1 / 41

Vocabulary Units 9 & 10

Vocabulary Units 9 & 10. Beatitude. Noun A state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing Synonym: Bliss Antonym: Misery. Bête Noire . Noun Someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads or avoids Antonym: Idol. Bode. Verb To be an omen of; to indicate by signs

mairi
Download Presentation

Vocabulary Units 9 & 10

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vocabulary Units 9 & 10

  2. Beatitude • Noun • A state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing • Synonym: Bliss • Antonym: Misery

  3. Bête Noire • Noun • Someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads or avoids • Antonym: Idol

  4. Bode • Verb • To be an omen of; to indicate by signs • Synonym: Presage

  5. Dank • Adjective • Unpleasantly damp or wet • Synonym: Clammy • Antonym: Dry

  6. Ecumenical • Adjective • Worldwide or universal in influence or application • Synonym: Comprehensive • Antonym: Parochial

  7. Fervid • Adjective • Burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated • Synonym: Zealous • Antonym: Cool

  8. Fetid • Adjective • Having an unpleasant or offensive odor • Synonym: Smelly • Antonym: Fragrant

  9. Gargantuan • Adjective • Of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious • Synonym: Huge • Antonym: Tiny

  10. Heyday • Noun • The period of greatest power, vigor, success or influence; the prime years • Synonym: Golden age • Antonym: Decline

  11. Incubus • Noun • A demon or evil spirit supposed to haunt human beings in their bedrooms at night; anything that oppresses or weighs upon one, like a nightmare • Synonym: Burden

  12. Infrastructure • Noun • A basic foundation or framework; permanent military installations • Synonym: Base • Antonym: Superstructure

  13. Inveigle • Verb • To entice, lure, or snare by flattery or artful inducements • Synonym: Induce

  14. Kudos • Noun • The acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as a result of some action or achievement • Synonym: Glory, Praise, Accolades • Antonym: Disapproval

  15. Lagniappe • Noun • An extra or unexpected gift or gratuity • Synonym: Bonus

  16. Prolix • Adjective • Long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way • Synonym: Verbose • Antonym: Pithy

  17. Protégé • Noun • Someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person • Synonym: Ward • Antonym: Mentor

  18. Prototype • Noun • An original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form • Synonym: Archetype • Antonym: Imitation

  19. Sycophant • Noun • Someone who attempts to win favors or advance him- or herself by flattery or servile behavior; a slanderer, defamer • Synonym: Flunky

  20. Tautology • Noun • Needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words • Synonym: Redundancy

  21. Truckle • Verb • To yield or submit tamely or submissively • Synonym: Kowtow • Antonym: Resist

  22. Acumen • Noun • Keenness of insight; quickness or accuracy of judgment • Synonym: Shrewdness • Antonym: Ignorance, stupidity

  23. Adjudicate • Verb • To act as judge in a matter • Synonym: Mediate

  24. Anachronism • Noun • A chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other • Synonym: Chronological Error

  25. Apocryphal • Adjective • Of doubtful or questionable authenticity • Synonym: Fictitious • Antonym: Authentic

  26. Disparity • Noun • A difference or inequality in age, rank, degree, amount or quality • Synonym: Discrepancy • Antonym: Similarity

  27. Dissimulate • Verb • To hide or disguise one’s true thoughts, feelings, or intentions • Synonym: Misrepresent • Antonym: Reveal

  28. Empirical • Adjective • Derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory • Synonym: Observed • Antonym: Theoretical

  29. Flamboyant • Adjective • Highly elaborate or ornate; vividly colored; strikingly brilliant or bold • Synonym: Showy • Antonym: Sedate

  30. Fulsome • Adjective • Offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening • Synonym: Repulsive • Antonym: Restrained

  31. Immolate • Verb • To destroy or renounce for the sake of another • Synonym: Slay • Antonym: Rescue

  32. Imperceptible • Adjective • Extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind • Synonym: Minimal • Antonym: Noticeable

  33. Lackey • Noun • A uniformed male servant; a servile follower • Synonym: Footman • Antonym: Lord

  34. Liaison • Noun • The contact or means of communication between groups; someone acting as such a contact • Synonym: Intermediary

  35. Monolithic • Adjective • Characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity • Synonym: Massive • Antonym: Diversified

  36. Mot Juste • Noun • The most suitable or exact word or expression • Synonym: Right word • Antonym: Misusage

  37. Nihilism • Noun • A total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism • Antonym: Conservatism

  38. Patrician • Noun • A member of the ruling class; a person of high or noble rank or of prominent social standing • Synonym: Aristocrat • Antonym: Peasant

  39. Propitiate • Verb • To make someone or something favorably inclined toward oneself • Synonym: Placate • Antonym: Provoke

  40. Sic • Adverb • Thus so; intentionally written so Where r [sic] u [sic] 2day [sic]?

  41. Sublimate • Verb • To redirect the energy of a biological or instinctual impulse into a higher or more acceptable channel • Synonym: Rechannel

More Related