Vocab Unit 11

Part of Speech: Noun
Definition: Shortness
Synonyms:Terseness
Antonyms: Prolixity
Sentence: I always look forward to Friday's, for their brevity, i like getting out of school early.

Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To be in agreement
Synonyms: Deport
Sentence: When the 8th grade went to D.C. the teacher told them to comport themselves as representatives of the school.

Part of Speech: adj
Definition: Expressing much in a few words.
Synonyms: Brief, pithy
Antonyms: Wordy, prolix
Sentence: Her acceptance speech was very concise, she thanked everyone who got her this far and walked off the stage.

Part of Speech: adj.
Definition: Sober or serious in manner, modest
Synonym: shy, different
Antonym: bold, forward
Sentence: Despite his demure appearance, my older brother is a very carefree person.

Part of Speech:adj.
Definition: A lessening in value, a belittling
Synonym: Cheapening, lowering
Antonym: Increase, appreciation
Sentence: The antique salesman calculated the depreciation of the expensive vase, the value of it is very low since many vases have been formed to look like it.

Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: To lower in quality or value; to wear away.
Synonyms: worsen, decline, debase
Antonyms: improve, enhance
Sentence: The flooding from the storm deteriorated our whole trailer, everything was swept away , this made living conditions even worse inside.

Part of Speech: Verb
Definition: to tell, reveal
Synonyms: disclose, impart
Antonyms: hide, conceal, secrete
Sentence: Enraged at his sister, Jackson divulged to everyone that she is really Hannah Montana.

Definition: free from ignorance and false ideas; possesing sound understanding
Synonyms: knowing, informed, aware, cultivated
Antonyms:ignorant, unaware, untaught, benighted
Sentence: After learning how to speak English, Kimora was enlightened finally knew everything she needed to know to live here.

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to prevent by acting first
Synonyms: Hinder, thwart, preclude
Antonyms: welcome, accept, allow, submit
Sentence: Janet forestalled Andy from asking someone else to the dance by asking him out herself.

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: To distort in a way as to make unintelligible
Synonyms: Jumble, scramble, confuse, misrepresent
Antonyms: Clarify, elucidate, articulate
Sentence: The way that he garbled words made it hard for me to clearly understand what he was saying.

Part of Speech: noun
Definition: one who puts forward a proposal who supports a cause of belief.
Synonyms: Supporter, advocate, exponent
Antonyms: Opponent, critic, foe
Sentence: When everyone saw how good her ideas were, they wanted to be her proponent, all the people that had similar ideas wanted to run for office along side of her.

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to shake, tremble; to trill
Synonyms: quiver, vibrate, shiver, quake
Sentence: The whole house quavered when the earthquake hit the city, everything shook out of place.

Part of Speech: verb/noun
Definition:(v)to spring back, shrink (n) the act of springing back
Synonyms:(v)flinch (n)kickback
Antonyms: (v) advance, proceed
Sentence: Karen recoiled from the bad grade quickly and study as hard as she could and got an A the next time.

Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to make up for, regain
Synonyms: recover, retrieve
Antonyms: lose, default, forfeit
Sentence: The NBA star quickly recouped from his injury, he had been out for one game and he got back in the game and showed his absence hadn't done anything to his performance.

Part of Speech: noun/verb
Definition:(n) an unpleasant smell (v) to give off unpleasant smells
Synonyms:(n) stench(v) stink, smell
Antonyms:(n)perfume, fragrance, bouquet
Sentence: The dog reeked, it smelt as if it had just played in a dumpster.