UNIT 7 VOCAB

ADIEU

• "Farewell!"; a farewell
• Interjection or noun
• Synonyms: "So long", good-bye
• Antonyms: "Hello", greeting
• I shouted, "Adieu!", as my friend got on the plane.

ADVENT

• an arrival; a coming into place or view
• noun
• Synonym: approach
• Antonyms: departure, going away, exodus
• Wth the advent of internet, things are much easier.

APEX

• the highest point, tip
• noun
• Synonyms: peak, summit, acme
• Antonyms: nadir, lowest point
• The apex of Mount Everest is over a mile high.

ASSIMILATE

• to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
• verb
• Synonyms: digest, blend in
• Different cultures of people assimilate different ideas when they come to a new country.

BOGUS

• False, Counterfiet
• Adjective
• Synonyms: phony, fake
• Antonyms: genuine, authentic
• My friend kept telling me bogus information about sports.

EXORBITANT

• Unreasonably high; excessive
• Adjective
• Synonyms: extreme, inordinate, overpriced
• Antonyms: inexpensive, affordable
• The resteraunt charges an exorbitant price of 25$ for a cheeseburger.

INTERIM

• the time between; temporary, coming between two points in time
• noun or adjective
• Synonyms: interval, interlude
• Antonyms: provisial, stopgap
• After firing their coach, the hockey team hired an intermin head coach for the time being.

INUNDATE

• to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size
• verb
• Synonyms: submerge, deuge, swamp
• The rain from hurricaine Katrina inundated the streets of New Orleans.

MALIGN

• to speak evil of, slander; evil
• verb or adjective
• Synonyms: defame, badmouth, wicked
• Antonyms: praise, commend, kind
• Edgar Alla Poe usually writes about malign characters in his stories.

MEANDER

• to wander about, wind about; a shapr turn or twist
• verb or noun
• Synonyms: ramble, zigzag, twist
• The flowing river meanders through the mountain.

METROPOLIS

• a large city; the cheif city of an area
• noun
• Synonym: large urban center
• Antonym: hamlet, village
• Athens was the great metropolis in ancient Greece.

MOMENTOUS

• very important
• adjective
• Synonyms: consequential, weighty
• Antonyms: trivial, slight, unimportsnt
• The momentus decision to not have a snow day was highly debated.

OBSTREPEROUS

• noisy; unruly, disorderly
• adjective
• Synonyms: wild, uncontrolled, riotus
• Antonyms: quiet, well-behaved, docile
• My coach does not allow obstreperous behaivor during practice.

PENSIVE

• thoughful; melancholy
• adjective
• Synonyms: dreamy, contemplative
• The pensive boy spent a long time thinking about his future.

PERILOUS

• dangerous
• adjective
• Synonyms: risky, chancy
• Antonyms: safe, secure, harmless
• Movies usually end with the main character in a perilous situation.

SHODDY

• of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
• adjective
• Synonym: cheap, tacky, imitative
• Antonym: well-made, solid
• The new Rolex that I bought online was actually a shoddy knockoff.

SPRIGHTLY

• lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful
• adjective
• Synonyms: frisky, peppy
• Antonyms: sullen, dull, morose
• After giving the kids pop to drink they were very sprightly after lunch.

SURLY

• angry and bad-tempered; rude
• adjective
• Synonyms: gruff, sullen, cranky
• Antonyms: polite, gracious
• The man was very surly after he waited in line for two hours for the plane to arrive.

TIRADE

• a long, angry speech, usually very critical
• noun
• Synonyms: diatribe, tongue-lashing
• The principal gave an angry tirade after he heard about what happened on the bus.

VAGRANT

• an idle wanderer, tramp; wandering aimlessly
• noun or adjective
• Synonyms: vagabond, hobo, nomad
• Antonyms: stay-at-home, resident
• After a massive tornado many people whose houses are destryed are left tolive as vagrants.