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Vocab set 5
Test for Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acrimonious (adj.) Ex. The prisoner of war had acrimonious remarks for those that mistreated him | Def: caustic Syn: angry, bitter, mean Anto: kind, friendly |
| ameliorate (verb) Ex. Social workers attempt to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slum areas. | Def: to make something bad and unsatisfactory much better than it is Syn: to make better, relieve, improve, help Anto: to make worse, to aggravate |
| amenable (adj.) Ex. Since I like him and usually agree with him, I am always amenable to listening to his ideas. | Def: open to or willing to follow advice or suggestions, Syn: docile, obedient, tractable, malleable Anto: unwilling, |
| amorphous (adj.) Ex. In the science fiction movie, the amorphous mass terrorized the town | Def: shapeless, having no definite form Syn: shapeless, structureless, blobby, formless Anto: structured, shape |
| buoyant (adj.) Ex. Because the log was buoyant, it stayed afloat, the girl's buoyant spirit made hier pleasant company. | Def: capable of floating; cheerful Syn: floatable, cheerful Anto: likely to sink, unenthusiastic |
| cajole (verb) Ex. I will not be cajoled into allowing you to stay up past your bedtime. | Def: to persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle Syn: persuade, coax, wheedle Anto: to browbeat |
| calamity (noun) Ex. The earthquake was a calamity for Mexico. | Def: A serious event causing distress or misfortune Syn: cataclysm, catastrophe Anto: good fortune |
| debase (verb) Ex. Do not debase yourself by swearing | Def: to reduce in dignity or quality Syn: abase, corrupt, debauch, demean, deprave, pervert, vitiate Anto: to glorify |
| efface (verb) Ex. The date on the coin has been effaced. | Def: to wear away or to wash of; to erase Syn: erase, wash of, wear away Anto: to make conspicuous |
| elucidate (verb) Ex. I will try to elucidarte some of the important changes in the tax code. | Def: to make clear or to explain properly Syn: clarify, to explain Anto: to confuse, not clear |
| ephemeral (adj.) Ex. Well I understand that 00s have a very ephemeral life expectancy M, so my life will be short lived. - James Bond 007 Casino Royale | Def: to be lasting for a short period of time. Syn: evanescent, fleeting, fugitive, transient, transitory Anto: lasting, timeless, eternal |
| ferocity (adj.) Ex. James Bond's ferocity towards the villain Silva was extremely immense. | Def: savagery Syn: ferocious, savagery, murderousness Anto: mildness |
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