UNIT 9 VOCABULARY

ALLOCATE

• (verb) to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
• Synonyms: assign, allot, distribute
• Some people allocate money to the men and women that fight for us across the sea.

ARDENT

• (adjective) very enthusiastic, impassioned
• Synonyms: intense, fervent, avid
• Antonyms: indifferent, stolid, phlegmatic, apathetic
• Jim and his wife Susan who is very ardent and intense.

ASSIDUOUS

• (adjective) persistent, attentive, diligent
• Synonyms: industrious, unremitting, sedulous
• Antonyms: lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
• Hard-workers are bred to be assiduous.

BRASH

• (adjective) prone to act in a nasty manner, impudent
• Synonyms: rash, impetuous, brazen
• Antonyms: prudent, wary, circumspect
• Brash words should not hurt you but make you stronger.

CAPRICIOUS

• (adjective) subject to whims or passing fancies
• Synonyms: impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
• Antonyms: constant, steady, unwavering
• A capricious act is someone saying they could go to Europe the next day and then go.

CHASTISE

• (verb) to inflict physical punishment as means of correction, to scold severely
• Synonyms: discipline, censure
• Antonyms: commend, reward
• Moms use chastise to discipline their children.

COPIOUS

• (adjective) adundent, plentiful, wordy, verbose
• Synonyms: ample, profuse, bountiful
• Antonyms: inadequate, maeger, scanty, concise
• There were copious or adundent amounts of money.

DEVIATE

• (verb) to turn aside, to stray from normal; (noun) one who departs from a norm; (adjective) differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
• Synonyms: diverge, veer, swerve
• Antonyms: conform to, abide by, orthodox
• Tom deviated from taking the highway because the roads were so bad.

EMACIATED

• (adjective, part.) unnatually thin
• Synonyms: withered, shriveled
• Antonyoms: plump, fat, obese, corpulent
• Patrick used to be fat but now he is emaciated or very thin.

EXULT

• (verb) to rejoice greatly
• Synonyms: revel, glory
• Antonyms: mope, skulk, regret, rue, lament
• Winning the basketball game caused the whole team to exult.

GNARLED

• (adjective) knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Synonyms: knotty, misshapen, contorted
• Antonyms: smooth, unblemished, straight
• The gnarled gears on the bike cause for no movement at all.

INDEMNITY

• (noun) a payment for damage or loss
• Synonyms: compensation, reparation
• The indemnity for going to jail was harsh.

INKLING

• (noun) a hint, a vague notion
• Synonyms: clue, intimation, suggestion
• The blood stain gave an inkling towards the next clue.

LIMPID

• (adjective) clear transparent; readily understood
• Synonyms: lucid, intelligible
• Antonyms: murky, opaque
• The water was so lipid you could read fine script while looking through it.

OMNIPOTENT

• (adjective) almight, having limited power or authority
• Synonyms: all-powerful
• Antonyms: powerless, impotent, weak
• An autocracy is lead by one leader who is omnipotent th everyone.

PALATABLE

• (adjective) agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumtion
• Synonyms: edible, appetizing, attractive
• Antonyms: inedible, distasteful, disagreeable
• The dish the chef brought out looked palatable or very appetizing.

POIGNANT

• (adjective) deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell
• Synonyms: heartrending, melancholy
• Antonyms: unaffecting, bland, vapid, insipid, funny
• Songs are sometimes poignant to get the meaning of the point the author is trying to say.

RANCOR

• (noun) bitter resentment or ill-will
• Synonyms: animosity, enmity, bitterness
• Antonyms:goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
• At the bombing people saw the rancor in the bombers eyes.

SOPHOMORIC

• (adjective) immature and overconfident, conceited
• Synonyms: pretentious, superficial, fatuous
• Antonyms: mature, judicious, knowledgeable
• Sophmores are very sophomoric not mature.

SPONTANEOUS

• (adjective) arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance
• Synonyms: unpremeditated, unplanned, impromtu
• Antonyms: premeditated, planned, contrived
• The spontaneous speech was excellent even though it was made up on the spot.