VOCABULARY

ABHOR

• (V) to regard with horror or loathing.
• Syn: detest, Ant: admire
• The lack of snow abhors me to the point of tears

AMEND

• (V) to change in a formal manner.
• Syn: modify
• By amending the relationship with Cuba, United State citizens are able to travel within the counties boarders.

BUFFET

• (V) to slap or cuff
• Syn: batter
• The gentleman that was saying crude statements was buffet till the point of the need of cops.

CHAOS

• (N) great confusion
• Syn: anarchy Ant: order
• Great chaos consumed the country after the president was murdered.

COMMODIOUS

• (Adj) roomy, spacious
• Syn: comfortable ant: cramped
• The commodious building included a bowling ally as well as a movie theater is owned by non other than the wealthiest man in the world.

CORROSIVE

• (Adj) saying away at an object
• Syn: caustic Ant: bland
• Many acids that have a pH scale of lower than 2 can be extremely corrosive.

DISCERN

• (V) to see clearly
• Syn: perceive Ant: overlook
• To discern a legal document could allow you to move through loop holes that are not seen in the large print.

EXTANT

• (Adj) still existing
• Syn:surviving ant: extinct
• The crocodile has been an extant species sense the dawn of time.

IMPLICATE

• (V) to involve in
• Syn: incriminate Ant: absolve
• A person in a court would need to implicate a witness to back up their statements.

INTER

• (V) to bury, to commit to the earth.
• Ant: unearth
• In the Christian religion, it is a tradition to inter the dead into the earth.

MARINET

• (N) strict, disciplinary
• Syn: task maker
• The sergeant seemed martinet due to his harsh statements.

OBVIATE

• (V) to anticipate and prevent.
• Sny: preclude
• The way to obviate an injury from a hurricane is to evacuate the area where it will strike.

RENEGADE

• (N) one who leaves a group
• Syn: turncoat Ant: loyalist
• The colonists in the Americas became renegades from England.

REPREHENSIBLE

• (Adj) deserving a blame
• Syn: objectionable ant: commendable
• The reprehensible act of publicly exposing yourself deserves severe consequences.

SOMBER

• (Adj) dark gloomy
• Syn: mournful Ant: bright
• The day after my mother died was quite somber.

SQUALID

• (Adj) wretched, dirty
• Syn: dingy Ant: neat
• The squalid citizen was just rescued from poverty and put into a clean and stable home.

TURBULENT

• (Adj) disorderly
• Syn: unruly ant: calm
• The turbulent Niagara River can have a speed up to 30 mph and create extreme Rapids.

VOCIFEROUS

• (Adj) loud and noisy
• Syn: obnoxious Ant: quiet
• The vociferous fans caused the stands to tremble.

VOLUMINOUS

• (Adj) of great volume
• Syn: plentiful Ant: destitute
• Thanksgiving dinner is a voluminous meal with over 10 pounds of food.

WAIVE

• (V) to do without
• Syn: decline Ant: claim
• People who love the heat can waive without snow for as long as possible.