Focus on the goal. Voc. UNIT 13 Ms. B. Wulchak

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Focus on the goal. Voc. UNIT 13 Ms. B.
Wulchak

• By Ashley DeGolier

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ABSTRUSE

• (adj.) Extremely difficult to understand
• Synonyms Esoteric, Arcane, Recondite, Occult
• Can you find the sum of algebraic fractions, or
  is that too abstruse?
• Antonyms Simple,
• Straightforward

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AFFRONT

• (N.) An open or intentional insult, a slight
• (V.) To insult to ones face, to face in
  defiance, confront
• Synonyms (N.) an insult, (V.) to insult
• It takes patience to ignore someone who openly
  affronts you.

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CANARD

• (N.) A false rumor, fabricated story
• Synonyms Hoax
• Every year we hear the
• canard that half of the Seniors
• wont graduate.

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CAPTIOUS

• (adj.) Excessively ready to find fault given
  to petty criticism intended to trap, confuse, or
  show up
• Synonyms Faultfinding, nit-picking, carping
• My 7th grade grammar teacher was so captious
  about correcting sentences that we had to stay in
  at lunch until we got them right.
• Antonyms Uncritical

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COGNIZANT

• (adj.) Aware, knowledgeable, informed, having
  jurisdiction
• Synonyms Conscious, acquainted
• To understand the classs
• subject matter, it helps to
• be awake, aware, and
• cognizant during
• Instructional time.
• Antonyms Unaware, unconscious,
• oblivious

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CONTRITE

• (adj.) Regretful for some misdeed or sin,
  Plagued by a sense of guilt thoroughly penitent
• Synonyms Remorseful, rueful
• We could tell that the student was not in the
  least contrite for his actions even after serving
  a suspension.

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CYNOSURE

• (n.) The center of attraction, attention, or
  interest something that serves to guide or
  direct
• Synonyms Focus
• When you fly into New York,
• you see that the Statue of Liberty
• is the cynosure of attention.

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DECOROUS

• (adj.) Well behaved, dignified, socially proper
• Synonyms Seemly, becoming, tasteful
• Because Prom should be a decorous
• occasion, the administration maintains
• a dress code and requires i.d.

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DEIGN

• (v.) To think it appropriate or suitable to
  ones dignity to do something
• Synonyms condescend, stoop, lower ones self
• Ben told us that Ryan
• Sheckler would not deign
• to sign an autograph.

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DESICCATED

• (adj.) Thoroughly dried out divested of spirit
  of vitality arid and uninteresting
• Synonyms Dehydrated, shriveled, parched
• If you are anemic, would you rather get more iron
  by eating liver and onions or by taking a
  desiccated liver pill?
• VS.
• Antonyms soggy,
• waterlogged, drenched

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EFFICACY

• (N.) The power to produce a desired result
• Synonyms Effectiveness, potency, reliability
• Antonyms Ineffectiveness
• She signed up for the pharmaceutical trial
  experiment to test the efficacy of the new drug.

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ENGENDER

• (V.) To bring into existence, give rise to,
  produce, to come into existence
• Synonyms Generate, cause, create
• We tried to engender interest in
• joining Scouts by holding a
• Soapbox Derby.
• Antonyms Stop, deter

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ETHEREAL

• (adj.) Light, airy, delicate, highly refined,
  heavenly
• Synonyms celestial, gossamer
• Antonyms Infernal,
• hellish, thick, heavy
• Childrens choirs are known
• for having angelic, ethereal
• voices.

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FACADE

• (N.) The front or face of a building a surface
  appearance
• Synonyms fake front, exterior, surface, mask,
  pretense
• Although she felt miserable, she dressed up, wore
  make up, and put on a façade to hide her true
  feelings.

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GHOULISH

• (adj.) Revolting in an unnatural or morbid way
  suggestive of someone who robs graves or
  otherwise preys on the dead
• Synonyms Fiendish, barbarous, monstrous
• It is ghoulish to watch extraterrestrial
  creatures explode from the guts of walking
  corpses in the movie Alien.

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INCONGRUOUS

• (adj.) Mismatched, not in keeping, unsuitable,
  incompatible
• Synonyms
• discordant, jarring
• How incongruous it is to imagine a 6 ft. 7 in.
  basketball player wearing a wedding dress.
• Antonyms Compatible,
• harmonious, consistent

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MACHINATION

• (N.) A crafty, scheming, or underhanded action
  designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
• Synonyms Plot, Scheme, maneuver
• The evil machinations that Pinky and The Brain
  came up with had one goal to rule the world!

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MESMERIZE

• (V.) To hypnotize, entrance, to fascinate,
  enthrall, bewitch, captivate
• Paul McKenna mesmerizes volunteers from the
  audience by having them watch a crystal swing
  back and forth.

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OPPROBRIUM

• (N.) Disgrace arising from shameful conduct
  contempt, reproach
• Synonyms Infamy, dishonor, odium, shame
• Hester Prynne in The
• Scarlet Letter suffered shame
• and opprobrium for having
• a child with a man who
• was not her husband.
• Antonyms Acclaim,
• honor, glory, renown

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PUTATIVE

• (adj.) Generally regarded as such reputed
  hypothesized, inferred
• Synonyms Supposed, presumed,
• alleged, said to be
• Casey Anthony is the
• presumed and putative
• murderer of her daughter.
• Antonyms known,
• corroborated, confirmed

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PREEMPT

• (V.) To substitute in that time or place
• Headline January 8th, 2010
• Lost Fans Rejoice! State Of The Union Wont
  Preempt Season Premiere

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SIMPLISTIC

• (adj.) Oversimplified
• If you dont like your job, the quick and easy
  solution of quitting seems like a simplistic way
  to deal with the issue. Quitting might cause
  more problems like being unemployed and having
  to move out of your apartment.