VOCAB UNIT 9

ALLOCATE

• DEF. (v.)To set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
• SYN. assign, allot, distribute
• EX. The accountant allocated our money for all of the taxes.

ARDENT

• DEF. (adj.)Very enthusiastic, impassioned
• SYN. intense, fervent, avid
• ANT. indifferent, stolid, phlegmatic, apathetic
• EX. Every day, Mrs. Riley is co co constantly ardent.

ASSIDUOUS

• DEF. (adj.)persistant, attentive, diligent
• SYN. industrious, unremitting, sedulous
• ANT. lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
• EX. My assiduous headache did not let up all day.

BRASH

• DEF. (adj.)Prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
• SYN. rash, impetuous, brazen
• ANT. prudent, wary, circumspect
• EX. The lazy student was brash with all of his homework.

CAPRICIOUS

• DEF. (adj.)Subject to whims or passing fancies
• SYN. impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
• ANT. constant, steady, unweaving
• EX. Teenage girls are very capricious with who they like.

CHASTISE

• DEF. (v.)To inflict physical punishment as a meansof correction; to scold severely
• SYN. discipline, censure
• ANT. commend, reward
• EX. The nuns chastise the students who misbehave.

COPIOUS

• DEF. (adj.)Abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
• SYN. ample, profuse, bountiful
• ANT. inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
• EX. There was a copious amount of apples to pick from at the orchard.

DEVIATE

• DEF. (v.)to turn aside; to strayfrom a norm (n.)one who departs from the norm
• (adj.)differing from the norm, heterodox, unconventional
• SYN. (v.) diverge, veer, swerve
• ANT. (v.) conform to, abide by; (adj.) orthodox
• EX. The chef deviated from the recipe to make his own creation.

EMACIATED

• DEF. (adj., part.) unnaturally thin
• SYN. withered, shriveled
• ANT. plump, fat obese, corpulent
• EX. The emaciated girl was anorexic.

EXULT

• DEF. (v.)to rejoice greatly
• SYN. revel, glory
• ANT. mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament
• EX. The entire nation exulted when they found out the war was over.

GNARLED

• DEF. (adj.)knotted, twisted, lumpy
• SYN. knotty, misshapen, contorted
• ANT. smooth, unblemished, straight
• EX. I could not untangle my headphones, they were so gnarled.

INDEMNITY

• DEF. (n.)a payment for damage or loss
• SYN. compensation, reparation
• EX. After Steve damaged his neighbors property, he had to pay an indemnity .

INKLING

• DEF. (n.)a hint; a vague notion
• SYN. clue, intimation, suggestion
• EX. At the crime scene, the detective found an inkling of where he might strike next.

LIMPID

• DEF. (adj.)clear, transparent; readily understood
• SYN. lucid, intelligible
• ANT. murky, opaque
• EX. A friend of might showed me her wedding ring and how limpid the diamond was.

OMNIPOTENT

• DEF. (adj.)almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• SYN. all-powerful
• ANT. powerless, impotent, weak
• EX. The LORD God is omnipotent.

PALATABLE

• DEF. (adj.)agreeable to the taste of one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption
• SYN. edible, appetizing, attractive
• ANT. inedible, distasteful, disagreeable
• EX. I sat and watched the waiter walk by with someone's palatable food.

POIGNANT

• DEF. (adj.)deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell
• SYN. heartrending, melancholy
• ANT. unaffecting, bland, vapid, insipid, funny
• EX. The child's stare was poignant to his parents.

RANCOR

• DEF. (n.)bitter resentment or ill-will
• SYN. animosity, enmity, bitterness
• ANT. goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
• EX. The Nazis had a rancor for Jewish people during World War II.

SOPHOMORIC

• DEF. (adj.)immature and overconfident; conceited
• SYN. pretentious, superficial, fatuous
• ANT. mature, judicious, knowledgeable
• EX. When Spongebob and Patrick are together, they are sophomoric by acting like children.

SPONTANEOUS

• DEF. (adj.)arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance
• SYN. unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu
• ANT. premeditated, planned, contrived
• EX. When the teacher fell in class, we all had a spontaneous laugh attack.