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Vocab 2- Gilbert
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| impotent | adj- powerless; lacking strength syn- ineffective, helpless; ant- potent, powerful |
| impotent (sentence) | Without his gun, he felt impotent. |
| antithesis | n- an exact opposite; an opposite extreme syn- converse; ant- same |
| antithesis (sentence) | Love is the antithesis of hate. |
| maelstrom | n- whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind |
| maelstrom (sentence) | His emotions were like a maelstrom, and he couldn't decide what course to follow. |
| emendation | n- a correction syn- improvement; amendment |
| emendation (sentence) | The last edition of the books contains many emendation. |
| chagrin | n- embarrassment; a complete loss of courage |
| chagrin (sentence) | Joanne had never felt such chagrin as when as she fell into the mud puddle in front of her fiance's family. |
| bauble | n- a showy but useless thing syn- trinket |
| bauble (sentence) | John had to find some kind of bauble to give Mary for Christmas. |
| diaphanous | adj- very sheer and light syn- transparent, gossamer; ant- opaque |
| labyrinth | n- a complicated network of winding passages; a maze |
| diaphanous (sentence) | The diaphanous gown was beautiful, but Gloria wasn't sure she had the nerve to wear it. |
| labyrinth (sentence) | The mice were made to run through a labyrinth in order to reach their food. |
| gloat | v- to look at or to think about with great satisfaction syn-revel, crow |
| gloat (sentence) | The track team gloated over their latest victory. |
| impediment | n- a barrier; obstruction syn- obstacle, hindrance; ant- aid |
| impediment (sentence) | The supervisor wouldn't be an impediment to her advancement. |
| bestial | adj- savage; brutal syn- brutish, cruel, vile; ant- humane, kind |
| bestial (sentence) | He took a bestial delight in tormenting captive slaves. |
| effete | adj- barren, worn out syn- exhausted, spent and sterile; ant- vital, vigorous |
| effete (sentence) | Although worn down by age and a life of hard work, the man was far from effete. |
| shard | n- a fragment |
| shard (sentence) | The doctor pulled a shard of glass from the girl's arm. |
| bland | adj- mild, tasteless, dull syn- smooth, agreeable; ant- exciting, thrilling |
| bland (sentence) | His bland manner had a calming effect on the children. |
| nihilism | n- a total rejection of established laws |
| nihilism (sentence) | Nihilism rejects established law and order, but it offers nothing in their place. |
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