Vocab Master Day – 34

1. Recede

Meaning: Pull back or move away or backward

Synonym: subside, ebb, taper

Antonym: forge, ascend, prolong

Sentence: The unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older

2.Modicum

Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable

Synonym: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap,

Sentence: “his statement had a modicum of truth”

3.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”

4.Bibliophile

Meaning: a person who collects or has a great love of books

Synonym: book lover, bookworm

Sentence: John is a bibliophile.

5.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”

6.Blasphemous

Meaning: sacrilegious against God or sacred things; profane.

Synonym: irreligious, irreverent, impious, ungodly,

Antonym: reverent

Sentence: “blasphemous and heretical talk”

7.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”

8.Sonorous

Meaning:(of a person’s voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

Synonym: deep, clear, mellow, mellifluous, melodious, full-toned,

Antonym: serene, soothing, tranquil;

Sentence:”he read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice”

9. 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.

10. 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.