1. Vocabulary Group #4
By: Joshua Kim

2. Commotion (n.)- noisy activity Synonym: Celebration Antonym: Peace
There was a large commotion at the Cowboys and Redskins game on Sunday night.

3. Concoction
(n.)- a mixture of ingredient; putting several things together
Synonym: Mixture
Antonym: Ingredient
The potions master created a great concoction of seaweed, salt, mushrooms, shredded paper, and clay chunks.

4. Conspicuous (adj.)- easily seen; something obvious; attract attention
Synonym: Obvious
Antonym: Mysterious
The hiding spot the toddler had chosen was a rather conspicuous choice.

5. Contortion (n.)- a sharp twist or bend in, or of, something or someone
Synonym: Twist
Antonym: Straight
After the blacksmith nearly melted the metal it spun around in a spinning tube to create a contortion of metal.

6. Imperious (adj.)- arrogant; thinking you are above it all.
Synonym: Arrogant
Antonym: Humble
The imperious knight was boasting highly of how skillful of a warrior he was.

7. Jabber (v.)- to talk rapidly making no sense; chattering
Synonym: Chatter
Antonym: Be Silent
The two women in the corner were constantly jabbering to each other during the conference.

8. Jargon (n.)- specialized language of a profession or group
Synonym: Special Language
Antonym: Normal Language
In order to be able to participate in the boys club you had to be able to speak the jargon that they invented.

9. Jostle (v.)- to roughly bump into a person or thing Synonym: Shove
Antonym: Tap
When Timmy passed the jug he accidentally jostled it and it fell to the floor and smashed into a trillion pieces.

10. Scurry (v.)- to move briskly; to scamper Synonym: Scamper
Antonym: Crawl
The mouse scurried across the room with the piece of bread that he had just snatched out of the human’s hand.

11. Serenity (n.)- the quality of being calm, peaceful or untroubled
Synonym: Peaceful
Antonym: Rambunctious
The serenity of the waves were so calm, that it didn’t disturb my fishing line whatsoever.

12. Sociable (adj.)- enjoying the company of others Synonym: Interactive
Antonym: Reclusive
It is very helpful in a business committee to be a sociable person that converses with his fellow employees.

13. Somber (adj.)- very serious or sad Synonym: Sad Antonym: Cheerful
The football team was very somber when they went 0-16 that season.

14. Mnemonic (adj.)- memory assistance Synonym: Memory Clue Antonym: none
A mnemonic reminder is “Anger is one letter short of Danger.”

15. Narcissism (n.)- egoism, egocentrism Synonym: Egoism Antonym: Selfless
The gentleman walked around town with an aura of narcissism for he had defeated the opposing king.

16. Amethyst
(n.)- a clear purple or bluish violet variety of crystallized quartz
Synonym: Purple
Antonym: none
The amethyst colored diamond looked beautiful on the woman’s hand.

17. Somnambulate (v.)- to walk while sleeping Synonym: Sleepwalk
Antonym: Walk
At a slumber party one of my friends started to somnambulate and made such a ruckus that he woke up the whole house.

18. Venerate (v.)- to honor with a ritual act of devotion Synonym: Worship
Antonym: Dishonor
In his religion they must venerate their gods by providing them with great gifts of grapes and money.