Vocab 11 Flashcards
Abrogate
(v.) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
Synonyms: annul, revoke
Antonyms: renew, ratify
Ambient
(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing
Synonyms: -
Antonyms: -
Asperity
(n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
Synonyms: rigor, harshness
Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience
Burnish
(v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster
Synonyms: (v.) shine, buff
Antonyms: (v.) dull, abrade
Cabal
(n.) a small group working in secret
Synonyms: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy
Antonyms: -
Delectable
(adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish
Synonyms: (adj.) scrumptious
Antonyms: (adj.) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful
Deprecate
(v.) to express mild disapproval; to belittle
Synonyms: deplore, frown upon
Antonyms: smile on, approve
Detritus
(n.) loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction
Synonyms: wreckage, ruins, rubble
Antonyms: -
Ebullient
(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
Synonyms: exhilarated, elated
Antonyms: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé
Eclectic
(adj.) draw from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources
Synonyms: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
Antonyms: (adj.) uniform, monolithic
Flaccid
(adj.) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
Synonyms: soft, flabby;
Antonyms: hard, solid
Impecunious
(adj.) having little or no money
Synonyms: impoverished, indigent
Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich
Inexorable
(adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
Synonyms: ineluctable, obdurate
Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant
Moribund
(adj.) dying, on the way out
Synonyms: obsolescent;
Antonyms: thriving
Necromancer
(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
Antonyms: -
Onerous
(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty
Synonyms: weighty;
Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing
Rife
(adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete
Synonyms: -
Antonyms: devoid of, lacking
Rudiments
(n. pl.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
Synonyms: basics, fundamentals
Antonyms: -
Sequester
(v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
Synonyms: segregate, isolat, closet
Antonyms: -
Winnow
(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
Antonyms: -
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