VOCABULARY UNIT 12

ABJURE

• To renounce, repudiate under oath
• Syn: forswear
• Ant: affirm
• I abjured the feeling of having my own house
• when my mom invited me over for vacation.

ACRID

• Harsh in taste or odor
• Syn: irritating
• Ant: gentle
• The acrid food made me throw up.

AUGUST

• Majestic, inspiring admiration and respect
• Syn: stately
• Ant: humble
• The august mansion made me want to buy
• one of my own.

CALLOUS

• Emotionally hardened, unfeeling
• Syn: insensitive
• Ant: sensitive
• The callous man did not care about the
• homeless man.

CLANDESTINE

• Secret, concealed
• Syn: covert
• Ant: open
• The clandestine door was hid so well that it
• was not found for centuries.

COMPUNCTION

• Remorse, regret
• Syn: scruple
• Ant: shamlessness
• The compunction in Wayne's face showed
• he was sorry sbout stealing.

CONFLAGRATION

• A large destructive fire
• Syn: holocaust
• Ant: deluge
• The conflagration was so big it burned down
• half the neighborhood.

ELATED

• In high spirits, jubilant
• Syn: overjoyed
• Ant: depressed
• The elated team was so happy that they
• won the championship.

INDELIBLE

• Not able to be erased or removed
• Syn: lasting
• Ant: erasable
• The indelible marker was on my wall forever.

INDULGENT

• Yielding to the wishes or demands of others
• Syn: permissive
• Ant: strict
• The indulgent letter was what the enemy needed
• to give us back our president.

INVETERATE

• Firmly established, long-standing
• Syn: persisting
• Ant: sporadic
• The inveterate building has been there since
• 1910.

IRRELEVANT

• Not to the point, not applicable or pertinent
• Syn: inapplicable
• Ant: pertinent
• The irrelevant words that came out of the students
• caused him to fail the class.

NOCTURNAL

• Of or occuring in the night
• Syn: nighttime
• Ant: daytime
• The nocturnal owl never sleeps at night.

PLATITUDE

• A commonplace, stale, or trite remark
• Syn: cliché
• Ant: epigram
• The museum is the most platitude place of
• all, everyone goes there.

QUELL

• To subdue, put down forcibly
• Syn: pacify
• Ant: active
• I quelled the rabid dog because it was about
• to bite my children.

QUIESCENT

• Inactive
• Syn: still
• Ant: active
• The quiescent bear was hibernating for the
• winter.

RUMINATE

• To meditate, think about at length
• Syn: ponder
• I ruminated as to whether I shouod marry
• my girlfriend or not?

TACIT

• Unspoken, silent
• Syn: unexpressed
• Ant: explicit
• The tacit child was afraid because she failed
• a class.

TANGIBLE

• Capable of being touched
• Syn: perceptible
• Ant: immaterial
• The tangible book is way better than an
• eBook.

TRENCHANT

• Inclusive, keen
• Syn: penetrating
• Ant: dull
• The trenchant video touched everyones heart.