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Vocabulary Unit 11

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Brevity

  • Def: shortness
  • Syn: terseness
  • Ant: verbosity
  • His brevity of breathe lead me to believe that he was in a rush on his way into school.
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Comport

  • Def: to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
  • Syn: concur
  • Ant: be against
  • I comported myself to do the whole packet instead of having to do it over break.
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Concise

  • Def: expressing much in a few words
  • Syn: to the point
  • Ant: wordy
  • Her teaching style was concise and she made it easy for her students to remember the straight facts.
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Demure

  • Def: sober or serious in manner, modest
  • Syn: seemly
  • Ant: forward
  • When I play sports, I try to appear as demure as possible so I won't be overlooked.
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Depreciation

  • Def: to lessen in value; a belittling
  • Syn: cheapening
  • Ant: enhance
  • It was pointless to trade the car in with the depreciation of it's value.
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Deteriorate

  • Def: to lower in quality or value; to wear away
  • Syn: decline
  • Ant: fix up
  • I noticed my grade began to deteriorate after I started to study by myself.
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Divulge

  • Def: to tell, reveal; to make public
  • Syn: spill the beans
  • Ant: conceal
  • I chose not to divulge my reason for being sad because no one would have helped me.
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Enlightened

  • Def: free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding
  • Syn: knowing
  • Ant: untaught
  • He has an enlightened attitude, however he was also wrong.
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Forestall

  • Def: to prevent by acting first
  • Syn: ward off
  • Ant: welcome
  • I forestalled the ball from becoming flat by pumping air into it after every use.
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Garble

  • Def: to distort in such a way as to make unintelligent
  • Syn: confuse
  • Ant: articulate
  • You could garble the stem changes when it comes to conjugating words in spanish.
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Proponent

  • Def: one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief
  • Syn: supporter
  • Ant: foe
  • When running for office or anything where it comes down to votes, it is best to have as many proponents as possible.
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Quaver

  • Def: to shake, tremble, or to trill
  • Syn: shiver
  • Ant: stay still
  • I couldn't help but quaver as the clock ticked down and the game came to an end!
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Recoil

  • Def: to spring back, shrink
  • Syn: flinch
  • Ant: advance
  • The snake recoiled and prepared for another attack on the squirrel.
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Recoup

  • Def: to make up for, regain
  • Syn: recover
  • Ant: forfeit
  • To recoup for the bad grade I got on the quiz, I studied for 20 more minutes everyday until the next quiz.
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Reek

  • Def: to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression
  • Syn: Stink
  • Ant: fragrance
  • The food reeked and it was clear that they had been in the refrigerator for too long.
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Relentless

  • Def: unyielding, harsh, without pity
  • Syn: mericless
  • Ant: merciful
  • I believe that in no matter what the score is, the winning team should continue to play relentlessly.
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Rivulet

  • Def: a small stream
  • Syn: creek
  • Ant: ocean
  • We saw that there were frogs in the rivulet and we planned to go capture one later.
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Squander

  • Def: to spend foolishly, waste
  • Syn: misspend
  • Ant: save
  • My sister is squander with her money and never thinks ahead.
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Staccato

  • Def: detached or disconnected in sound or style
  • Syn: abrupt
  • Ant: flowing
  • The staccato music ruined the dance and we all left early.
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Statute

  • Def: a law
  • Syn: rule
  • Ant: an option
  • If you don't follow the statutes here at Canisius, you'll receive JUG.
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