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Winter Final Vocab

Study for final

TermDefinitionSynonymsAntonyms
Sophistry n. reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy specious reasoning
Feckless adj. lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable feeble, helpless, incompetent, ineffectual competent, capable, effective
Piquant adj. stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative tangy, zestful bland, insipid, tasteless, mild
Verbiage n. language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner or expression verbosity, prolixity, diction, jargon
Jocular adj. humorous, jesting, jolly, joking waggish, facetious, droll, witty humorless, solemn, grave, earnest, grim
Incumbent adj. obligatory, required; n. one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of adj. mandatory, necessary adj. optional, unnecessary
Consummate adj. complete or perfect in highest degree; v. to bring to a state of completion or perfection adj. masterful; v. clinch, conclude v. launch, initiate, begin, kick off
Mordant adj. biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing bland, mild, gentle, soothing
Frenetic adj. frenzied, highly agitated frantic, overwrought calm, controlled, relaxed. leisurely
Abject adj. degraded; base, contempible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter lofty, noble, exalted
Convivial adj. festive, sociable, having fun together, genial fun-loving, jovial, merry dour, grim, sullen, unsociable
Embellish v. to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details ornament, garnish strip, mar, disfigure
Furtive adj. done slyly or stealthily, sneaky, secret, shifty; stolen clandestine, covert, surrepticious forthright, aboveboard, open
Illusory adj: misleading, deceptive; lacking in or not based in reality specious, spurious, fanciful, imaginary actual, real, factual, objective
Germane adj. relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting pertinent irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
Maelstrom n. a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction vortex, chaos, turbulence, tumult
Celerity n. swiftness, rapidity of motion or action promptness, alacrity, speed slowness, sluggishness, dilatoriness
Brackish adj. having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink briny, saline fresh, clear, sweet
Incendiary adj. deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; n. one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife adj. inflammatory, provocative; n. firebrand adj. soothing, quieting; n. peacemaker
Sacriledge n. improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred desecration, profanation, defilement
Undulate v. to move in waves or with wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form ripple, fluctuate, rise and fall
Atrophy n.The wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; v. to waste away n. degeneration, deterioration; v. wither n. growth, development; v. mature, develop
Nefarious adj. wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards iniquitous, reprehensible virtuous, honorable, praiseworthy, meritorious
Ubiquitous adj. present or existing everywhere omnipresent, pervasive, universal restricted, limited, rare, scarce
Reputed adj. according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged putative, reputable, supposed proven, corroborated, authenticated
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