The Simpsons Vocabulary List Volume 1

1. The Simpsons Vocabulary List Volume 1 Incidental Words: vulnerability, feebleness, debility robustness, vigor, hardiness, ruggedness barage reconciliation intervene orator, oratory, oration effusive, vivacious, vibrant stolid, languorous malevolent, Satanic, accursed benevolent, humanitarian fabricate, contrive, connive dismantle, disintegrate recluse, barbarian mutter atriculate, enunciate interminable, chronic intermittent, erratic, attenuating chasm, rupture, breach perception oblivion, oblivious negate, neutralize Target Words: onslaughts frailties meddled rhetorical effervescent diabolical concoct drivel troglodyte persistent murmur mayhem lethal deduction schism insight contradict

2. Antonyms and near-antonyms: strength robustness vigor hardiness ruggedness Synonyms and near-synonyms: weakness failing fault vulnerability delicateness feebleness debility Morphology: frailties frailness frail Frailty Quote: Hamlet: “Frailty, thy name is woman! Lisa may be aware of Homer’s frailties and failings, but she loves him despite these shortcomings.

3. frailties onslaughts Aunt Patty: It's almost 9:00. Where's Homer anyway? It's so typical of the big doofus to spoil it all. Lisa: What, Aunt Patty? Patty: Oh, nothing, dear. I'm just trashing your father. Lisa: Well, I wish you wouldn't. Because, aside from the fact he has the same frailties as all human beings, he's the only father I have. Therefore, he is my model of manhood, and my estimation of him will govern the prospects of my adult relationships. So I hope you bear in mind that any knock at him is a knock at me, and I’m far too young to defend myself against such onslaughts.

4. Antonyms and near-antonyms: reconciliation forgiveness kindness Synonyms and near-synonyms: attack barrage bombardment Morphology: onslaughts Onslaught Related word: slaughter Collocation (goes with) onslaught of Homer ignores the onslaught of criticism and sarcasm that Marge’s sisters, Patty and Selma, always hurl at him.

5. Sideshow Bob: No children have ever meddled with the Republican Party and lived to tell about it. meddled

6. Antonyms and near-antonyms: ignore disregard Synonyms and near-synonyms: interfere intrude pry snoop intervene Morphology: meddler meddles meddling meddled meddlesome What to say to a meddler: Don’t butt in. Don’t stick your nose in. Don’t stick your two cents in. Mind your own business. Stay out of this. Back off. Meddle Sideshow Bob threatens to meddle with the safety, security, and privacy of the Simpsons because he has sworn revenge on Bart.

7. rhetorical Grandma: [singing] How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? Homer: Seven! Lisa: No, Dad, it's a rhetorical question. Homer: Rhetorical, eh? Eight! Lisa: Dad, do you even know what "rhetorical" means? Homer: [incredulous] Do I know what "rhetorical" means?!

8. Rhetorical question: Question that is not expecting an answer Rhetorical Related to speech-making Related words: Rhetoric: speech designed to persuade Oratory, Oratorical, Orator, Oral In answering Lisa’s question about whether Homer knows what a rhetorical question is, Homer answers with the rhetorical question, “Do I know what a rhetorical question means?”

9. effervescent What's the matter, Homer? You're not your normal effervescent self. —Marj

10. Antonyms and near-antonyms: dull stolid languorous unenthused joyless depressed Synonyms and near-synonyms: lively fizzy effusive vivacious vibrant bubbly bouncy sparkling animated enthusiastic joyful Effervescent Morphology: Noun: effervescence Marge is worried that Homer might be feeling depressed, as he is not his usually effervescent self. Related Words: Fervent: intense

11. diabolical concoct "There they go, two criminal geniuses locked away together. Who knows what diabolical schemes they might concoct."

12. Antonyms and near-antonyms: angelic benevolent blessed humanitarian holy innocent Synonyms and near-synonyms: devilish evil Satanic malevolent accursed unholy diabolical: ingenious, but in an evil way El Diablo: The Devil (Spanish) Sideshow Bob is always cooking up diabolical schemes against the Simpsons, especially Bart.

13. Antonyms and near-antonyms: dismantle disintegrate fall apart Synonyms and near-synonyms: invent fabricate hatch produce combine contrive connive concoct: to create a new combination, especially of something strange Etymology: Con: with; together Coct: cook What diabolical scheme is Sideshow Bob concocting against the Simpsons now?

14. “Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?”

15. Drivel: Foolish, meaningless speech

16. troglodytes Ironic, isn't it Smithers? This anonymous clan of slack-jawed troglodytes has cost me the election, and yet if I were to have them killed, I would be the one to go to jail. That's democracy for you." -- Mr. Burns

17. Antonyms and near-antonyms: sophisticate (noun) man-about-town gentleman Synonyms and near-synonyms: caveman hermit recluse brute barbarian oaf I am the only word in English ending in dyte Troglodyte: A primitive, prehistoric cave dweller, or a person who acts like one Underground-dwelling animal Other words ending in …yte: acolyte: follower, apprentice disciple, groupie neophyte: newcomer, novice, rookie Homer Simpson, although he is not reclusive and lives in a well-kept home and not a cave, can certainly be described as a troglodyte for his uncouth ways.

18. murmur mayhem Guard at Itchy & Scratchy Land: "There's no need to murmur, ma'am. Here at Itchy and Scratchy Land, we're just as concerned with violence as you are. That's why we're always careful to show the consequences of deadly mayhem, so that we may educate as well as horrify."Marge Simspon: "When do you show the consequences? On TV, that mouse pulled out that cat's lungs and played them like a bagpipe, but in the next scene, the cat was breathing comfortably."Guard at Itchy & Scratchy Land: "Just like in real life."

19. Antonyms and near-antonyms: articulate (verb) enunciate Synonyms and near-synonyms: babble mumble mutter murmur: speak softly and not too clearly, or make a sound like speech While viewing a particularly disturbing “Itchy and Scratchy” episode, Marge murmured quiet disapproval for its violence.

20. Antonyms and near-antonyms: tranquility peace serenity quietude Synonyms and near-synonyms: havoc violence pandemonium mayhem: wild violence You can always count on mayhem with fountains of blood in an “Itchy and Scratchy” cartoon.

21. lethal "I'm Kent Brockman, on the eleven o'clock news tonight...a certain type of soft drink has been found to be lethal, we won't tell you which one until after sports and the weather with Sonny Storm." -- Kent Brockman

22. Antonyms and near-antonyms: benign salutary healthful Synonyms and near-synonyms: fatal poisonous pernicious malignant lethal: deadly Greek Mythology: Lethe: a river in the underworld whose waters caused forgetfulness (oblivion) “In a shocking discovery, a certain not-to-be-named soft drink has been found to be lethal,” announced Kent Brockman.

23. deduction "Oh your powers of deduction are exceptional. I simply can't allow you to waste them here when there are so many crimes going unsolved at this very moment. Go! Go for the good of the city!" -- Comic Book Guy

24. Synonyms and near-synonyms: inference assumption judgment conclusion logic reasoning Word Breakdown: De: down (descend, decease) Duct, duce: draw (deduce, induce, reduce, produce) deduction: a form of reasoning in which you generate specific examples based upon a generality By learning the Pythagorean theorem, I can deduce the length of the hypotenuse if I know the length of the legs of a triangle.

25. persistent Mrs. K: I believe with persistent discipline, even the poorest student can end up becoming, oh, say, Chief Justice of The Supreme Court.

26. Antonyms and near-antonyms: intermittent unreliable on-and-off erratic attenuating Synonyms and near-synonyms: constant determined consistent interminable reliable repetitive chronic persistent Word Breakdown: Per: through (permeate, pervade) Sist: stand (assist, consist, resist) Persistence pays off in results.

27. schism Proctor: All right, here's your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War? Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter-- Proctor: Wait, wait... just say slavery. Apu: Slavery it is, sir.

28. Antonyms and near-antonyms: union unity continuance agreement smoothness Synonyms and near-synonyms: difference disagreement chasm rupture severence disconnection breach schism: split; gap; The reason for the rebellion was the schism between those in favor of and those against the new policy about cell phone while driving. Collocation: schism between X and Y

29. insight Books are useless! I only ever read one book, “To Kill A Mockingbird,” and it gave me absolutely no insight on how to kill mockingbirds! Sure it taught me not to judge a man by the color of his skin…but what good does *that* do me?

30. Antonyms and near-antonyms: unawareness oblivion, obliviousness Synonyms and near-synonyms: perception insight A person with insight is able to see, not with the eyes, but with the brain and heart. Forms: Noun: insight, insights Adjective: insightful Adverb: insightfully

31. Contradicts I’ve done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!

32. Antonyms and near-antonyms: agree correspond reinforce accept Synonyms and near-synonyms: disagree rebel deny negate neutralize oppose challenge Contradict: Express the opposite Forms: Noun: contradiction Verb: contradict, contradicts, contradicting, contradicted Adjective: contradictory Word Breakdown: contra: against (contraband, contrapositive) dict: to say (dictionary, predict, diction) A person is a hypocrite if his or her actions contradict his or her stated beliefs.