VOCAB UNIT 9

AUXILIARY

• (Adj.) giving assistance or support (n.) a helper aid
• Synonyms: additional; reserve accessory
• Antonyms: main, primary, principal.
• My sister acted as an auxiliary when she assisted me while I was sick.

CANDID

• (Adj.) frank, sincere, impartial, unposed
• Synonyms: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased
• Antonyms: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful.
• My teacher spoke in a candid manner when she found Willy vandalizing the side of the school.

CUBICLE

• (N.) a small room or compartment.
• Synonyms: hole in a wall
• Antonyms: vast hall, auditorium
• My cubicle is small and gets very hot during the summer time.

DRUDERGY

• (N.) work that is hard and tiresome
• Synonyms: toil, labor, grind
• Antonym: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun
• Factory managers lobby to relieve the long drudgery of factory workers.

ENVOY

• (n.) a representative or messenge
• Synonyms: ambassador, emissary, minister
• Brandon acted as an envoy when he was sent out a letter to Iran about the upcoming war.

ESCALATE

• (V.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
• Synonyms: raise, ascend, mount
• Antonyms: decrease, lessen descend, defuse
• Temperature escalated when the student in the teacher got into a heated argument.

EXPEDIENT

• (N.) a means to an end (adj.) adventurous, useful
• Synonyms: contrivance, device (adj.) serviceable
• Antonyms: (adj.) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous
• A dare devil is someone who is always ready to do anything expedient.

FEIGN

• (V.) to pretend
• Synonyms: fake, sham, affect, simulate.
• I feigned sickness to not go to school.

FLAIR

• (N.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
• Synonyms: bent, knock, gift, style panache
• Antonyms: inability, incapacity
• His flair for basketball brought him to the nba.

GRIEVOUS

• (adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
• Synonyms: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant
• Antonym: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting
• The grievous mood could not be shaken after grandpas death.

HETEROGENEOUS

• (Adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
• Synonyms: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
• Antonyms: uniform, homogeneous, of a piece
• Public schools seem to be more heterogeneous than private schools.

HORDE

• (n.) a vast number (as of people); a throng
• Synonyms: crowds, mass, multitude, host, swarm
• Antonyms: few, handful
• The Apple Store had a horde of shoppers for the releasing of the iPhone 7.

IMPEL

• (V.) to force, drive foward
• Synonyms: urge, push, spur, propel, incite
• Antonyms: discourage, check restrain, curb
• Poverty will often impel people to stretch their money.

INCREDULOUS

• (adj.) disbelieving, skeptical
• Synonyms: mistrustful doubting
• Antonyms: believing, trustful
• Jacky quickness to lie makes me give her incredulous stares whenever she tells a story.

INSCRIBE

• (v.) to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list.
• Synonyms: enroll, enlist
• Antonyms: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate
• Will Smith inscribed his name on the side of a building on the show, The Fresh Prince of Bell Air.

MONOLOUGE

• (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
• Synonym: soliloquy
• Antonyms: conversation, colloquy
• Marc Atony had a monologue when he stood over Caesar after he was killed by the Conspirators.

PROGNOSIS

• (N.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
• Synonym: projection
• After 12 years of smoking Jimmy got the prognosis that he has lung cancer.

RASPING

• (adj.) with a harsh, grating sound
• Synonyms: scraping, abrasive gravelly
• Antonyms: smooth, satiny, silky
• Her raspy voice made me cringe at the sound of it.

REPUGNANT

• (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distastful
• Synonym: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive
• Antonym: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome
• Sarah repugnant remarks made him become the most hated person in his family

SCUTTLE

• (V.) to sink a ship by cutting holes in it
• Synonyms: abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump
• Antonyms: keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve
• Mike set up his heated rival by scuttling his ship so, he couldn't win the race.