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junior vocab (Dirge (encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric, elegy, lament, As…
junior vocab
Dirge
encomium, eulogy, paean, panegyric
elegy, lament
As the dirge was played on the church piano, the widow and her children wept
Tennyson's dirge for the Duke of Wellington.
a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite.
forlorn
pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
sad, unhappy
He pressed his face against the window and managed a forlorn goodbye wave.
desolate or unhappy, as from abandonment or weariness.
pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely.
you cannot abrogate anyone's right to free speech
" a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike"
evade (a responsibility or duty)
repeal or do away with(a law right, or formal agreement)
abrogate, invalidate mean to derive of effective or continued existence
easy effortless
It was not too arduous a task for a Sunday morning
backbreaking, burdensome, exhausting, painlful
onerous, taxing, difficult, hard, heavy and laborious
involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring.
emulate
wannabe filmmaker would surely hope to emulate
disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise,contemn, wavive
ape, copy, equal, follow, imitate, pattern
follow suit, imitate, mimic, mirror, challenge, take after
match or surpass, typically by imitation
omnipotent
he left everything to his omnipotent minister
hopeless, impotent, discussant, powerless, limited, restricted, hamstrung, handcuffed
possessing infinite power, all-powerful
godlike, mighty, unlimited, divine, almighty
having unlimited power, able to do anything
nomenclature
the committe of the royal geographical society settled the existing nomenclature of the three great oceans
the body or sysrem of names in a particular field
appellation, cognomen, denomination
the devising or choosing of names for thing, especially in a science
secret, stealthy, clandestine, secretive, sneaky
blatant, open, honest
he made a surreptitious recording with a concealed hand held machine
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
circumnavigate
circumnavigate the world for the pure beauty of nature
conflict, face,meet, accept, court, embrace, pursue, seek,welcome
to travel completely around, circle, circuit, circumvent, compass, girdle
sail or travel all the way around, something, especially the world
cognizant
i was cognizant of the cameras at all times, unlike being on big brother where i forgot they were there
aware, conscious, apprised, abreast
hyper ware, hypertension, near , careless, headless
having knowledge or being aware of
cursory
only a cursory inspection of the buildings electrical wiring was done
perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial,token
thorough, painstaking
hasty and therefore not through or detailed
to recapitulate what was said earlier
wrap up, summing up, summation, summary, sum, run though, rundown
summarize, sum up, restate, repeat, reiterate
summarize and state again the main point of
mirth
his eyes were twinkling with mirth and his lips were twisted onto a sardonic smile
merriment, high spirited, mirthfulness, cheerfulness
gloom, misery
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
lack information
James was a very didactic person
unsound, instructive, erroneous, perniciuos
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
adumbrate
bode, cloud, darken, foretell, mist
rerunning, foreshadowing, harbinger, herald
He should adumbrate his strategy, to translate the mission into reality.
report or represent in outline.
divisive
divisive effects of the Boer War should also be noted.
uniflying,
alienating, turn away, set apart
tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people.
enfranchise
disenfranchise, enslave
He saw that to establish peace in Ireland the Roman Catholics would have to be enfranchised
emancipate, liberate, free, set free, release
give the right to vote
prudence
wisdom, judgment, sagacity, shrewdness, scene, caution
folly, recklessness
He was a friend of Pericles and a, man of prudence and moderation.
the quality of being prudent; cautiousness
