Unit 11 vocabulary

Question 1

abrogate

Answer 1

(v.) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

SYNONYMS: annul, revoke
ANTONYMS: renew, ratify

Question 2

ambient

Answer 2

(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing

Question 3

asperity

Answer 3

(n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

SYNONYMS: rigor, harshness
ANTONYMS: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

Question 4

burnish

Answer 4

(v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster

SYNONYMS: (v.) shine, buff
ANTONYMS: (v.) dull, abrade

Question 5

cabal

Answer 5

(n.) a small group working in secret

SYNONYMS: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

Question 6

delectable

Answer 6

(adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish

SYNONYM: (adj.) scrumptious
ANTONYMS: (adj.) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

Question 7

deprecate

Answer 7

(v.) to express mild disapproval; to belittle

SYNONYMS: deplore, frown upon
ANTONYMS: smile on, approve

Question 8

detritus

Answer 8

(n.) loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

SYNONYMS: wreckage, ruins, rubble

Question 9

ebullient

Answer 9

(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

SYNONYMS: exhilarated, elated
ANTONYMS: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

Question 10

eclectic

Answer 10

(adj.) drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

SYNONYMS: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
ANTONYMS: (adj.) uniform, monolithic

Question 11

flaccid

Answer 11

(adj.) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

SYNONYMS: soft, flabby
ANTONYMS: hard, solid

Question 12

impecunious

Answer 12

(adj.) having little or no money

SYNONYMS: impoverished, indigent
ANTONYMS: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

Question 13

inexorable

Answer 13

(adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

SYNONYMS: ineluctable, obdurate
ANTONYMS: avoidable, yielding, pliant

Question 14

moribund

Answer 14

(adj.) dying, on the way out

SYNONYM: obsolescent
ANTONYM: thriving

Question 15

necromancer

Answer 15

(n.) one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

SYNONYMS: sorcerer, conjurer

Question 16

onerous

Answer 16

(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

SYNONYM: weighty
ANTONYMS: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

Question 17

rife

Answer 17

(adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

ANTONYMS: devoid of, lacking

Question 18

rudiments

Answer 18

(n. pl.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

SYNONYMS: basics, fundamentals

Question 19

sequester

Answer 19

(v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of an hold in custody

SYNONYMS: segregate, isolate, closet

Question 20

winnow

Answer 20

(v.) to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan

SYNONYMS: sift, strain, filter, sort