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Unit 11 Vocab

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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1.

BREVITY

  • (N) shortness
  • Syn- terseness
  • Ant- verbosity
  • The speech in the morning had much brevity.
2.

COMPORT

  • (V) to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement
  • Syn- agree, concur
  • The teacher told the student to comport himself.
3.

CONCISE

  • (Adj) expressing much in a few words
  • Syn- brief
  • Ant- wordy
  • His speech was short but concise.
4.

DEMURE

  • (Adj) sober or serious in manner, modest
  • Syn- shy, sedate
  • Ant- forward, assertive
  • He addressed his boss in a demure manner.
5.

DEPRECIATION

  • (N) a lessening in value
  • Syn- cheapening
  • Ant- increase
  • The company had many problems with depreciation on items.
6.

DETERIORATE

  • (V) to lower in quality or value
  • Syn- worsen
  • Ant- fix up
  • The company slowly started to deteriorate.
7.

DIVULGE

  • (V) to tell, reveal; to make public
  • Syn- disclose
  • Ant- hide
  • The boys friend divulged his secret.
8.

ENLIGHTENED

  • (Adj) free from ignorance and false ideas
  • Syn- knowing
  • Ant- ignorant
  • In Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama showed ways on how to be enlightened.
9.

FORESTALL

  • (V) to prevent by acting first
  • Syn- hinder
  • Ant- welcome
  • The boy tried to forestall getting a cold with vitamin C, but still managed to get a cold.
10.

GARBLE

  • (V) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
  • Syn- jumble
  • Ant- elucidate
  • The phone line was so garbled the persons voice was hard to understand.
11.

PROPONENT

  • (N) one who puts forward a proposal
  • Syn- supporter
  • Ant- opponent
12.

QUAVER

  • (V) to shake
  • Syn- vibrate
  • The puppies tail quavers whenever it is excited.
13.

RECOIL

  • (V) to spring back, shrink
  • Syn- flinch
  • Ant- advance
  • The gun's recoil caused the shooter to be hit in the face.
14.

RECOUP

  • (V) to make up for, regain
  • Syn- recover
  • Ant- lose
  • I have to recoup my english grade by putting in more effort.
15.

REEK

  • (N) an unpleasant smell
  • Syn- stench
  • Ant- perfume
  • The hockey player's equipment reeked after practice.
16.

RELENTLESS

  • (Adj) unyielding, harsh, without pity
  • Syn- stern
  • Ant- merciful
  • They say you must be relentless to achieve a difficult goal.
17.

RIVULET

  • (N) a small stream
  • Syn- creek, rill
  • We often find fish in the rivulet behind our home.
18.

SQUANDER

  • (V) to spend foolishly
  • Syn- misspend
  • Ant- save
  • The boy went to the mall to squander his money on expensive clothing that he does not need.
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STACCATO

  • (Adj) detached or disconnected in sound
  • Syn- abrupt
  • Ant- continuous
  • The machine gun produced a staccato sound.
20.

STATUTE

  • (N) a law
  • Syn- rule, enactment
  • The government of New York has a strict statute on gun control.

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