Vocab Master Day – 64
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Vocab Master Day – 64
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1.Vicissitude
Meaning: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that
is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Synonym: mutation, modification, transition
Sentence: “her husband’s sharp vicissitudes of fortune”
2.Vicarious
Meaning: experienced in the imagination through the feelings or
actions of another person.
Synonym: indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative,
Sentence: “this catalogue brings vicarious pleasure in luxury
living”
3. Austere
Meaning: severe in manner
Synonym: exacting, formal, cold
Antonym: flexible, bland, calm
Sentence:Quickly the light died out of his face, leaving it stern
and austere.
4. Apostate
Meaning: Traitor
Synonym: Backslider, defector, deserter
Antonym: adherent, loyalist, faithful
Sentence:after fifty years as an apostate he returned to the faith
5.Adulation
Meaning: Servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Synonym: applause, commendation, flattery
Antonym: abuse, criticism
Sentence:The nation, following the lead of the political leaders,
joined in their adulation.
6. Prudent
Meaning: Careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment
Synonym: wise, sensible, reasonable
Antonym: careless, indiscreet, inattentive
Sentence:”That sacrifice may also be a prudent action,” observed
Madeleine.
7. 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.
8. Reminiscent
Meaning: Suggestive of something in the past
Synonym: Evocative, redolent
Antonym: forgetful, oblivious
Sentence: Cannot forbears to close on this reminiscent literary
note.
9. Allure
Meaning: the quality of being powerfully and mysteriously
attractive or fascinating.
Synonym: attraction, lure, draw, pull, appeal, glamour
Sentence: people for whom gold holds no allure”
10.Sordid
Meaning: involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives;
arousing moral distaste and contempt., dirty or squalid.
Synonym: sleazy, seedy, seamy, unsavoury,
Antonym: immaculate, high-minded, respectable
Sentence: “the story paints a sordid picture of bribes and scams”