1. VOCABULARY FINAL REVIEW ENGLISH 10.6
Can you give the definition before the answer is revealed?

2. ABSOLVE (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt
Syn: acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon
Ant: condemn, convict, incriminate, inculpate

3. The detective SOLVED the case and ABSOLVED the defendant from any guilt!

4. CARICATURE
(n.) a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated
(v.) to present someone or
something in a deliberately
distorted way
Syn: cartoon, burlesque,
Parody, lampoon

5. He was so frequently the subject of CARICATURE
that he seemed almost a fictional CHARACTER.

6. CLANGOR (n.) a loud ringing sound (v.) to make a loud ringing sound
Syn: din, clamor, uproar
Ant: silence, stillness,
peace and quiet

7. The CLANGOR of the bells summoned everyone to the town square. CLANG
The CLANGOR of the bells summoned everyone to the town square. CLANG! CLANG!

8. CONTIGUOUS (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time
Syn: adjoining, abutting, next
door to
Ant: detached, apart, distant,
remote

9. Zoning laws attempt to add some CONTINUTIY to businesses and other buildings that are CONTIGUOUS to each other.

10. CUPIDITY (n.) an eager desire for something; greed
Syn: avarice, rapacity, craving, lust
Ant: generosity, contentment, satiation, gratification

11. CUPID’s only STUPIDITY
may be found
in his
CUPIDITY
for love.

12. DELETERIOUS (adj.) harmful, injurious
Syn: detrimental, destructive, pernicious, damaging
Ant: helpful, beneficial, harmless, innocuous

13. accidentally DELETED my entire paper, it was DELETERIOUS to my grade.
When I
accidentally DELETED my entire paper, it was DELETERIOUS to my grade.

14. ENHANCE
I think I’ll do my homework to ENHANCE my grade in English
(v.) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of
Syn: improve, magnify, heighten, elevate
Ant: diminish, reduce, lessen, degrade

15. The quality of an image is often ENHANCED by police in the movies.

16. ENTHRALL
(v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison
Syn: fascinate, enchant, attract, bewitch
Ant: bore to tears, repel, put someone off

17. The crowd was so deeply ENTERTAINED you could say
they were ENTHRALLED

18. EXTENUATE
Would it be okay to steal bread in an EXTENUATING circumstance?
(v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses
Syn: moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay
Ant: intensify, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate

19. Those TEN YOU ATE can only be explained by the EXTENUATING circumstances of your extreme hunger.

20. IMPLICIT
(adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in
Syn: inferred, tacit, unspoken,
unconditional
Ant: explicit, expressed, stated,
revealed

21. -- Even if it is not said – is IMPLICIT.
Something
IMPLIED
-- Even if it is not said – is IMPLICIT.

22. INCISIVE
(adj.) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness)
Syn: acute, cutting, perceptive, trenchant

23. Her remarks had great INSIGHT.
Her words were
INCISIVE

24. OSTENTATIOUS
(adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy
Syn: flashy, overdone, affected, flamboyant
Ant: modest, plain, simple, demure, retiring

25. Old OSSENBERGER
was so full of himself, but was his building as OSTENATIOUS as this one?

26. PARAGON (n.) a model of excellence or perfection
Syn: exemplar, ideal, paradigm, model, good example

27. M.C. Escher is a
PARAGON
of PARADOX

28. PARAPHRASE (v.) to restate in other words
(n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new language
Syn: reword, rephrase, a rendition, version
Ant: repeat verbatim, duplicate, quote

29. I’ll use a PAIR
OF PHRASES
to PARAPHRASE
what he said.

30. POLITIC
(adj.) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient
Syn: tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspect
Ant: unwise, injudicious, imprudent, rash

31. A POLITICIAN
must be
POLITIC
with his or her
words!

32. POETRY vs. PROSE PROSAIC
(adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic
Syn: commonplace, humdrum, literal, pedestrian
Ant: remarkable, distinctive, poetic, inspired
POETRY vs. PROSE

33. Writing that is
filled with PROSE
instead of poetry
can be called
PROSAIC

34. I, myself, prefer steak over hot dogs.
REDUNDANT
I, myself, prefer steak over hot dogs.
(adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush
Syn: unnecessary, superfluous, verbose, prolix
Ant: succinct, terse, laconic, scarce, inadequate

35. It was REDONE
so many times
it was
REDUNDANT

36. SANCTIMONIOUS
(adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou
Ant: heartfelt, sincere, humble

37. He was so SANCTIMONIUS
in his speech
it was as if he
wanted us to
think he was a
SAINT

38. SCINTILLATING
(adj./part.) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities)
Syn: stimulating, lively, glittering, flashing
Ant: dull, boring, insipid, flat, tame vapid

39. be so stimulating that it can be called
Can a SCENT
be so stimulating that it can be called
SCINTILLATING?

40. WINSOME
(adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting childlike charm and innocence)
Syn: winning, engaging, delightful, prepossessing
Ant: unattractive, unappealing, repulsive

41. He was charming and WINSOME
He was charming and WINSOME. Even when he lost, he’d simply say, “You WIN SOME,
You lose some.”

42. ABSTEMIOUS ABSTAIN……. ABSTEM…….
(adj.) moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline
Syn: temperate, sober, moderate
Ant: indulgent, immoderate, intemperate

43. ABSTEMIOUS SOUNDS LIKE ABSTAIN…….
To restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.

44. CENSURABLE CULPABLE (adj.) deserving of blame or correction
Syn: blameworthy, discreditable, reprehensible
Ant: commendable, laudable, meritorious

45. CENSURABLE Worthy of Censure.
Censure is the expression of formal disapproval.

46. CONTINGENT
(adj.) likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance
(n.) a representative group forming part of a larger body
Syn: conditional, dependent, a detachment
Ant: independent of, unconnected with, certain

47. CONTINGENT Good grades are contingent upon
hard work! Study your vocab words. Your success on Friday’s quiz is contingent upon it!

48. CORROBORATE
(v.) to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify
Ant: refute, contradict, undermine, discredit

49. CORROBORATE Sounds like “cops and robbers”
A police officer can be called
upon in court to
corroborate the
testimony of a witness.

50. DENIZEN (n.) an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place
Syn: resident, dweller, habitue
Ant: alien, outsider, stranger, foreigner

51. DENIZEN Sounds like “den”
During football season, Roger’s friends were denizens of his den.

52. Cursive Handwriting DISCURSIVE
(adj.) passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic
Syn: digressive, diffuse, wandering, episodic
Ant: short and to the point, succinct

53. DISCURSIVE Sounds like “cursive”
To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly all over the paper in a discursive manner.
To people who didn’t learn it, cursive handwriting can seem to wander aimlessly all over the paper in a discursive manner.

54. DISSEMINATE (v.) to scatter or spread widely
Syn: disperse, publicize, broadcast, circulate
Ant: bring together, concentrate, muster, conceal, hide

55. DISSEMINATE Think “Distribute” In Mean Girls,
Regina disseminated copies of the burn book all over the school.

56. DOWDY (adj.) poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste
Syn: frumpy, tacky, frowsy, drab
Ant: chic, stylish, elegant, fashionable

57. DOWDY
Sounds like Chris O’Dowd! Even when he dresses up, Chris O’Dowd can appear Dowdy!

58. FLORID (adj.) highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy
Syn: flushed, ruddy, flowery, frilly, flamboyant
Ant: pale, ashen, pallid, sallow, austere, stark

59. FLORID
Sounds like “Florida” Florida’s flowers are especially florid this time of year.

60. FOIST
(v.) to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring about by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion
Syn: pass off, palm off, fob off

61. FOIST
Sounds like “forced”! To “foist” something upon someone is to force him or her to use or do it!

62. GAUCHE (adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
Syn: inept, uncouth, maladroit
Ant: adroit, tactful, diplomatic, politic

63. GAUCHE
Sounds like “ghost”! The gauche ghost was more clumsy than scary!

64. HERESY
(n.) an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred
Syn: unorthodox belief, heterodoxy
Ant: orthodoxy

65. HERESY Looks like “here say”! One man’s opinion about how we got here
is another’s idea of heresy!

66. INCULCATE
REPEAT
(v.) to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly
Syn: instill, implant, infuse, ingrain, imbue
Ant: efface, extirpate, root out

67. INCULCATE
Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by such instruction:
“They will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.”

68. PALPABLE
(adj.) capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized
Syn: tangible, plain, obvious, manifest
Ant: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal

69. PALPABLE
Like “Pulp”
“The pulp was palpable.”

70. PERCEPTIVE
What is wrong with this girl?
My, aren’t your PERCEPTIVE!
(adj.) having sympathetic insight or understanding, capable of keen appreciation
Syn: insightful, discerning, observant
Ant: dense, thick, obtuse, dim-witted

71. PERCEPTIVE Like “perception”
Don’t you think he has very good perception?

72. PERNICIOUS (adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
Syn: injurious, deleterious, baleful, noxious
Ant: harmless, innocuous, salutary, salubrious

73. PERNICIOUS
DANGEROUS!
Don’t you think he could be very pernicious?

74. SALIENT
(adj.) leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous
(n.) a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward
Syn: striking, notable, protrusive, obvious
Ant: inconspicuous, recessive

75. SALIENT
EASILY SEEN!
Waldo was quite salient in this puzzle.

76. SATIATE (v.) to satisfy completely; to fill to excess
(adj.) full, satisfied
Syn: gratify, cloy, surfeit, gorge
Ant: starve, deprive entirely of

77. SATIATE Think: “Satisfied” and “ate”
On Saturday we ate so much more than we needed to be satisfied.

78. SEAR
(v.) to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling; to parch, dessicate, singe

79. SEAR
Think: “Sears” and “seared”
It looks like Sears got seared!

80. SPECIOUS
(adj.) deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit
Syn: deceptively plausible, sophistic, casuistic
Ant: valid, sound, solid, genuine

81. SPECIOUS
Think: “Species”
She appeared to be good… …but she wasn’t!

82. accrue
+/-
(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
Synonym: collect, accumulate, proceed from
Antonym: dwindle,
decrease, diminish,
lessen

83. Rue tried to accumulate food and supplies.

84. annotation
+/-
(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

85. I made a note to explain an abbreviation
Welcome to our Eng 10H class 1 1
10th Grade Honors English

86. bedlam (n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion-
(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion
Synonym: commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy
Antonym: peace and quiet, order, tranquility

87. Bethlem Royal Hospital
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
                                 
The Bethlem Royal Hospital is a hospital for the treatment of mental illness located in London. Although no longer based at its original location, it is recognized as Europe's first and oldest institution to specialize in mental illnesses. It has been known by various names including St Mary Bethlehem, Bethlem Hospital, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam.
The word bedlam, meaning uproar and confusion, is derived from the hospital's prior name. Although currently a modern psychiatric facility, historically it became representative of the worst excesses of asylums in the era of lunacy reform.

88. covert
+/-
(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded;
(n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place
Synonym: undercover,
clandestine, sub-rosa
Antonym: open, overt,
undisguised

90. debonair +
(adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance
Synonym: carefree, jaunty,
Gracious, suave, urbane
Antonym: distraught, agitated,
boorish, churlish

92. dun (v.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt;-
(v.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt;
(n.) a creditor
(adj.) dark, dull,
drab, dingy
Synonym: hound,
pester, harass, nag

93. Are you done… with the dun?

94. efficacious (adj.) effective, producing result+
(adj.) effective, producing result
Synonym: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful
Antonym: ineffective, worthless, useless

95. We’re going to be very effective
with this one

96. equanimity (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic+
(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic
Synonym: tranquility, imperturbability
Antonym: excitability, flappability, agitation

97. Both are equal in balance

98. fortuitous (adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance+
(adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance
Synonym: unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky
Antonym: intentional, deliberate, premeditated

99. I found a
fortune

100. gist (n.) the essential part, main point, or essence
+/-
(n.) the essential part, main point, or essence
Synonym: substance, core, nucleus

101. You’ll get the gist of this next one…

102. gratuitous -
(adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted
Synonym: voluntary, unjustified, uncalled-for
Antonym: justified, warranted

103. Did you leave a gratuity for the server at the restaurant?

104. imperious -
(adj.) overbearing, arrogant, seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling
Synonym: domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative
Antonym: fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

105. imperious

106. invective (n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language-
(n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language
(adj.) abusive, vituperative
Synonym: vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic
Antonym: tribute, panegyric, encomium

107. The angry professor made an invection at convection

108. motley
+/-
(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors;
(n.) a jester’s costume, a jester
Synonym: variegated, heterogeneous, diverse, fool
Antonym: uniform, homogenous, monochromatic

110. munificent (adj.) extremely generous, lavish+
(adj.) extremely generous, lavish
Synonym: bounteous, liberal
Antonym: stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious

112. procrastinate (v.) to delay, put off until later-
(v.) to delay, put off until later
Synonym: stall, temporize, dillydally

113. I’m gonna make a really good slide for this next word.
Later.

114. provocative -
(adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying
Synonym: stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling
Antonym: dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating

116. recondite (adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
+/-
(adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding
Synonym: esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse
Antonym: simple, uncomplicated

117. The recon made him erudite

118. reprobate (n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel;-
(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel;
(adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled;
(v.) to disapprove of, condemn
Synonym: scoundrel, blackguard, immoral, corrupt
Antonym: saint, upright, virtuous, moral

119. probation
reprobation
Re-re-probation

120. sedentary -
(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place
Synonym: seated, stationary, static
Antonym: active, peripatetic, migratory

121. Sedentary rock
Sedentary job