ordinary
Sentence: Her words were so inspiring they seemed transcendent
Cesspool
Noun
Definition: a filthy place
Synonym:
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Sentence: Every room in the house seemed to be a cesspool unfit for living.
Fatalistic
Adjective
Definition: accepting things and events as inevitable
Synonym: pessimistic, bleak
Antonym: optimistic
Sentence: He was irritated with her fatalistic attitude about everything that happened to her.
Neoplasm
Noun
Definition: new, abnormal growth of tissue, such as a tumor
Synonym: tumor, lump
Antonym:
Sentence: The test revealed she had a neoplasm in her stomach.
