UNIT 7 VOCAB

ADIEU

• A farewell
• Syn: good-bye
• Ant: Hello
• Mark said his adieu as he left to go to Europe

ADVENT

• An Arrival
• Syn: Approach
• Ant: Departure
• The advent of summer has been long awaited by the students.

APEX

• The highest point, tip
• Syn: Summit, peak
• Ant: Nadir, lowest point
• At the apex of the turn he applied the most pressure to his ski.

ASSIMILATE

• To absord fully; to adopt as one's own
• Digest, blend in
• N/A
• When he moved to America from Europe, he assimilated well.

BOGUS

• False, counterfeit
• Syn: Phony, fake
• Ant: Genuine
• He told his parents the class was bogus; therefore he failed.

EXORBITANT

• Unreasonably high
• Syn: EXpensive
• Ant: inexpensive
• $30 for a pair of socks is an exorbitant price

INTERIM

• The time between
• SYn: interval
• Ant: Provisional
• After the departure of Lindy Ruff, the sabres had an interim coach

INUNDATE

• TO flood, overflow
• SYn: Submerge
• The students were mad when the teacher inundated them with a lot of homework

MALIGN

• To speak evil of
• Syn: Defame, badmouth
• ANT: praise, commend
• After the fight, the immature boy went of to malign about his foe.

MEANDER

• to wander about (v) A sharp turn (N)
• Syn: twist, zigzag
• The twisty river had many meanders.

METROPOLIS

• A large city
• SYn: large urban center
• ANT: hamlet, village
• New york city is a metroplis

MOMENTOUS

• Very important
• syn: consequential
• ANT: trivial, slight
• MLK jr. is a momentous person

OBSTREPEROUS

• Noisy, unruly, disorderly
• SYN: wild, uncontrolled
• ANT: quiet, well-behaved
• Canisius vs. Joes football games are very obstreperous

PENSIVE

• Thoughtful, melancholy
• syn: dreamy
• In college, you must be very pensive in order to succeed.

PERILOUS

• Dangerous
• syn: risky
• Ant: safe, secure, harmless
• TO be in the army is very perilous

SHODDY

• of poor quality
• SYn: cheap
• ANt: Durable
• THe gift given by the cheap man was very shoddy

SPRIGHTLY

• lively, full of life
• SYN: frisky, peppy, spirited
• ant: sullen, dull
• Kevin hart is sprightly during his shows

SURLY

• angry and bad-tempered
• Syn: Gruff, sullen, cranky
• ANT: polite, gracious
• Some people become surly when hearing rap lyrics.

TIRADE

• A long, angry speech
• SYN: Tounge-lashing
• THe principal gave a tirade speech after the kids got caught cheating

VAGRANT

• AN idle wanderer
• SYN: Vagabond, hobo
• Ant: stay-at-home