VOCAB UNIT 9

ALLOCATE (V)

• To set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute
• Synonyms: assign, allot, distribute
• Ex: I allocated the basketball in practice the other day.

ARDENT (ADJ)

• Very enthusiastic, impassioned
• Synonyms: intense,fervent, avid
• Antonyms: indifferent, stolid, phlegmatic,apathetic
• Ex: When Jake hit the three-pointer the whole bench was ardent.

ASSIDUOUS (ADJ)

• Persistent, attentive, diligent
• Synonyms: industrious, unremitting, sedulous
• Antonyms: lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
• Ex: Students who work hard and get good grades are often assiduous.

BRASH (ADJ)

• Prone to act in a hasty manner; impudent
• Synonyms: rash, impetuous, brazen
• Antonyms: prudent, wary, circumspect
• Ex: John was brash when he took the test, therefore he got a 70%.

CAPRICIOUS (ADJ)

• Subject to whims or passing fancies
• Synonyms: impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
• Antonyms: constant, steady, unwavering
• Ex: The boy had a capricious mood; happy one moment, sad the next.

CHASTISE (V)

• To inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely
• Synonyms: discipline, censure
• Antonyms: commend, reward
• Ex: The student was chastised for cheating by getting hit by a ruler.

COPIOUS (ADJ)

• Abundant; plentiful; wordy, verbose
• Synonyms: ample, profuse, bountiful
• Antonyms: inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
• Ex: There was a copious amount of water so no one was thirsty.

DEVIATE

• (V) To turn aside; To stray from a norm
• (N) one who departs from a norm
• (Adj) differing from a norm, heterodox, unconventional
• Synonyms: (v) diverge, veer, swerve/ Antonyms: (v) conform to, abide by; (adj) orthodox
• Ex: Jennifer deviated from going to Church because of something the priest said.

EMACIATED (ADJ, PART)

• Unnaturally thin
• Synonyms: withered, shriveled
• Antonyms: plump, fat, obese, corpulent
• Ex: Since the girl ate hardly anything, she became emaciated.

EXULT (V)

• To rejoice greatly
• Synonyms: Revel, glory
• Antonyms: mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament
• Ex: When Tom found out he got a 100% on his test he exulted.

GNARLED (ADJ)

• Knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Synonyms: knotty, misshapen,contorted
• Antonyms: smooth, unblemished, straight
• Ex: The gnarled rope was impossible to unwind.

INDEMNITY (N)

• A payment for damage or loss
• Synonyms: compensation, reparation
• Ex: The woman had to pay an indemnity for crashing the car.

INKLING (N)

• A hint; a vague notion
• Synonyms: clue, intimation, suggestion
• Ex: Samantha gave an inkling that she liked Tom.

LIMPID (ADJ)

• Clear, transparent; readily understood
• Synonyms: lucid, intelligible
• Antonyms: murky, opaque
• The water was limpid, you could see all the way to the bottom.

OMNIPOTENT (ADJ)

• Almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• Synonyms: all-powerful
• Antonyms: powerless, impotent, weak
• Ex: God is often seen as omnipotent,having control over everything.

PALATABLE (ADJ)

• Agreeable to the taste or one's sensibilities; suitable for consumption
• Synonyms: edible, appetizing, attractive
• Antonyms: inedible, distasteful, disagreeable
• Ex: The food at the 5 star restaurant was very palatable.

POIGNANT (ADJ)

• Deeply affecting, touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell
• Synonyms: heartrending, melancholy
• Antonyms: unaffecting, bland, vapid, insipid, funny
• Ex: His kind attitude toward the woman made a poignant affect on her.

RANCOR (N)

• Bitter resentment or ill-will
• Synonyms: animosity, enmity, bitterness
• Antonyms: goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
• Ex: The envious girl showed a lot of rancor to her ex- bestfriend.

SOPHOMORIC (ADJ)

• Immature and overconfident; conceited
• Synonyms: pretentious, superficial, fatuous
• Antonyms: mature, judicious, knowledgeable
• Ex: The sophomoric students thought they were better than everyone else.

SPONTANEOUS (ADJ)

• Arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance
• Synonyms: unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu
• Antonyms: premeditated, planned, contrived
• Ex: The spontaneous child kept on doing random things.