Power Plus Lesson 2

bland

(adj.) mild; tasteless; dull syn: smooth; agreeable ant: exciting; thrilling

impotent

(adj.) powerless; lacking strength syn: ineffective; helpless ant: potent; powerful

bestial

(adj.) savage; brutal syn: brutish; vile; cruel ant: humane; kind

diaphanous

(adj.) very sheer and light syn: transparent; gossamer ant: opaque

effete

(adj.) worn out; barren syn: exhausted; spent and sterile ant: vital; vigorous

impediment

(n.) a barrier; obstruction syn: obstacle; hindrance ant: aid

labyrinth

(n.) a complicated network of winding passages; a maze

emendation

(n.) a correction syn: improvement; amendment

shard

(n.) a fragment

bauble

(n.) a showy but useless thing syn: trinket

nihilism

(n.) a total rejection of established laws

antithesis

(n.) an exact opposite; an opposite extreme syn: converse ant: same

chagrin

(n.) embarrassment; a complete loss of courage

maelstrom

(n.) whirlpool; turbulence; agitated state of mind

gloat

(v.) to look at or think about with great satisfaction syn: revel; crow