Vocab Master Day – 27
Vocab Master Day – 27
1. Epiphany
Meaning: A moment of sudden understanding or revelation
Synonym: Flash, oracle
Antonym: Confusion, Secret
Sentence:In the first grade, I experienced an epiphany that girls were always treated differently than boys.
2. Erudite
Meaning: Well- educated
Synonym: literate, scholarly
Antonym: uneducated, ignorant
Sentence:As to what India derived from Greece there has been a good deal of erudite debate.
3. Recede
Meaning: Pull back or move away or backwards
Synonym: subside, ebb, taper
Antonym: forge, ascend, prolong
Sentence: The unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older
4.Modicum
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially
something desirable or valuable
Synonym: particle, degree, fragment, scrap,
Sentence: “his statement had a modicum of truth”
5.Blasphemous
Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,
Antonym: reverent
Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”
6.Bibliophile
Meaning: a person who collects or has a great love of books
Synonym: book lover, bookworm
Sentence: John is a bibliophile.
7.Biennial
Meaning: taking place every other year, an event celebrated or taking place every two years
Sentence: “the top antiques fairs are the Milan and Florence
biennials“
8.Blasphemous
Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.
Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,
Antonym: reverent
Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”
9.Besiege
Meaning: surround (a place) with armed forces in order to capture it or force its surrender.
Synonym: beleaguer, blockade, surround
Antonym: release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console,
Sentence: “she spent the whole day besieged by newsmen”
10.sonorous
Meaning:(of a person’s voice or other sounds) imposingly deep and full.
Synonym:deep, clear, mellow, mellifluous, melodious, fulltoned,
Antonym:serene, soothing, tranquil;
Sentence:”he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice”
