Vocabulary Words - 15.02.2016

Vocabulary Words - 15.02.2016
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1. CERULEAN (ADJECTIVE): sky, sea color

Synonyms: azure, cobalt

Antonyms: clean, happy

Example Sentence:

The binding is of cerulean satin, richly embroidered with thread of changeful golden tissue.

2. ASKANCE (ADVERB): sideways

Synonyms: skeptically, suspiciously Antonyms: surely, confidently

Example Sentence:

As he bent his head she looked at me askance, and I thought she blushed.

3. PERIPATETIC (ADJECTIVE): constantly traveling

Synonyms: nomadic, roving Antonyms: settled, fixed

Example Sentence:

Still, she is influenced by her background and her peripatetic youth.

4. VERDANT (ADJECTIVE): green, blooming

Synonyms: grassy, lush Antonyms: dying, barren

Example Sentence:

It was a typical suburban dwelling with a verdant lawn and lots of flowering shrubs.

5. REPRIEVE (NOUN): relief of blame, responsibility

Synonyms: abatement, deferment Antonyms: continuation

Example Sentence:

Bad weather, however, gave her a reprieve; a spring rainstorm forced a postponement, pushing her appearance back 24 hours.

6. BLIGHT (VERB): ruin, destroy

Synonyms: mar, taint Antonyms: improve, repair

Example Sentence:

Increasingly, cities long left to rot are rising from the ashes of blight as they try to become shining examples of new urbanism.

7. SIMPATICO (NOUN): liking or inclination toward something

Synonyms: affection, closeness Antonyms: dislike, hatred

Example Sentence:

In the Italian phrase the whole place was simpatico; it repeated and crooned over to everyone the mood in which he came to it.

8. TINSEL (NOUN): particular type of embellishment

Synonyms: finery, design Antonyms: plainness, eyesore

Example Sentence:

His exuberant style is Venetian; it is velvet and brocade, which he bestrews with tinsel and spangles.

9. MONASTIC (ADJECTIVE): with communal life

Synonyms: secluded, austere Antonyms: sociable

Example Sentence:

We will now see the monks at work, and spend a day with them in their monastic home.

10. MATTE (ADJECTIVE): drab, lackluster in effect on senses

Synonyms: flat, subdued Antonyms: excited, cheerful

Example Sentence:

The salad is somewhat matte, with only lettuce to complement the chicken with.