VOCAB UNIT 11

BREVITY

• (N) shortness
• Syn: pithiness
• Ant: prolixity
• Sent: Hitlers speeches were anything but brevity.

COMPORT

• (V) to conduct or bear oneself
• Syn: agree
• Ant: disagree
• Sent: He seemed to comport with me.

CONCISE

• (Adj) expressing much in a few words
• Syn: brief
• Ant: wordy
• Sent: he was very concise in his argument.

DEMURE

• (Adj) sober or serious in manner
• Syn: shy
• Ant: forward
• Sent: He walked about in a demure manner.

DEPRECIATION

• (N) a lessening in value
• Syn: lowering
• Ant: increase
• Sent: As time moves along, the value of flip phone is going though depreciation.

DETERIORATE

• (V) to lower in quality or value
• Syn: worsen
• Ant: enhance
• Sent: During the recession, the value of the American dollar deteriorated.

DIVULGE

• (V) to tell
• Syn: disclose
• Ant: hide
• Sent: He divulged the information.

ENLIGHTENED

• (Adj) free from ignorance and false ideas
• Syn: knowing
• Ant: ignorant
• Sent: The European Enlightenment was a age of learning.

FORESTALL

• (V) to prevent by acting first
• Syn: hinder
• Ant: welcome
• Sent: The general forestalled his opponents forces.

GARBLE

• (V) to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible
• Syn: confuse
• Ant: elucidate
• Sent: The message was extremely garbled.

PROPONENT

• (N) one who puts forward a proposal
• Syn: supporter
• Ant: opponent
• Sent: He was the a major proponent of the new bill.

QUAVER

• (V) to shake
• Syn: vibrate
• Ant: still
• Sent: He quavered in shock.

RECOIL

• (V) to spring back
• Syn: kickback
• Ant: advance
• Sent: That gun has a lot of recoil.

RECOUP

• (V) to make up for
• Syn: recover
• Ant: lose
• Sent: I recouped from my financial losses.

REEK

• (N) an unpleasant smell
• Syn: stench
• Ant: perfume
• Sent: There was a reek smell around the abandoned building.

RELENTLESS

• Unyielding
• Syn: merciless
• Ant: merciful
• Sent: The relentless fashion of there attack never stopped.

RIVULET

• (N) a small stream
• Syn: creek
• Ant: River
• Sent: The rivulet ran down the mountainside.

SQUANDER

• (V) to spend foolishly
• Syn: misspend
• Ant: Save
• Sent: The committee squandered over the money.

STACCATO

• (Adj) detached or disconnected in style
• Syn: abrupt
• Ant: flowing
• Sent: After isolating himself he became staccato with society.

STATUTE

• (N) a law
• Syn: rule
• Ant: overturned
• Sent: The people must abide by the statute of the country.