UNIT 9 VOCABULARY

ALLOCATE (V.)

• To set apart for a special purpose
• Syn: Assign
• I assigned bob for the management job.

ARDENT (ADJ.)

• Very enthusiastic, impassioned
• Syn: intense
• Ant: indifferent
• The ardent student always got his work done early.

ASSIDUOUS (ADJ.)

• Persistent, attentive, diligent
• Syn: industrious
• Ant: lazy
• The assiduous worker got payed more money thay most.

BRASH (ADJ.)

• Prone to act in a hasty manner
• Syn: rash
• Ant: prudent
• My sister is always in a brash mood when she
• does not want to do something.

CAPRICIOUS (ADJ.)

• Subject to whims or passing fancies
• Syn: impulsive
• Ant: constant
• If you study the capricious tests become easy.

CHASTISE (V.)

• To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction
• Syn: discipline
• Ant: commend
• I had to chastise my child for misbehaving.

COPIOUS (ADJ.)

• Abundant
• Syn: ample
• Ant: inadequate
• The bank has a copious amount of money.

DEVIATE (V.)

• To turn aside to stray from a norm
• Syn: diverge
• Ant: conform to
• The gps deviated me from the highway
• because it was snowing.

EMACIATED (ADJ.)

• Unnaturally thin
• Syn: withered
• Ant: fat
• The girl who never ate was emaciated so
• people thought she was anorexic.

EXULT (ADJ.)

• To rejoice greatly
• Syn: revel
• Ant: mope
• My exulted laugh was because we had just won
• the game.

GNARLED (ADJ.)

• Knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Syn: knotty
• Ant: smooth
• The gnarled wire was hard to untangle.

INDEMNITY (N.)

• A payment for damage or loss
• Syn: compensation
• I payed indemnity for breaking the mans window

INKLING (N.)

• A hint
• Syn: clue
• I gave my kids an inkling
• on what the christmas gift are

LIMPID (ADJ.)

• Clear, transparent
• Syn: lucid
• The limpid cup was easy to see through.

OMNIPOTENT (ADJ.)

• Almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• Syn: all-powerful
• The omnipotent ruler was very unfair.

PALATABLE (ADJ.)

• Agreeable to the taste or ones sensibilities
• Syn: edible
• Ant: inedible
• The palatable apple was easy to eat.

POIGNANT (ADJ.)

• Deeply affecting, touching
• Syn: heartrending
• Ant: unaffecting
• The poignant movie made my whole family cry.

RANCOR (N.)

• Bitter resentment or ill-will
• Syn: animosity
• Ant: goodwill
• I was rancor towards the man who beat
• his children.

SOPHOMORIC (ADJ.)

• Immature and overconfident
• Syn: pretentious
• Ant: mature
• The sophomoric sophomores got in trouble
• for vandalism.

SPONTANEOUS (ADJ.)

• Arising naturally; not planned
• Syn: unpremeditated
• Ant: premeditated
• The spontaneous party took my parents by
• surprise.