Vocab Unit 11
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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brevity
- shortness
- syn.terseness, pithiness
- ant.verbosity, long-windedness, prolixity
- Max was a good football player, but his brevity in height kept him from excelling
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comport
- to conduct or bear oneself, behave
- syn.agree, concur
- The super nanny's job is to make sure kids comport with their parents
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concise
- expressing much in a few words
- syn.brief, succinct, terse
- ant.wordy, verbose, prolix
- Some of the greatest poems are really concise than most others
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demure
- sober or serious in manner, modest
- syn.shy, sedate, seemly
- ant.forward, assertive, immodest
- My father always has a demure attitude towards everything
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depreciation
- a lessening in value, a belittling
- syn.cheapening, lowering
- ant.increase, appreciation, enhancement
- When my vase broke, its value became less and less depreciation
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deterioate
- to lower in quality or value, to wear away
- syn.worsen, decline, degenerate
- ant.fix up, enhance
- The more I used my baseball glove, I began to deteriorate the leather and laces
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divulge
- to tell, reveal, to make public
- syn.disclose, impart, spill the beans
- ant.hide, conceal, cover up
- Each time Call of Duty divulges their new game, people start to go crazy
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enlightened
- free from ignorance and false ideas
- syn.knowing, aware, cultivated
- ant.ignorant, unaware, untaught
- When the soothsayer told Caesar about the Ides of March, Caesar became enlightened about it
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forestall
- to prevent by acting first
- syn.hinder, thwart, preclude
- ant.welcome, accept, allow
- I forestalled getting detention by cleaning up my table
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garble
- to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
- syn.jumble, confuse, misrepresent
- ant.elucidate, articulate
- When a rumor is spread, it is usually distorted to make it even worse
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proponent
- one who puts forward a proposal
- syn.supporter, advocate, exponent
- ant.opponent, critic, foe
- The man made a proponent to his wife whom he had been with for years
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quaver
- to shake, tremble, to trill
- syn.vibrate, shiver, quake
- When the earthquake hit Nepal, the houses began to quaver
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recoil
- to spring back, shrink and an act of springing back
- syn.flinch and kickback
- ant.advance, proceed, gain ground
- The soldier's gun recoiled back when he shot the bad guy
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recoup
- to make up for, regain
- syn.recover, retrieve
- ant.lose, default, forfeit
- After the Americans lost France to Germany, they stormed the beaches to recoup France back
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reek
- a unpleasant smell and to give off a unpleasant smell
- syn.stench and stink, smell
- ant.perfume, fragrance, bouquet
- Skunks like to reek when a predator comes by
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relentless
- unyielding, harsh, without pity
- syn.stern, merciless, persistent
- ant.merciful, accommodating, indulgent
- The football linebacker was relentless when he saw the running back
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rivulet
- a small stream
- syn.creek, rill
- The deer came by the rivulet to have a drink of water
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squander
- to spend foolishly, waste
- syn.misspend, dissipate
- ant.save, economize, hoard
- Whenever I get money, I always seem to squander it on stupid things
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staccato
- detached or disconnected in sound or style
- syn.abrupt
- ant.continuous, flowing
- Dubstep should be considered staccato music because it is just sounds
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statue
- a law
- syn.rule, enhancement
- The cops have to enforce the statue of speeding to people so no one gets hurt
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