VOCABULARY UNIT 13

ANTIPATHY

• Def-(n.)-a strong dislike,hostile feeling
• Syn-hostility,enmity,aversion,bad blood
• Ant-attraction,appeal,allure,sympathy

APPLICABLE

• Def-(adj.)-capable of being applied;relevant,suitable
• Syn-appropriate,fit,apt,apposite
• Ant-inappropriate,unsuitable,irrelevant

ASSET

• Def-(n.)-something of value;a resource; an advantage
• Syn-property,holding,endowment
• Ant-drawback,handicap,liability

BESET

• Def-(v.)-to attack from all side;to surround, hem in;(adj.,part.) harassed,troubled;studded(as with jewels)
• Syn-(v.)-assail,harass,badger,pester,torment

COMPASSION

• Def-(n.)-sympathy for another's suffering;pity
• Syn-concern,commiseration,empathy
• Ant-indifference,callousness,heartlessness

DECORUM

• Def-(n.)-proper behavior,good taste;orderliness
• Syn-seemliness,good form,propriety
• Ant-impropriety,bad form,bad taste

DURESS

• Def-(n.)-compulsion by threat;forcible confinement
• Syn-intimidation,coercion
• Ant-persuasion,coaxing

EXUBERANT

• Def-(adj.)-high-spirted,enthusiastic,unrestrained; excessive, abundant
• Syn-lively,ebullient,irrepressible,lavish
• Ant-depressed,despondent,sulky,restrained

FACSIMILE

• Def-(n.)-an exact copy
• Syn-replica,duplicate,clone
• Ant-variation,modification,permutation

IMBIBE

• Def-(v.)-to drink; to take in,absorb
• Syn-swallow,gulp,quaff,digest
• Ant-eject,emit,expel,discharge

IMPLACABLE

• Def-(adj.)-not to be satisfied or pacified;unyielding
• Syn-relentless,inexorable,unappeasable
• Ant-lenient,indulgent,permissive,flexible

INFINITESIMAL

• Def-(adj.)-so small as to be almost immeasurable;minute
• Syn-tiny,minuscule
• Ant vast,immense,huge,infinite

INNOCUOUS

• Def-(adj.)-harmless,inoffensive,insignificant
• Syn-feeble,impotent,unobjectionable,insipid
• Ant-harmful,dangerous,pernicious,toxic,virulent

MILITATE

• Def-(v.)-to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
• Syn-counter,oppose,work against

PATENT

• Def-(n.)-exclusive rights over an invention;copyright;(v.) to arrange or obtain such rights; (adj.) plain, open to view;copyrighted

PROWESS

• Def-(n.)-distinguished bravery;superior skill or ability
• Syn-valor,courage,heroism,mastery,proficiency
• Ant-cowardice,incompetence,ineptitude

SEDATE

• Def-(adj.)-quiet,settled,sober;(v.) to administer a tranquilizer
• Syn-(adj.)-unruffled,composed,cool and collected
• Ant-(adj.)- loud,brash,flashy,flamboyant,garish,flighty

STENTORIAN

• Def-(adj.)-extremely loud
• Syn-thundering,deafening,earsplitting
• Ant-hushed,inaudible,whispered,mute

STIPULATE

• Def-(v.)-to arrange specifically;to require as a condition of agreement
• Syn-specify,contract,provide for

ULTIMATUM

• Def-(n.)-a final proposal or statement of conditions
• Syn-final terms