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Sadlier Vocabulary
Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 11 Definitions, Synonyms, and Antonyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abrogate | (v.) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void Synonyms: annul, revoke Antonyms: renew, ratify |
| Ambient | (adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing |
| Asperity | (n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness Synonyms: rigor, harshness Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience |
| Burnish | (v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster Synonyms: (v.) shine, buff Antonyms: (v.) dull, abrade |
| Cabal | (n.) a small group working in secret Synonyms: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy |
| Delectable | (adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish Synonyms: (adj.) scrumptious Antonyms: (adj.) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful |
| Deprecate | (v.) to expres mild disapproval; to belittle Synonyms: deplore, frown upon Antonyms: smile on, approve |
| Detritus | (n.) loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction Synonyms: wreckage, ruins, rubble |
| Ebullient | adj. overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling |
| Flaccid | (adj.) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness Synonyms: soft, flabby; Antonyms: hard, solid |
| Impecunious | (adj.) having little or no money Synonyms: impoverished, indigent Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich |
| Inexorable | (adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding Synonyms: ineluctable, obdurate Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant |
| Moribund | (adj.) dying, on the way out Synonyms: obsolescent; Antonyms: 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 Synonyms: sorcerer, conjurer |
| Onerous | (adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty Synonyms: weighty; Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing |
| Rife | (adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete Synonyms: - Antonyms: devoid of, lacking |
| Rudiments | (n. pl.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything Synonyms: basics, fundamentals |
| Sequester | (v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody Synonyms: segregate, isolat, 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 Synonyms: sift, strain, filter, sort |
| Eclectic | (adj.) draw from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources Synonyms: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose Antonyms: (adj.) uniform, monolithic |
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