Vocabulary 12/17/2012 Flashcards
Naive
na·ive
- *Part of Speech:** adjective
- *Own:** having or showing lack of experience
- *Dictionary:** having or showing unaffected simplicity; unsophisticated
- *Antonym:** experienced; wise
- *Synonym:** innocent; simple
In school, you start out as naive, and end up very wise.
Waxing Moon
wax·ing moon
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** increase in size or strength
- *Dictionary:** moon shows a bright area that becomes gradually larger
- *Antonym:** shrinking; waning
- *Synonym:** developing; magnifying
In old times, letters were sealed by waxing.
Expedite
ex·pe·dite
- *Part of Speech:** verb
- *Own:** make happen faster
- *Dictionary:** to speed up the progress of
- *Antonym:** block; halt; delay
- *Synonym:** accelerate; rush
In order to meet the deadline, I expedited by using short words.
Prohibit
pro·hib·it
- *Part of Speech:** verb
- *Own:** to forbid the action of a person; to prevent
- *Dictionary:** forbid or ban
- *Antonym:** allow; permit
- *Synonym:** block; restrict
Smoking on a plane is completely prohibited.
Waning Moon
Wan-ing Moon
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** gradually decrease in strength or size
- *Dictionary:** moon shows a bright area that becomes gradually smaller after being full
- *Antonym:** waxing
- *Synonym:** declination; diminution
All though a good player, Kobe Bryant’s skills have been waning for years.
full moon
full moon
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** when the whole moon is being shown
- *Dictionary:** the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occuring when in opposition, to the sun.
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
Last month, I missed the full moon because I fell asleep.
Ridiculous
ri·dic·u·lous
- *Part of Speech:** adjective
- *Own:** worthy of ridicule; laughable
- *Dictionary:** so silly that it makes people laugh or despise it
- *Antonym:** believable; sensible
- *Synonym:** absurd; bizarre; ludicrous
The price of the chocolate bar was ridiculous.
Minors
mi·nors
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** under the legal age of maturity
- *Dictionary:** a person under the age of legal responsibility
- *Antonym:** adult
- *Synonym:** adolescent; youngster
My brothers and I are the only minors in the house.
New moon
New moon
- *Part of Speech:** noun
- *Own:** when no moon or only an adge can be seen
- *Dictionary:** the moon either when in conjunction with the sun or soon after
- *Antonym:**
- *Synonym:**
I learned that there is a New Moon exvery 28 days.
Outrage
out·rage
- *Part of Speech:** noun / verb
- *Own:** n - anything that strongly offends / v - to offend against; to anger
- *Dictionary:** n - something that shocks people by being very wicked or cruel / v - shock and anger people gently
- *Antonym:** n - delight / v - please
- *Synonym:** n - abuse / v - insult
Everyone was outraged when iTunes II came out, because many useful features were gone.
Misconstrue
mis·con·strue
- *Part of Speech:** verb
- *Own:** get a wrong or false impression
- *Dictionary:** to misunderstand the meaing of
- *Antonym:** discern; understand
- *Synonym:** misinterpret; distort
I miscontrued a word and ended up hurting my friend’s feelings.
Absurd
ab·surd
- *Part of Speech:** adjective
- *Own:** utterly or obviously senseless
- *Dictionary:** ridiculous or foolish
- *Antonym:** logical; sensible
- *Synonym:** irrational; foolish
The fact that we were low on gas in the middle of nowhere was absurd.
