VOCABULARY UNIT 7

Adieu

• (Int.) "Farewell"; (n.) a farewell
• Syn: (int.) "so long"; (n.) goodbye
• Ant: (int.) "Hello"; (n.) greeting
• I bid you adieu, my friend.

Advent

• (n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view
• Syn: approach
• Ant: departure, going away, exodus
• The advent of electricity is a revolution to our age.

Apex

• (N.) the highest point, tip
• Syn: Peak, summit, acme
• Ant: nadir, lowest point
• The sunset was wonderful from the apex of the valley.

Assimilate

• (V.) to absorb fully; to adopt as one's own; to adapt fully
• Syn: digest, blend in
• I hope to assimilate what I am taught in class.

Bogus

• (Adj.) false, counterfeit
• Syn: phony, fake, spurious
• Ant: genuine, authentic
• The seller tricked me into buying a bogus iphone.

Exorbitant

• (Adj.) unreasonably high; excessive
• Syn: extreme, inordinate, overpriced
• Ant: inexpensive, affordable, reasonable
• I cannot afford the new exorbitant MacBook Pro.

Interim

• (N.) the time between; (adj.) temporary, coming between two points in time
• Syn: (n.) interval, interlude; (adj.) provisional, stopgap
• There will be quite a interim between busses because of the weather.

Inundate

• (V.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size
• Syn: submerge, deluge, swamp
• My email inbox was inundated with letters from my school.

Malign

• (v.) to speak evil of, slander; (adj.) evil
• Syn: (v.) defame, vilify, badmouth; (adj.) wicked
• Ant: (v.) praise, commend; (adj.) kind, benevolent
• There was once a group of children at school that would malign the others.

Meander

• (v.) to wonder about, wind about; (n.) a sharp turn or twist
• Syn: (v.) ramble, zigzag, twist
• When I heard the devastating news, I began to meander around the house.

Metropolis

• (n.) a large city; the chief city of an area
• Syn: large urban center
• Ant: hamlet, village
• Manhattan is a very bright metropolis.

Momentous

• (adj.) vey irmportant
• Syn: consequential, weighty
• Ant: inconsequential, trival, slight, unimportant
• One momentous senior project at CHS is the Grad at Grad.

Obstreperous

• (adj.) noisy; unruly, disorderly
• Syn: wild, uncontrolled, riotous
• Ant: quiet, well-behaved, docile
• The cafeteria is quite obstreperous during lunch time.

Pensive

• (adj.) thoughtful; melancholy
• Syn: dreamy, contemplative
• I like the song "Rather Be" because of its pensive beat.

Perilous

• (adj.) dangerous
• Syn: risky, chancy, hazardous, unsafe
• Ant: safe, secure, harmless
• Walking outside in the rain while in a storm can be perilous.

Shoddy

• (adj.) of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship
• Syn: cheap, tacky, imitative
• Ant: well-made, solid, durable, superior
• Some people think that furnature from Ikea is shoddy.

Sprightly

• (adj.) lively, full of life; spicy, flavorful
• Syn: frisky, peppy, spirited, buoyant
• Ant: sullen, spiritless, dull, morose, sluggish
• Some people are always so sprightly that they can make anyone's day.

Surly

• (adj.) angry and bad-tempered; rude
• Syn: gruff, sullen, cranky, grouchy, hostile
• Ant: polite, gracious, civil, friendly, genial
• My father is sometimes surely.

Tirade

• (n.) a long, angry speech, usually very critical
• Syn: diatribe, tongue-lashing
• My sister went on a tirade after realizing that her bike was stolen.

Vagrant

• (n.) an idle wanderer, tramp; (adj.) wandering aimlessly
• Syn: (n.) vagabond, hobo, nomad
• Ant: (n.) stay-at-home, resident
• I spotted a vagrant on the side street the other day.