Vocabulary Unit 9
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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VOCABULARY UNIT 9
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AUXILIARY
(ADJ.)GIVING ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT (N.) AID
AUXILIARY
- (Syn.)additional,reserve accessory
- (Ant.) main, primary
- The assistant manager was auxiliary to his boss.
CANDID
(ADJ.)FRANK,SINCERE, UNPOSED
CANDID
- (Syn.) plainspoken, unbiased
- (Ant.)evasive, misleading
CUBICLE
(N.) A SMALL ROOM OR COMPARTMENT
CUBICLE
- (Syn.)hole-in-the-wall
- (Ant.) vast hall
- The hotel had the tiniest cubicle that there was only room for one person
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DRUDGERY
(N.) WORK THAT IS HARD AND TIRESOME
DRUDGERY
- (Syn.)toil,labor
- (Ant.) play,amusement
- The drudgery was so challenging that many people passed out trying it from exhaustnment
ENVOY
- (Syn.)ambassador,minister
- The boss was asked to be an envoy to the main company.
ESCALATE
(V.) TO ELEVATE, INCREASE THE INTENSITY
ESCALATE
- (Syn.)raise,ascend
- (Ant.)decrease,lessen
- A riot can escalate into a big clash with the police.
EXPEDIENT
(N.) A MEANS TO AN END (ADJ.) USEFUL
EXPEDIENT
- (Syn.)contrivance, device
- (Ant.)disadvantageous
- As an expedient, we choose to cheat to get on the rides we are too short for.
FEIGN
(V.) PRETEND
FEIGN
- (Syn.)fake,sham
- Some people feign a injury to get out of that sports practice.
FLAIR
(N.) A NATURAL QUALITY, TALENT
FLAIR
- (Syn.)bent, gift style
- (Ant.)incapacity
- The mans flair in running made him win first place.
GREVIOUS
(ADJ.) CAUSING SORROW OR PAIN
GREVIOUS
- (Syn.)painful,flagrant
- (Ant.)uniform,cheery
- The grievous errors in the building caused it to be leaned to one side.
HETEROGENEOUS
(ADJ.) COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT KINDS
HETEROGENEOUS
- (Syn.)mixed,variegated
- (Ant.)uniform, homogeneous
- To be the student president everyone was looking for a kid who was heterogeneous.
HORDE
- (Syn.) crowd,mass,swarm
- (Ant.) few,handful
- The horde of Canisius boys ran out of the school after the last day of classes.
IMPEL
(V.) TO FORCE,DRIVE OUT
IMPEL
- (Syn.)urge,push,propel
- (Ant.)check,restrain
- The bad government impel the people because they didn't have enough food to feed them.
INCREDULOUS
(ADJ.) DISBELIEVING, SKEPTICAL
INCREDULOUS
- (Syn.)mistrustful,doubting
- (Ant.)trustful,believing
- The student that yelled in class got incredulous looks from the teacher.
INSCRIBE
(V.) TO WRITE OR ENGRAVE
INSCRIBE
- (Syn.)enroll,enlist
- (Ant.)erase,rub out
- The craftsman always inscribed his name in his wood work.
MONOLOGUE
(N.) A SPEECH BY ONE ACTOR, A LONG TALK BY ONE PERSON
MONOLOGUE
- (Syn.)soliloquy
- (Ant.)conversation
- Brutus had a monologue of talking to himself about killing caesar.
PROGNOSIS
(N.) A FORECAST OF THE PROBABLE COURSE AND OUTCOME OF A DISEASE
PROGNOSIS
- (Syn.)projection
- The doctor said the prognosis would be a long recovery.
RASPING
(ADJ.)HARSH GRATING SOUND (N.) HARSH SOUND
RASPING
- (Syn.) scraping,abrasive
- (Ant.)smooth,silky
- The rasping of the nails on the chalk board made everyone hold their ears.
REPUGNANT
(ADJ.) OFFENSIVE,DISAGREEABLE
REPUGNANT
- (Syn.) hateful,repulsive
- (Ant.) pleasing,attractive
- Because of their repugnant missing pieces to the puzzle they couldn't finish it unitl they had everything.
SCUTTLE
(V.) TO SINK A SHIP BY CUTTING HOLES IN IT (N.) A PAIL
SCUTTLE
- (Syn.)abandon,discard, ditch
- (Ant.)keep afloat,salvage
- The Americans tried to scuttle the Japanese ship but shooting a hole in it.
