Word Skills #22 Flashcards
Anachronistic
Adj
- belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists
- placed out of its proper time
Syn: old-fashioned
Ant: modern
Aberrant
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- departing from an accepted standard
- deviating from what is normal
- straying from the right of usual course
Syn: abnormal
Ant: normal
Augment
V
•to make or become greater, as in size number or amount
Syn: increase
Ant: decrease
Circumlocution
N
•to use of many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
Syn: evasion
Ant: confronting
Consecrate
V
- to make or declare something sacred; to regard with great respect
- in Christian belief, to change, bread and wine into the body and blood
- to dedicate to a special goal of purpose as to consecrate ones life to helping others
Syn: devote
Ant: debase
Discursive
Adj
- digressing from subject to subject
- covering a wide range of subjects
Syn: rambling
Ant:
Encumbrance
N
- a burden or impediment
- a lien of claim on property
Syn: obstacle
Ant: benefit
Impecunious
Adj
•having little or no money
Syn: impoverished
Ant: rich
Incept
Adj
- not suitable to the circumstances or occasion
- having or showing no skill
- lacking in judgement
Syn: clumsy
Ant: skilled
Intransigent
Adj
•refusing to moderate an especially extreme position
Syn: stubborn
ant: agreeable
Manifest
Adj
- clearing apparent to the sight or understanding
- to show or demonstrate plainly
- a list of cargo or passengers
Syn: apparent, obvious
Ant: hidden, secretive
Non sequitur
V
•a statement that does not follow logically from what preceded it
Syn: misconception
Peripatetic
Adj
•walking, moving, from place to place
Syn: traveling
Ant: stationary
Precept
N
•a general rule of principle intended to control behavior or thought
Syn: rule, law
Propinquity
N
- nearness in place or time
- kinship
Sym: proximity
Ant: distance
