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Unit 10

Vocabulary Level F. Unit 10. ACCRUE. (v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result Syn : collect, accumulate, proceed from Ant: dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen. ANNOTATION. (n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work. BEDLAM.

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Unit 10

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  1. Vocabulary Level F Unit 10

  2. ACCRUE • (v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result • Syn: collect, accumulate, proceed from • Ant: dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

  3. ANNOTATION • (n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

  4. BEDLAM • (n.) a state or scene of uproar an confusion • Syn: commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy • Ant: peace and quiet, order, tranquility

  5. COVERT • (adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded • (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place • Syn: undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa • Ant: open, overt, undisguised

  6. DEBONAIR • (adj.) pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance • Syn: carefree, jaunty, gracious, suave, urbane • Ant: distraught, agitated, boorish, churlish

  7. DUN • (v.) to demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt • (n.) a creditor • (adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy • Syn: hound, pester, harass, nag

  8. EFFICACIOUS • (adj.) effective, producing results • Syn: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful • Ant: ineffective, worthless, useless

  9. EQUANIMITY • (n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic • Syn: tranquility, imperturbability • Ant: excitability, flappability, agitation

  10. FORTUITOUS • (adj.) accidental, occurring by a happy chance • Syn: unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky • Ant: intentional, deliberate, premeditated

  11. GIST • (n.) the essential part, main point, or essence • Syn: substance, core, nucleus

  12. GRATUITOUS • (adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted • Syn: voluntary, unjustified, uncalled-for • Ant: justified, warranted

  13. IMPERIOUS • (adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling • Syn: domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative • Ant: fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

  14. INVECTIVE • (n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language • (adj.) abusive, vituperative • Syn: vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic • Ant: tribute, panegyric, encomium

  15. MOTLEY • (adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors • (n.) a jester’s costume; a jester • Syn: variegated, heterogeneous, diverse, fool • Ant: uniform, homogenous, monochromatic

  16. MUNIFICENT • (adj.) extremely generous, lavish • Syn: bounteous, liberal • Ant: stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious

  17. PROCRASTINATE • (v.) to delay, put off until later • Syn: stall, temporize, dillydally

  18. PROVOCATIVE • (adj.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying • Syn: stimulating, carousing, vexing, galling • Ant: dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating

  19. RECONDITE • (adj.) exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding • Syn: esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse • Ant: simple, uncomplicated

  20. REPROBATE • (n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel • (adj.) wicked, corrupt or unprincipled • (v.) to disapprove of, condemn • Syn: scoundrel, blackguard, immoral, corrupt • Ant: saint, upright, virtuous, moral

  21. SEDENTARY • (adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place • Syn: seated, stationary, static • Ant: active, peripatetic, migratory

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