Sadiler - Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 10

(v) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result
The pirate accrued his treasures overtime aboard his ship the Dahlia.
Syn - collect, accumulate, proceed from
Ant - dewindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

(n) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary workI want you to take note of the annotation provided for you on page six that explains the motifs and metaphors used.

(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion
In the second act of Julius Caesar we have the citizens in a bedlam over Caesars death.
Syn - commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy
Ant - peace and quiet, order, tranquility

(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept a secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding placeThe covert case is not to be disclosed to others. The bat cave can be considered a covert.
Syn- (adj) undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa
ANt - (adj) Open, overt, undisguised

(adj.) pleasant, curteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance The debonair girl carried herself with a curteous, gracious and lighthearted manner.
Syn - careful, jaunty, gracious, suave, urbane
Ant - distraught, aditated, boorish, churlish

(v) to demand insistenly, especially in payment of a debt; (n.) a creditor; (adj.) dark, dull, drab, dingy I dun you to pay me now or else i will put a lean against you.The dun came to our house asking for money.
The british woman for that cleaner calls clothes dun or dingy.
Syn - (v) hound, pester, harass, nag

(adj) effective, producing results
Your effacious ideas produced great results.
Syn - effectual, efficient, potent, powerful
Ant - ineffective, worthless, useless

(adj.) accidental, occuring by a happy chance
It was a fortuitous meeting, since i didn't plan this and im so happy to see you.
Syn - unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky
Ant - intentional, deliberate, premeditated

(n.) the essential part, the main point, or essence
Just try it, you should have the gist of it since i explained it in such detail.
Syn - substance, core, nucleus

(adj.) freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted A gratuitous act is one that is uncalled for like you hitting someone for no reason.
Syn - voluntary, unjustified, uncalled for
Ant - justified, warranted

(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic
His equanamity in this situation soothed the others panic.
Syn - tranquility, imperturbability
Ant- excitability, flappability, agitation

(adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate, pressing, compelling
The imperious man was willing to go to any lengths to dominate the race for success.
Syn - domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative
Ant - fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

(n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj.) abusive, vituperative The invective language used consisted of swearing things like that. The invective father hit his son for disobeying him.
Syn - (n) vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic
Ant (n)-tribute, panegyric, encomium

(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester A juke box has a motley array of CD's that you can choose from! :)The jester wore his motley costume that had the colors of red, blue, and yellow.
Syn - (adj)Variegated, heterogenous, diverse; (n) fool
Ant- (adj) uniform, homogenous, monochromatic

(adj.) extremely generous, lavish
The munificent man gave a hobo $ 100.
Syn - bounteous, liberal
Ant- stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious