English Final Exam

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affable

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(adj.) Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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irrevocable

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(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back

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querulous

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(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

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erudite

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(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

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gossamer

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(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth

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sleazy

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(adj.) think or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean or disreputable

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infer

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(v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

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reverberate

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(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or bo reflected repeatedly

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abominate

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v. to have an intense dislike or hatred for

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absolve

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to clear from blame

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acrimonious

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(adj)stinging, bitter in temper or tone
Syn - biting, caustic, rancorous, hostile, peevish
ANt- gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

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adamant

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(anj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n) an exremely hard substance

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pretentious

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adj.
Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.
Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.

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egregious

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adj.
Conspicuously bad or offensive.

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astute

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adj.
Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns. See Synonyms at shrewd.

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slovenly

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adj.
Untidy, as in dress or appearance.
Marked by negligence; slipshod.

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adventitious

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adj. resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental, not essential; (medicine) acquired, not congenital

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Amnesty

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(n) a general pardon for an offense against the government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

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annotation

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(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

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aplomb

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n. poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendicularity

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ascribe

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v. to assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

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Assuage

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(v) to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

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Autonomy

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(n) self-government, political control

Synonyms: home rule
Antonyms: dependence, subjection, colonial status

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gauche

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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless clumsy

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bedlam

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(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

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berate

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(v) to scold sharply

Synonyms: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand

Antonyms: praise, compliment, pat on the back

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bizarre

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(adj) extremely strange, unusual, atypical

Synonyms: grotesque, fantastic, outlandish
Antonyms: normal, typical, ordinary, expected

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blatant

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(adj) noise in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, espoecailly in an unfavorable sense

Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud

Antonyms: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

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bombastic

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adj. pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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brouhaha

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(n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; and uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

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brusque

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(adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities

Synonyms: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough
Antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic

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cajole

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(v) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to decieve with soothing thoughts or false promises

Synonyms: wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk
Antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm

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caricature

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to present someone or somthing

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carnage

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(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

Synonyms: butchery, bloodbath, massacre

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concoct

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to prepare by combining ingredients; to devise, invent

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contiguous

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side by side touching near

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corpulent

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(adj) fat; having a large, bulky body

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credulous

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(adj) too ready to believe, easily decieved

Synonyms: gullible

Antonyms: dubious, skeptical

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debonair

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(adj.) pleasant, curteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

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Decadence

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(n) decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

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deference

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(n) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked b submission, as to a superior

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demeanor

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(n) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien

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desecrate

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to commit sacrilege, treat irreverently; to pollute

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disconsolate

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(adj) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Synonyms: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortlesss

Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

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effacious

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(adj.) effective, producing results

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Elicit

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(v) to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

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enigmatic

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(adj) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

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epitome

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n. a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality

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expedite

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v. to make easy, cause to progress faster

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extraneous

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(adj) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Synonyms: incidental, extrinsic

Antonyms: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

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ferment

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n. a state of great excitement, aditation, or turbulence; v. to be in or work in such a state; to produce alcohol by chemical reaction

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fortuitous

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(adj.) accidental, occuring by a happy chance

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grandiose

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grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affectation or grandeur

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gratuitous

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(adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

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perceptive

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having sympathetic insight or understanding capable of keen appreciation

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herculean

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(adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Synonyms: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal

Antonyms: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

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Hiatus

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(n) a gap, opening, break (in sense of having an element missing)

Synonyms: pause, lacuna
Antonyms: continuity, continuation

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florid

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highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy

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hypothetical

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(adj) based on an assumption or guess; used as a provisional or tentative idea to guide or direct investigation

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implicit

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implied understood

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impromptu

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(adj.,adv) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n) an extemporaneous compostion or remark; a minimal piece suggestice of improvisation

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inauspicious

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(adj) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

Synonyms: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely

Antonyms: propitious, favorable

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Innuendo

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(n) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonyms: direct statement

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insurgent

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(n) one who rebels or rises against authority
(adj) rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on

Synonyms: (adj) revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
Antonyms: (adj) loyalist, loyal, faithful

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equivocate

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(adj) to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation; to be deliberately vague or ambiguous

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Jaded

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(adj) wearied, worn-out, dulled (in a sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

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jejune

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(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immatuve, juvenile

Synonyms: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish

Antonyms: stimulating, mature

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Lurid

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(adj) causing shock, horror or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Synontms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

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Meritorious

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(adj) worthy, deserving recognition and praise

Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

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millenium

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n. a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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motley

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(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester

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novice

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n.
A person new to a field or activity; a beginner.
A person who has entered a religious order but has not yet taken final vows.

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nonplussed

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(adj, part) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

Synonyms: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted

Antonyms: poised, confident, assured

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opportune

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(adj) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time

Synonyms: timely, appropriate, felicitous

Antonyms: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate

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ostentatious

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marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

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Petulant

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(adj) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

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pillage

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to rob of goods by open force, plunder

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dowdy

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poorloy dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste

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potpourri

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(n) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Synonyms: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

Antonyms: homogeneous or uniform group

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paragon

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a model of ecleance

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precocious

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(adj) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

Synonyms: foward, gifted, advanced

Antonyms: backward, retarded, slow

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Prerogative

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(n) a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

Synonyms: perquisite, perk

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procrastinate

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(v.) to delay, put off until later

ex. Molly procrastinates when she waits until the night before the test to study her vocab.

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provocative

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(v.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

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redundant

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extra access more than needed

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relegate

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(v) to place in a lower position; to assign, refer, turn over; to banish

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reprobate

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(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprinicipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

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requisite

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(adj) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable

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sadistic

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(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Synonyms: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish

Antonyms: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

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sanctimonious

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making a show of virtue

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scintillating

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sparking twinkling

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winsome

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charming attractive pleasing

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squeamish

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(adj) inclined to cause nausea; easily shocked up upset; excessively fastidious or refined

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susceptible

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(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

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tenuous

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adj. thin, slender, not dense; lacking clarity or sharpness; of slight importance or significance; lacking a sound basis, poorly supported

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satiate

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to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; full, satisfied

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Transcend

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(v) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Synonyms: surpass, outstrip

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Umbrage

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(n) shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance
Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

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Vapid

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(adj) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

Synonyms: insipid, lifeless, colorless
Antonyms: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively

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vicarious

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(adj) performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another

Synonyms: surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand
Antonyms: real, actual, firsthand

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vitrolic

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adj. bitter, sarcastic; highly caustic or biting (like a strong acid)