Upper Level Day 49 Flashcards
Vagarious
Adjective
Definition: unpredictable
Synonym: capricious, erratic
Antonym:
Sentence: The weather is often vagarious this time of year.
Juvenility
Noun
Definition: young or immature
Synonym: youth, adolescence
Antonym: adulthood, experience
Sentence: His juvenility dictated he be tried in court as a minor.
Dictum
Noun
Definition: an authoritative proclamation
Synonym: decree, pronouncement
Antonym:
Sentence: The dictum of the critic was that the movie was worth paying to
Prognostic
Adjective
Definition: indicating something in the future
Synonym: diagnosis, forecast
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Sentence: The prognostic test would determine the likely course of his illness.
Stellate
Adjective
Definition: spreading out like the points of a star
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Sentence: She lay stellate on the floor.
Dubious
Adjective
Definition: filled with doubt
Synonym: questionable, debatable
Antonym: credible
Sentence: She found the results of the new study about cancer to be dubious.
Machinate
Verb
Definition: contrive or devise for evil purposes
Synonym: plot, conspire
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Sentence: He intended to machinate and come up with a way to evade his parents.
Necropolis
Noun
Definition: cemetery, usually a large one
Synonym: graveyard, tombs
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Sentence: Hundreds of people were buried in the necropolis.
Hemophilia
Noun
Definition: an inherited disorder of the blood in which clotting does not occur, making it difficult to stop bleeding even after a slight injury
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Sentence: The parents found out their child suffered from hemophilia.
Commensurable
Adjective
Definition: measured by the same standard
Synonym: proportional, commensurate
Antonym: disproportionate
Sentence: Her salary was commensurable with her experience.
Epilogue
Noun
Definition: concluding section to a novel, poem, etc.
Synonym: postscript, conclusion
Antonym: prologue, introduction
Sentence: The author wrote an epilogue which detailed the lives of the characters after the primary conflict had been resolved.
Corrugate
Adjective
Definition: bent into wavy folds
Synonym: wrinkled, pleated
Antonym: smoothed, straightened
Sentence: The tiles on the roof were corrugated.
Conjuncture
Noun
Definition: combination of events and circumstances
Synonym: coincidence, chance
Antonym: planned
Sentence: A conjuncture of illness and stress made her miss several days of work.
Votive
Adjective
Definition: consisting of or expressing a religious vow, wish, or desire
Synonym: swear, promise
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Sentence: He offered a votive prayer for the safety of all onboard the
plane.
Ephemera
Noun
Definition: things lasting for only a very short time
Synonym:
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Sentence: She collected movie posters, advertisements, and other ephemera.
Insomniac
Noun
Definition: person who suffers from an inability to sleep
Synonym: unsleeping, wakeful
Antonym: sleepy
Sentence: He felt himself to be something of an insomniac after a week of little sleep.
Osculate
Verb
Definition: to kiss
Synonym:
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Sentence: When the man got home he osculated his wife.
Emulous
Definition: wishing to equal or excel
Synonym: aspiring. competitive
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Sentence: The twins’ relationship to each other was emulous in all things.
Cozenage
Noun
Definition: practice of deceiving
Synonym: trickery, deceit
Antonym: forthrightness, honesty
Sentence: Much of his life, even his business, was dedicated to cozenage.
Commination
Noun
Definition: denunciation
Synonym: condemnation, curse
Antonym: praise, compliment
Sentence: His commination of the politician was damaging to the election.
Conquest
Noun
Definition: act of conquering
Synonym: invasion, subjugation
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Sentence: The army went to another country with the intent of conquest.
Configuration
Definition: arrangement
Synonym: composition, structure
Antonym: disarrangement, disarray
Sentence: The configuration of the document was rather confusing.
Equestrian
Adjective
Definition: having to do with horses or horseback
Synonym:
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Sentence: Her interest in all things equestrian inspired her to ride professionally.
Motile
Adjective
Definition: being able to move by itself
Synonym: mobile, ambulatory
Antonym: immobile, fixed
Sentence: After being in a wheelchair for weeks, she was glad to be motile again.
Cataract
Noun
Definition: large, steep waterfall
Synonym: rapids, torrent
Antonym:
Sentence: The water rushed through the mountains and down a cataract.
Hortatory
Adjective
Definition: serving to urge or encourage
Synonym:
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Sentence: His advisees appreciated him for his hortatory nature.
Strangulation
Noun
Definition: act of being choked
Synonym: asphyxiation, suffocation Antonym:
Sentence: The autopsy revealed that the victim had died by strangulation.
Divulgence
Noun
Definition: act of making something known
Synonym: admission, admittance
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Sentence: The army feared that speaking to the press would result in a divulgence of sensitive information.
Paradoxical
Adjective
Definition: involving a paradox (a contradictory statement)
Synonym: perplexing, convoluted
Antonym: simple, apparent
Sentence: Her attitude on the subject was paradoxical.
Caper
Noun
Definition: prank
Synonym: mischief, trick
Antonym: seriousness
Sentence: He enjoyed playing an occasional caper on his sister.
