English Vocab: Week 11

detrimental

(adj) causing damage or harm / synonyms: deleterious, destructive / antonyms: assisting, beneficial

deliberate

(adj) intentional, well thought out / (v) to consider carefully / (adv.) reliberately / synonyms: calculated, considered / antonyms: chance, unintentional

conventional

(adj) traditional, mundane, ordinary / synonym: common / antonym: abnormal

poignant

(adj.) affecting or moving the emotions; strong in mental appeal / (adv.) poignantly / synonyms: moving, sentimental / antonyms: unmoving

supercilious

(adj.) arrogant; full of oneself / (adv.) superciliously / (n.) superciliousness / synonym: prideful / antonyms: modest, humble

innocuous

(adj.) causing or intending little or no harm / (adv.) innocuously / synonyms: safe, harmless / antonyms: harmful, hurtful

ardent

(adj.) characterized by warm or intense feeling / (adv.) ardently / synonyms: passionate / antonyms: cold, frigid

diverse

(adj.) differing one from another / (n.) diversity / synonyms: variation / antonyms: same

credulous

(adj.) eager or willing to believe without proper evidence / (adv.) credulously / synonyms: gullible, trusting / antonyms: skeptical

palpable

(adj.) easily perceived, obvious / (n.) palpability / synonyms: blatant / antonyms: not tangible, unclear

lucid

(adj.) easily understood, clear perception / synonym: rational / antonym: unclear

whimsical

(adj.) eccentric; unpredictable; playful / synonyms: amusing, fickle, antonym: reasonable

innate

(adj.) existing in a person since birth; part of the character / synonym: intuitive / antonym: acquired

morose

(adj.) gloomy; ill-tempered / (adv.) morosely / synonyms: irritable, moody, sad / antonyms: happy, cheerful

concurrent

(adj.) happening at the same time / (adv.) concurrently / synonyms: parallel, coincident / antonyms: divergent

assiduous

(adj.) hard-working / (adv.) assiduously / (n.) assiduousness / synonym: persistent / antonym: lazy, negligent

deleterious

(adj.) having a harmful effect / synonyms: destructive, detrimental / antonyms: helpful, aiding

copious

(adj.) large in quantity, abundant / (adv.) copiously / synonyms: plentiful, lavish / antonyms: miniscule

vociferous

(adj.) loud / (adv.) vociferously / synonym: noisy / antonym: quiet

obscure

(adj.) not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague / (adv.) obscurely / synonyms: doubtful / antonym: certain

recondite

(adj.) not easily understood, mysterious / synonyms: concealed, hidden, secret / antonyms: obvious, straightforward

substantive

(adj.) not imaginary, real, actual / synonyms: authentic, permanent / antonyms: fake, negligible

impartial

(adj.) not partial or biased; fair / synonyms: equal / antonym: dishonest

extraneous

(adj.) not relevant / (adv.) extraneously / synonym: irrelevant / antonyms: relevant, important

mundane

(adj.) ordinary or commonplace / synonyms: everyday, common / antonym: extraordinary

plausible

(adj.) reasonable; possible / synonym: logical / antonym: unlikely

frugal

(adj.) requiring few resources; not wasteful / (n.) frugality / (adv.) frugally / synonyms: thrifty, economical / antonyms: extravagant

arbitrary

(adj.) selected at random / (adv.) arbitrarily / synonyms: inconsistent / antonyms: rational, reasonable

infallible

(adj.) unable to be proven wrong; absolutely trustworthy / synonyms: acceptable, accurate / antonym: faulty

fickle

(adj.) unpredictable / synonyms: changing, arbitrary / antonyms: aware, consistent

meticulous

(adj.) very careful, attentive to details / (adv.) meticulously / synonym: conscientious / antonym: careless

premonition

(n.) a feeling that something is about to happen

anarchy

(n.) absence of any form of political authority / (n.) anarchist

hinderance

(n.) an obstruct or delay to progress / (v.) hinder / synonyms: impediment, deterrent / antonyms: assistance, advantage

rudiments

(n.) basic skills / (adj.) rudimentary / synonyms: foundation, essentials

impudence

(n.) bold disrespect or rudeness

havoc

(n.) chaos or large-scale destruction

ingenuity

(n.) cleverness, originality / synonym: cunning

apathy

(n.) lack of interest or concern / synonyms: aloof, detachment, disregard / antonyms: concern, sensitive, sympathy

indolence

(n.) laziness / (adj.) indolent / synonyms: slow, idle / antonyms: agitate

levity

(n.) lightness; lacking seriousness / synonym: amusement / antonym: seriousness

advocate

(n.) one who pleads anothers' cause / (v.) to speak or write in support of / synonyms: defender, ally / antonyms: opposition

aesthetic

(n.) pertaining to beauty / (adj.) aesthetical

aptitude

(n.) readiness or quickness in learning / synonym: capable / antonym: inaptitude, incable

rebuttal

(n.) reply to a criticism

jeopardy

(n.) risk or loss of injury; peril or danger / synonyms: danger / antonyms: security

recluse

(n.) someone who lives in seclusion / (adj.) reclusive / synonym: hermit / antonym: outgoing

paradox

(n.) something that seems to contradict itself / synonym: inconsistency

cynicism

(n.) the belief that all human action is motivated by selfishness / (n.) cynic / (adj.) cynical / synonyms: skeptical, doubtful / antonyms: optimistic, trusting

felicity

(n.) the state of being happy; a source of happiness / synonyms: delight, cheerful / antonyms: sorrow

rogue

(n.) unprincipled, deceitful, unreliable person / synonyms: deceiver, crook / antonyms: reliable

provoke

(v.) anger, arouse, bring to action / synonyms: enrage, irritate / antonyms: delight, to please

marred

(v.) damaged; hurt / synonyms: disfigured, ruined / antonyms: healed

contrived

(v.) obviously planned or calculated, not spontaneous, labored / (n.) contrivance / synonyms: plan, devise

placate

(v.) to appease or calm / synonym: soothe / antonym: agitate

beset

(v.) to attack on all sides; harass; to set or place upon / synonyms: hassle

engender

(v.) to bring into existence; to produce or cause / synonyms: generate / antonyms: to ease

evoke

(v.) to call all mind emotions, feelings, and responses / synonyms: arouse, excite / antonyms: suppress, halt

incense

(v.) to cause to be extremely angry; to pay respect / synonyms: infuriate, respectful

belittle

(v.) to cause to seem less than another/ synonyms: condemned, criticize / antonyms: approve, commend

corroborate

(v.) to confirm / (n.) corroboration / synonyms: certify, support / antonyms: contradict, deny

negate

(v.) to destroy the validity of something / synonym: invalidate / antonyms: allow, approve

pacify

(v.) to easy the anger or agitation of / (n.) pacifist / (adv.) pacifyingly / synonyms: soothe / antonyms: rational, reasonable

rectify

(v.) to fix or correct, to remedy / synonyms: mend, adjust / antonym: worsen

assimilate

(v.) to incorporate and absorb, to make similar / (n.) assimilation / synonyms: adapt / antonyms: dissimilate

exacerbate

(v.) to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of / (n.) exacerbation / synonyms: irritate, provoke / antonyms: relieve, soothe

infer

(v.) to lead to a conclusion, to guess / (n.) inference / (adj.) inferable / synonyms: assume, speculate / antonyms: misunderstand, misconceive

quibble

(v.) to make a minor objection / synonym: criticism / antonym: approval

reconcile

(v.) to make peace; to bring into agreement / synonyms: coordinate, resolve / antonyms: disharmonize

refute

(v.) to prove (a person) to be in error / (adj.) refutable / synonym: disprove / antonyms: approve, confirm

retort

(v.) to reply sharply / (n.) a sharp reply

reiterate

(v.) to say or do again or repeatedly / synonyms: restate, recap / antonyms: take back

confiscate

(v.) to seize by authority / (n.) confiscation / (n.) confiscator / synonym: forfeit / antonym: return, release

abridge

(v.) to shorten (i.e. like a piece of literature) / synonym: condense, cut / antonym: expand

squander

(v.) to spend wastefully or extravagantly / synonyms: spend, expend / antonyms: hoard, save

hoard

(v.) to stash away or accumulate / (n.) hoarder / synonym: reserve / antonym: get rid of

implicate

(v.) to suggest or indirectly hint at / synonyms: accuse, blame, charge / antonyms: defend, support

exploit

(v.) to take advantage of; to use selfishly / (n.) exploitation / synonym: abuse

presume

(v.) to take for granted, to assume or suppose / (n.) presumption: attitude or conduct of assuming / synonyms: assume, postulate / antonyms: reality

obliterate

(v.) to wipe out, remove all traces / (n.) obliteration / synonyms: eliminate, destroy / antonyms: build, construct