VOCAB UNIT 7

ADIEU

• Def: A farewell
• Syn: Goodbye
• Ant: Hello
• As I left her house I bit her adieu.

ADVENT

• Def: An arrival
• Syn: Approach
• Ant: Departure
• The advent calender counts down to Christmas

APEX

• Def: The highest point
• Syn: Tip
• Ant:Lowest point
• We climbed to the apex of the mountain.

ASSIMILATED

• Def: to absorb fully
• Syn: to digest
• Ant: defect
• Sent: The US has assimilated with other cultures.

BOGUS

• Def: false
• Syn: phony
• Ant: genuine
• Sent: Everything he said was bogus.

INTERIM

• Def: coming between to points in time
• Syn: time between
• Sent: There was a interim between the two events.

EXORBITANT

• Def: excessive
• Syn: extreme
• Ant: inexpensive
• Sent: the Jewel was exorbitantly priced.

INUNDATE

• Def: to flood
• Syn: Submerge
• Ant: to dry up
• Sent: The well was inundated with water.

MALIGN

• Def: to speak of evil
• Syn: Deframe
• Ant: praise
• Sent: He maligned the other student.

MEANDER

• Def: to wander about
• Syn: ramble
• Ant: direct
• Sent: I meandered to class.

METROPOLIS

• Def: a large city
• Syn: large urban center
• Ant: villige
• Sent: New York is a metropolis.

MOMENTOUS

• Def: very important
• Syn: weighty
• Ant: Trivial
• Sent: That moment in history was momentous in importance.

OBSTREPOUS

• Def: noisy
• Syn: wild
• Ant: quiet
• Sent: The party was obstreperous.

PENSIVE

• Def: thoughtful
• Syn: contemplative
• Sent: He went about the problem in a pensive way.

PERILOUS

• Def: dangerous
• Syn: risky
• Ant: safe
• Sent: Crossing that bridge was perilous.

SHODDY

• Def: of poor quality
• Syn: cheap
• Ant: well-made
• That piano was shoddy.

SPRIGHTLY

• Def: lively
• Syn: frisky
• Ant: dull
• Sent: he did his homework sprightly.

SURLY

• Def: angry
• Syn: cranky
• Ant: polite
• Sent: He was very surly about that:

TIRADE

• Def: a long angry speech
• Syn: diatribe
• Sent: Hitler gave many tirades.

VAGRANT

• Def: an idle wanderer
• Syn: hobo
• Ant: resident
• Sent: He was a vagrant in New York