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Vocabulary list 9/30
vocabulary list
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carnage | destruction of an area resulting in chaos, particularly referring to death |
| carnage | synonym: massacre No antonym |
| carnage | Sentence: The carnage resulting from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was so great that the pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb committed suicide afterwards. |
| decrepit | Definition: weak because of old age and or long use |
| decrepit | Synonym: dilapidated, infirm Antonym: hearty |
| decrepit | Sentence: The decrepit old man had a guard dog on his lawn to keep teenagers way, because he could no longer scare them away himself. |
| pusillanimous | Definition: Lacking resolution or resolve |
| pusillanimous | Synonym: craven Antonym: dauntless, intrepid |
| pusillanimous | Sentence: For those how are pusillanimous, it is easy to become flustered when confronted with a person who is resolute. |
| surfeit | Definition: : An uncomfortably excessive feeling or amount of something |
| surfeit | Synonym: satiate Antonym: dearth |
| surfeit | Sentence: The 5 course meal made the prince at first feel satisfied, then full, and then surfeit as the meal progressed. |
| peremptory | Definition: Leaving no opportunity for denial or question, passively or aggressively, of an authority |
| peremptory | Synonym: imperative Antonym: lenient |
| peremptory | Sentence: The principal of the prep school, after years of dealing with spoiled silver-tongued brats, became peremptory, leaving no room for argument as soon as he made a decision. |
| plethora | Definition: a large, sometimes larger than necessary, group of people or things |
| plethora | Synonym: superfluity Antonym: scarcity |
| plethora | Sentence: A plethora of applicants arrived for the interviews to fill only two job openings, so the manager realized he was going to have to stay late. |
| palpitate | Definition: pulsate, throb |
| palpitate | Synonym: flutter Antonym: be still |
| palpitate | Sentence: To palpitate during a lie detection test is a dead giveaway and will show up on the machine as a lie. |
| propitious | Definition: favorable conditions or inclinations |
| propitious | Synonym: Auspicious Antonym: unfavorable |
| propitious | Sentence: After losing over half his money on craps, the gambler came upon propitious conditions, and he started to win his money back. |
| ignominious | Definition: to be marked with disgrace or contempt |
| ignominious | Synonym: Reprehensible, dishonorable, disreputable, mortifying. Antonym: Honorable |
| ignominious | Sentence: The man in the small town became ignominious when someone died because of faulty equipment in a factory that he was supposed to have checked. |
| voluble | Definition: Characterized by a steady flow of words |
| voluble | Synonym: articulate Antonym: quiet |
| voluble | Sentence: The voluble Puritan priests were known for their long, uninterrupted sermons |
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