VOCAB UNIT 9

AUXILARY

• Adjective- giving assistance or support.
• Synonym: additional
• Antonym: primary,main
• Sentence- I was an auxiliary to the elderly for community service.

CANDID

• Adjective- frank, sincere
• Synonym: forthright
• Antonym: insincere
• Sentence: I am a very candid and trustworthy person.

DRUDGERY

• Noun- work that is hard and tiresome
• Synonym: labor
• Antonym: play
• Sentence:The slaves had a drudgery life of work.

ENVOY

• Noun- a representative or messanger
• Synonym: minister
• Antonym: average day guy
• Sentence: The senator is the envoy of the people.

ESCALATE

• Verb- to elevate
• Synonym: ascend
• Antonym: decrees lessen
• Sentence: The plane escalated before bringing up its landing gear.

EXPEDIENT

• Adjective-advantageous,useful
• Noun- a means to an end
• Synonyms: serviceable,device
• Antonyms: disadvantageous
• Sentence: It's very expedient to know how to do many jobs.

FEIGN

• Verb- to pretend
• Synonym: fake
• Antonym: real
• Sentence: He feigned be sick so he could skip school.

CUBICLE

• Noun- a small room
• Synonym: hole in the wall
• Antonym: vast hall
• Sentence: Many people work in cubicles.

FLAIR

• Noun-- a natural quality
• Synonym: knack
• Antonym: inability
• Sentence: She enjoys flair things.

GRIEVOUS

• Adjective- causing sorrow or pain
• Synonym: painful
• Antonym: joyful
• Sentence: I had grievous pain after I broke my arm.

HETEROGENEOUS

• Adjective- diverse
• Synonym: mixed
• Antonym: uniform
• Senetence: You find many heterogeneous people around the world.

HORDE

• Noun- A vast number
• Synonym: crowd
• Antonym: few
• Sentence: Some people are called hoarders for keeping so much stuff.

IMPEL

• Verb- to force
• Synonym: push
• Antonym: restrain
• Sentence: I hate when people try to impel me into doing something.

INCREDULOUS

• Adjective- dibeliving
• Synonym: mistrustful
• Antonym: gullible
• Sentence: I was incredulous when I heard that dragons are in the zoo.

INSCRIBE

• Verb- to engrave
• Synonym- enlist
• Antonym: erase
• Sentence: The Lincoln memorial has been inscribed on.

MONOLOGUE

• Noun- speech by one actor
• Synonym: soliloquy
• Antonym: exert
• Sentence: I had to remember an monologue for the play.

PROGNOSIS

• Noun- a forecast
• Synonym: prediction
• Antonym: statment
• Sentence: The weather channel made a prognosis about the weather this week.

RASPING

• Noun, adjective- a harsh sound
• Synonym: abrasive
• Antonym: smooth
• Sentence: I hate the rasping sound of nails on chalk board.

REPUNGNANT

• Adjective: offensive
• Synonym: repulsive
• Antonym: attractive
• Sentence: I didn't like her repugnant tone.

SCUTTLE

• Noun- a pail
• Verb- to cut holes in ships
• Synonym: abandon
• Antonym: pleasing
• Sentence: The Ice burg scuttled the Titanic.