VOCABULART

ALLOCATE

• (V)- to set apart or distribute for a special purpose
• Synonyms- assign, allot, distribute
• The teacher allocated the markers to the students for them to show their work.

ARDENT

• (Adj) Enthusiastic; impassioned
• Synonyms- industrious, fervent, avid
• Antonyms- indifferent, stolid, phlegmatic, apathetic
• The ardent child was ecstatic about going to the zoo later in the day.

ASSIDUOUS

• (Adj) persistent, attentive,diligent
• Synonyms- industrious, unremitting, sedulous
• Antonyms- lazy, lackadaisical, shiftless
• The assiduous racer was determined to win the trophy.

BRASH

• (Adj) prone to act in a hasty manner
• Synonyms- rash, impetuous, brazen
• Antonyms- prudent, wary, circumspect
• The brash cashier forgot to give change to the customer.

CAPRICIOUS

• (Adj) subject to whims or passing fancies
• Synonyms- impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial
• Antonyms- constant, steady, unwavering
• The capricious acts of the teenager caused him to be grounded by his parents.

CHASTISE

• (V.) To inflict physical punishment as means of correction; to scold severely
• Synonyms- discipline, censure
• Antonyms- commend, reward
• The angry parent had no choice but to chastise the misbehaving child.

COPIOUS

• (Adj) abundant; plentiful; wordy; verbose
• Synonyms- ample, profuse, bountiful
• Antonyms- inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
• The overburdened kids had backpacks full of copious textbooks.

DEVIATE

• (V) to turn aside; to stray from a norm; (N) one who departs from a norm; (Adj) differing from a norm, hererodox, unconventional
• Synonyms- (v) diverge, veer, swerve
• Antonyms- (v) conform to, abide by; (adj) orthodox
• The distracted woman deviated from the road, crashing into a mailbox.

EMACIATED

• (Adj, participle) unnaturally thin
• Synonyms- withered, shriveled
• Antonyms- plump, fat, obese, corpulent
• When the Americans freed the Jewish people in camps, most of them looked emaciated.

EXULT

• (V) to rejoice greatly
• Synonyms- revel, glory
• Antonyms- mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament
• The child exulted the man for pushing him out of the way of the incoming car.

GNARLED

• (Adj) knotted, twisted, lumpy
• Synonyms- knotty, misshapen, contorted
• Antonyms- smooth, unblemished, straight
• The gnarled car has been in that ditch ever since the crash.

INDEMNITY

• (N) a payment for damage or loss
• Synonyms- compensation, reparation
• After World War 1, Germany had to pay an indemnity for the damages of the war.

INKLING

• (N) a hint, a vague notion
• Synonyms- clue, intimation, suggestion
• The police had no inkling of where the robber fled to.

LIMPID

• (Adj) clear, transparent; readily understood
• Synonyms- lucid, intelligible
• Antonyms- murky, opaque
• The limpid case held the very expensive diamond.

OMNIPOTENT

• (Adj) almighty, having unlimited power or authority
• Synonym- all-powerful
• Antonyms- powerless, impotent, weak
• The omnipotent king Louis XIV spent more money than France had at the time.

PALATABLE

• (Adj) agreeable to the taste or ones sensibilities; suitable for consumption
• Synonyms- edible, appetizing, attractive
• Antonyms- inedible, distasteful, disagreeable
• The chef had to make sure that all of his food was palatable.

POIGNANT

• (Adj) deeply affecting, touching, keen or sharp in taste or smell.
• Synonyms- heartrending, melancholy
• Antonyms- unaffecting, bland, vapid, insipid, funny
• The weather in Buffalo recently has been very poignant.

RANCOR

• (N) bitter resentment, ill-will
• Synonyms- animosity, enmity, bitterness
• Antonyms- goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
• That angry man looks like he feels rancor towards the bartender.

SOPHOMORIC

• (Adj) immature and overconfident, conceited
• Synonyms- pretentious, superficial, fatuous
• Antonyms- mature, judicious, knowledgable
• The sophomoric child thought he know much more than I did.

SPONTANEOUS

• (Adj) arising naturally, not planned or engineered in advance
• Synonyms- unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu
• Antonyms- premeditated, planned, contrived
• The spontaneous explosion scared everybody in the classroom.