Vocabulary Words - 23.02.2016

Vocabulary Words - 23.02.2016
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1. DEIFY (VERB): elevate, glorify

Synonyms: idealize, exalt Antonyms: condemn, despise

Example Sentence:

To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are.

2. BYZANTINE (ADJECTIVE): complex

Synonyms: complicated, difficult Antonyms: simple, easy

Example Sentence:

Now they've responded to our criticisms—with typical Byzantine bureaucracy and towering ineptitude.

3. ABORT (VERB): stop or cancel something

Synonyms: halt, interrupt Antonyms: begin, start

Example Sentence:

Ellen makes her choice, and she throws herself down the stairs to abort the baby.

4. EXTORTIONATE (ADJECTIVE): oppressive

Synonyms: greedy, exacting Antonyms: libel, generous

Example Sentence:

She took the house at his own price; she accepted his terms, extortionate and grasping as they were.

5. COGENT (ADJECTIVE): effective

Synonyms: compelling, convincing Antonyms: invalid, weak

Example Sentence:

The author makes a cogent argument as to why women should consider the long-term repercussions of being on the pill.

6. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): weak, thin

Synonyms: delicate, insubstantial Antonyms: certain, strong

Example Sentence:

Today Liberians go to the polls in what will be a defining moment for their tenuous democracy.

7. CONFLUENCE (ADJECTIVE): coming together

Synonyms: assemblage, junction Antonyms: division, separation

Example Sentence:

This Garden is located at the confluence of four rivers.

8. ABADDON (NOUN): place of the condemned; bad situation

Synonyms: nightmare, purgatory Antonyms: calm, contentment

Example Sentence:

He is termed Abaddon, the angel of the bottomless pit—the prince of darkness.

9. BUCOLIC (ADJECTIVE): rural or rustic

Synonyms: pastoral, agrarian Antonyms: urban, cultivated

Example Sentence:

They are both in the study of my old farmhouse, in a room that has three nice sized windows, each with a lovely, bucolic view.

10. BEQUEATH (VERB): give in a will

Synonyms: bestow, entrust Antonyms: take, keep

Example Sentence:

Which will, in turn, mean they retire with less wealth, and bequeath less wealth to their children.