VOCABULARY UNIT 7

ADIEU

• Def - Farewell!
• Syn-good bye
• Ant-Hello
• Zack adieu to his friends was very emotional.

ADVENT

• Def-(n) an arrival; a coming into place or view
• Syn-approach
• Ant-depature or going away
• The boy advent to school all way from home.

APEX

• Def-(n)the highest point, tip
• Syn-approach
• Ant-nadir,lowest point
• The men was at apex of the mountain

ASSIMILATE

• Def-(V)-to absorb fully;to adopt as one's own;to adapt fully
• Syn-digest,blend in
• The boy is assimilate the work

BOGUS

• Def-(adj) false,counterfeit
• Syn-phony,fake,spurious
• Ant-genuine,authentic
• You can tell if was bogus belt because of the way the sign look.

EXORBITANT

• Def-(adj.) unresonably high;excessive
• Syn-extreme,inordinate ,overpriced
• Ant-inexpensive,afforable,reasonable
• The man argued over the price of the exorbitant tickets

INTERIM

• Def-(n.) the time between (adj.)temporary,coming between two points in time
• The intreim of coming or going see where is the drive.
• Syn-(n.)-interval,interlude (adj.) -provisional,stopgap

INUNDATE

• (V). To flood, overflow :to overwhelm by numbers of size
• Syn-submerge,deluge,swamp

MALIGN

• Def-(v) to speak evil of slander ; (adj) evil
• Syn-(v) deframe,vilffy,badmouth (adj) wicked
• Ant-(v) praise, commend (adj) kind, benevolent
• The woman say malign things fo her friend about her coworkers.

MEANDER

• (v).To wander about,wind about;(n) a sharp turn or twist
• Syn- (v) ramble,zigzag,twist
• The woman meander from her usual path.

METROPOLIS

• Def-(n) a large city;the chief city of an area
• Syn - large urban center
• Ant- hamlet, village
• New York City is Metropolis because of it large buildings

MOMENTOUS

• Def-(adj) very important
• Syn-consequential,weighty
• Ant- inconsequential, trival, slight ,unimportant
• Presdint Obama was about make a
• Momentous descision.

OBSTREPEROUS

• (Adj) - noisy, unruly, disordely
• Syn- wild, uncontrolled, riotous
• Ant-quiet,well-behaved,docile
• The air horn is very obstreperous

PENSIVE

• (Adj) thoughtful,melancholy
• Sym-dreamy,contemplative
• The new iphone6 was very pensive

PERILOUS

• (Adj)dangerous
• Syn-risky,charicy,hazardous,unsafe
• Ant-safe,secure,harmless
• The toy was very perilous because of it malfunction.

SHODDY

• Def-(Adj)of poor quality , characterized by inferior workmanship
• Syn-cheap,tacky,imitative
• Ant-well-made, solid,durable,superior
• The gold chain is of poor quality.

SPRIGHTLY

• (Adj) livley, full of life, spicy,flavorful
• Syn-frisky,peppy,sprited,buoyant
• Ant- polite,gracious,civil,friendly,genial
• After the climb on the mountain the man felt sprightly.

SURLY

• Def-(adj) angry and bad- tempered, rude
• Syn-gruff,sullen,cranky,frouchy,hostile
• Ant-polite,gracious,civil,friendly,genial
• The man was anger after he did not get the promotion he wanted.

TIRADE

• Def-(n) a long, angry speech, usually very critcal
• Syn-diatribe, tongue-lashing
• The coach went on a tirade after a bad call cost his team the game.

VAGRANT

• Def- (n) an idle wandrer,tramp (adj) wandering aimlessly
• Syn-(n) vagabond, hobo. Nomad
• Ant-(n) stay at home, resident
• The man was,vagrant after his home to foreclosure.