Vocabulary Unit 12(and it’s a good one)
Song of the Day:
Spoon – “The Underdog”
Aesthetic
• Adjective– Pertaining to beauty;
sensitive or responsive to beauty
• Synonym: artistic
Defunct
• Adjective– No longer in existence
or functioning; dead
• Synonyms: extinct, nonexistent
• Antonyms: alive, extant
Discomfit
• Verb– To frustrate, thwart, or
defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass
• Synonyms: nonplus, disconcert, foil
Espouse
• Verb– To take up and support; to
become attached to; adopt; to marry
• Synonyms: embrace, wed• Antonyms: repudiate,
disavow, renounce
Fetish
• Noun– An object believed to
have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence
• Synonyms: charm, talisman, obsession
Gregarious
• Adjective– Living together in a herd
or group; sociable, seeking the company of others
• Synonyms: outgoing, extroverted
• Antonyms: aloof, introverted, reclusive
Hapless
• Adjective– Marked by a persistent
absence of good luck
• Synonyms: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate
• Antonyms: lucky, charmed, fortunate
Impeccable
• Adjective– Faultless, beyond
criticism or blame
• Synonyms: flawless, spotless, immaculate
• Antonyms: grimly, soiled, spotted, sullied
Importune
• Verb– To trouble with demands;
to beg for insistently
• Synonyms: implore, entreat, dun, tax
Interpolate
• Verb– to insert between other
parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
• Synonyms: inject interpose, introduce
Irreparable
• Verb– Incapable of being
repaired or rectified
• Synonyms: irremediable
• Antonyms: remediable, fixable, reversible
Laconic
• Adjective– Concise, using few words
• Synonyms: terse, succinct, pithy, compact
• Antonyms: garrulous, prolix, loquacious, verbose
Languish
• Verb– To become weak, feeble,
or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect
• Synonyms: flag, wilt, fade, pine
Mendacious
• Adjective– Given to lying or
deception; untrue
• Synonyms: untruthful, false
• Antonyms: truthful, veracious
Nadir
• Noun– The lowest point
• Synonyms: rock bottom• Antonyms: apex,
pinnacle, zenith
Omnipresent
• Adjective– Present in all places at all
times
• Synonyms: ubiquitous, ever-present
Perfunctory
• Adjective– Done in a superficial or
halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm
• Synonyms: slapdash, cursory, shallow
• Antonyms: thorough, assiduous, diligent, meticulous
Plaintive
• Adjective– Expressive of sorrow or
woe, melancholy
• Synonyms: sad, doleful, lugubrious
• Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, joyous, merry
Requite
• Verb– To make suitable
repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate
• Synonyms: reimburse, recompense, avenge
Tantamount
• Adjective– equivalent, having the
same meaning, value, or effect
• Synonyms: indistinguishable from