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Junior Vocab (Forlorn (Sad and abandoned or lonely, Adjective, Unhappy,…
Junior Vocab
Forlorn
Sad and abandoned or lonely
Adjective
Unhappy
Happy
He was very forlorn in class today .
Dirge
A mournful song, piece of music, or poem
Noun
Elegy
Anthem
singers chanted dirges
Abrogate
repeal or do away with
verb
Revoke
Introduce
we have a proposal to abrogate temporarily the right to strike
Arduous
completing the main body paragraph in class was rather arduous
antonym easy
requiring great exertion, Difficult
synonym backbreaking
Parts of speech: Arduously(Adverb) Arduousness(noun) Super arduous(adjective)super arduously(Adverb)
Emulate
match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.
disaffect, shun, forego, abandon, despise, contemn, waive.
rival, vie, compete, aspire
emulative (adj.), emulatively (adv.), emulator (n.)
"lesser men trying to emulate his greatness"
Omnipotent
having unlimited power; able to do anything.
helpless, impotent, impuissant, powerless. limited, restricted. hamstrung, handcuffed, high and dry, hog-tied, paralyzed, weak. incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, useless. feeble, frail, infirm.
all-powerful,almighty, preeminent
"he abused his omnipotent position, and his depredations frequently brought him to the verge of ruin."
omnipotently(adv.),omnipotent(noun)
Circumnavigate
"he helped her to circumnavigate a frozen puddle"
ourt, embrace, pursue, confront, face, meet, accept, welcome, seek.
sail or travel all the way around
Circle, circuit, compass
recapitulate
summarize and state again the main points of.
"he began to recapitulate his argument with care"
to tell full story
verb
summarize
Cursory
hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
"a cursory glance at the figures"
adjective
casual
painstaking
enfranchise
"a proposal that foreigners should be enfranchised for local elections"
verb
give the right to vote to.
free
enslave
prudence
Wisdom
folly
"we need to exercise prudence in such important matters"
noun
the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
Nomenclature
the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.
appellation, appellate, cognomen, compilation, denomination, denotation, designation, handle, moniker
standard
noun nomenclature
link to www.google.com
Surreptitious
kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.
adjective
backstairs, behind-the-scenes, clandestine, covert, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, private, privy, secret, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, stealth, stealthy, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded.
open blatant
Cognizant
having knowledge or being aware of.
aware,abreast
verb
not aware
"statesmen must be cognizant of the political boundaries within which they work"
Didactic
intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
"a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice"
educational
unsound,erroneous, pernicious, misleading. Synonyms: instructive, directive, moral
Mirth
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter.
Cheerfulness
gloom
noun
"his six-foot frame shook with mirth"
Adumbrate
verb
fore run, Foreshadow, harbinger
"what qualities in Christ are adumbrated by the vine?"
augur
foreshadow or symbolize.
Divisive
adjective
unifying
isolating
"the highly divisive issue of abortion"
tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people.
