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ALLOCATE

• (V.) TO SET APART OR DESIGNATE FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE; TO DISTRIBUTE
• Synonyms: assign, allot, distrubute
• Ms. Hogan allocated the homework to 4th period only.

ARDENT

• (ADJ.) VERY ENTHUSIASTIC, IMPASSIONED
• Synonyms: intense, fervent, avid
• Antonyms: indifferent, stolid
• His ardent celebration cost his team a penalty

ASSIDUOUS

• (Adj.) PERSISTENT, ATTENTIVE, DILIGENT
• Synonyms: persistent, attentive, dilligent
• Antonyms: lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
• I was assiduous while studying for midterms

BRASH

• (ADJ.) PRONE TO ACT IN A HAST MANNER; IMPRUDENT
• Synonyms: rash, impetuous, brazen
• Antonyms: prudent, wary, circumspect
• When a person is frusturated it is easy for them to come off as brash

CAPRICIOUS

• (ADJ.) SUBJECT TO WHIMS OR PASSING FANCIES
• Synonyms: impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
• Antonyms: constant, steady, unwavering
• Checks and balances keeps a branch of government from using power capriciously.

CHASTISE

• (V.) To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely
• Synonyms: discipline, censure
• Antonyms: commend reward
• The football coach chastises his players with sprints if they are late for practice

COPIOUS

• (Adj.) Abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
• Synonyms: ample, profuse, bountiful
• Antonyms: inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
• The colony had copious amounts of food which they stored for the coming famine.

DEVIATE

• (V.) to turn aside; to stray from a norm
• (N.) one who departs from a norm
• (Adj.) differing from the norm, heterodox, unconventional
• Synonyms: diverge, veer, swerve
• Do not deviate from the specific instructions you were given.

EMACIATED

• (Adj.) Unnaturally thin
• Synonyms: withered, shriveled
• Antonyms: plump, fat, obese, corpulent
• The neglected dog was emaciated from the lack of food

EXULT

• (V.) To rejoice greatly
• Synonyms: revel, glory
• Antonyms: mope, sulk, regret, lament
• We watched Tiger Woods exult after he made his put.

GNARLED

• (Adj.) Knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Synonyms: knotty, misshapen, contorted
• Antonyms: smooth, unblemished, straight
• My gnarled shoe laces were hard to untie.

INDEMNITY

• (N.) a payment for damage or loss
• Synonyms: compensation, reparation
• I get indemnity from my medical leave.

INKLING

• (N.) a hint, a vague notion
• Synonyms: clue, intimation, suggestion
• She gave me an inkling as to where my nrpther was hiding

LIMPID

• (Adj.) clear, transparent; readily understood
• Synonyms: lucid, intelligible,
• Antonyms: murky, opaque
• I could easily see through the limpid water

OMNIPOTENT

• (Adj.) almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• Synonym: all-powerful
• Antonyms: powerless, impotent, weak
• Some people believe in a god or gods that are omnipotent

PALATABLE

• (Adj.) agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities
• Synonyms: edible, appetizing, attractive
• Antonyms: inedible, distateful, disagreeable
• My mother loves broccoli but i domt find it palatable

POIGNANT

• (Adj.) deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp taste / smell
• Synonyms: heartrending, melancholy
• Antonyms: unaffecting, bland
• The girl found her boyfriends letter poignant

RANCOR

• (N.) bitter resentment or ill will
• (N.) bitter resentment or ill will
• Syn: animosity, enmity
• Syn: animosity, enmity
• Ant: goodwill, harmony
• Ant: goodwill, harmony
• Ant: goodwill, harmony
• His bad decision made him rancor for years
• His bad decision made him rancor for years
• His bad decision made him rancor for years

SOPHOMORIC

• (Adj.) immature and overconfident
• Syn: pretentious, superficial
• Syn: pretentious, superficial
• Ant: mature, judicious
• Ant: mature, judicious
• Ant: mature, judicious
• The sophomores are sophomoric
• The sophomores are sophomoric

SPONTANEOUS

• (Adj.) arising naturally, not planned
• Syn: unpremeditated
• Ant: premeditated
• We spontaneously wore the same outfit to school!