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Junior Unit 11
| Term | Definition | Synonyms | Antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| asperity | n. roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness | rigor, harshness | mildness, blandness, softness, lenience |
| burnish | v. to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; n. gloss, brightness, luster | v. shine, buff | v. tarnish, dull, abrade |
| cabal | n. small group working in secret | clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy | |
| delectable | adj. delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; n. an appealing or appetizing food or dish | adj. delicious, scrumptious | adj. repugnant, repulsive, distasteful |
| deprecate | v. to express mild disapproval; to belittel | deplore, frown upon | smile on, countenance, approve |
| detrius | n. loose bits and pieces of materials resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction | debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble | |
| ebullient | adj. overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling | exhilarated, elate, exuberent | gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blase |
| eclectic | adj. drawn from various sources; n. one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources | adj. selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose | adj. uniform, monolithic |
| flaccid | adj. limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness | soft, flabby | hard, firm, solid |
| impecunious | adj. having little or no money | penniless, impoverished | affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich |
| inexorable | adj. inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding | inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate | avoidable, yielding, pliant |
| moribund | adj. dying, on the way out | obsolescent | flourishing, thriving |
| necromancer | n. one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard | sorcerer, conjurer | |
| onerous | adj. burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty | oppressive, weighty | light, easy, undemanding, untaxing |
| rife | adj. common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete | devoid of, lacking | |
| rudiments | n. pl. the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything | fundamentals, basics | |
| sequester | v. to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody | seclude, segregate, isolate, closet | |
| winnow | v. to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan | sift, strain, filter, sort | |
| abrogate | v. to repeal, cancel, declare null and void | annul, revoke | reaffirm, renew, ratify |
| ambient | adj. completely surrounding, encompassing |
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