VOCAB MASTER DAY – 23

1.Quackery

Meaning: the methods and treatments used by unskillful doctors or by people who pretend to be doctors

Synonym: Charlatanry

Sentence: “His cure was nothing but quackery.”

2.Vicissitude

Meaning:. the quality or state of being changeable

Synonym: beatitude, correctitude, decrepitude

Sentence: “What made you want to look up vicissitude?”

3.Acquiesce

Meaning: to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing

Synonym:assent,consent

Sentence: “They demanded it, and he acquiesced.”

4.Diaphanous

Meaning: used to describe cloth that is very thin and light

Synonym: transparent

Sentence: “the bride wore a diaphanous veil”

5.Fealty

Meaning: loyalty to a person, group, etc.

Synonym: agonistic,carpetbagger

Sentence: “He swore fealty to the king.

6.Ravaged

Meaning: damage resulting from ravaging: violently destructive effect

Synonym: devastate, pillage

Sentence: Hurricane Andrew ravaged Louisiana and Florida in 1992, causing $19 billion in damage

7.Decathlon

Meaning: a sports contest for men that consists of 10 different events

Sentence: The event had a decathlon activity.

8.Vault

Meaning: an underground burial chamber

Synonym: catacomb

Sentence: archaeologists were thrilled to discover an ancient vault that hadn’t been looted by grave robbers

9.Equestrian

Meaning: of or relating to the riding of horses

Sentence: equestrian sports

10.Repechage

Meaning: a trial heat (as in rowing) in which first-round losers are given another chance to qualify for the semifinals

Sentence: French repechage second chance.

 

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