Indignant: Slides 2-3 usurp: Slides 4-5 tremulous: Slides 6-7 deride: Slides 8-9 insolent: Slides 10-11 revere: Slides 12-13 petulant: Slides 14-15 complacent:

indignant: Slides 2-3

usurp: Slides 4-5

tremulous: Slides 6-7

deride: Slides 8-9

insolent: Slides 10-11

revere: Slides 12-13

petulant: Slides 14-15

complacent: Slides 16-17

amiable: Slides 18-19

buttress: Slides 20-21

knell: Slides 22-23

covet: Slides 24-25

chastise: Slides 26-27

discreet: Slides 28-29

lucid: Slides 30-31

obstinate: Slides 32-33

vacuous: Slides 34-35

enigma: Slides 36-37

aversion: Slides 38-39

avert: Slides 40-41

nonchalant: Slides 42-43

frugal: Slides 44-45

zeal: Slides 46-47

pious: Slides 48-49

astute: Slides 50-51

opulent: Slides 52-53

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Words in Volume II:

indignant: defensively angry because of an insult Forms:

N: indignation

V: 00

Adj: indignant

Adv: indignantly

Related: dignity, indignity

Syn: insulted, defensive

Ant: flattered

indignationShe only felt a furious surge of

that he should think her such a fool.

Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell

indignantly.“Don’t you dare talk to me that way,” she replied


Catch-22 --Joseph Heller

indignation

passions, rushed through the listener’s heart, as the plot was laid bare.

Rage, astonishment,

Nicholas Nickleby --Charles Dickens

, and a storm of indignantly.“We weren’t trying to hear him! said Ron

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire --J.K. Rowling

SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

indignant: defensively angry because of an insultForms:

N: indignation

V: 00

Adj: indignant

Adv: indignantly

Related: dignity, indignity

Syn: insulted, defensive Ant: flattered

indignation4. She only felt a furious surge of

indignantly.3.“Don’t you dare talk to me that way,” she replied


indignation

rushed through the listener’s heart, as the plot was laid bare.

2.Rage, astonishment, , and a storm of passions,

indignantly.1.“We weren’t trying to hear him! said Ron

usurp: seize political power undeservedly

Forms:

N: usurper, usurpation

V: usurp, usurps

usurped, usurping

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: commandeer, appropriate

Ant: yield, surrender

usurping

The ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, they

were even the places she had known

as a child. A Room with a View --E.M. Forster

usurpations.

usurp

The history of the present King of Great Britain is

The Declaration of Independence --Thomas Jefferson, et. al.

a history of repeated injuries andThis was a shocking thing; that the slime of the pit

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde --Robert Louis Stevenson

seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous

dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead,

and had no shape, should the offices of life.

usurpation

William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland --Lewis Carroll

the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who

wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed

to and conquest


usurp: seize political power undeservedlySyn: commandeer, appropriate

Ant: yield, surrender

usurping

2.The ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, they were even

the places she had known as a child.

usurpations.

usurp

3.The history of the present King of Great Britain is

a history of repeated injuries and

4.This was a shocking thing; that the slime of the pit seemed to

utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated

and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, shouldthe offices of life.

usurpation

1.William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by

the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who

wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed

to and conquest.

Forms: N: usurper, usurpation

V: usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping Adj: 00 Adv: 00

tremulous: shaky, usually because of fear

Forms:

N: tremor

V: tremble, trembles,

trembled, trembling

Adj: tremulous

Adv: tremulously

Related: tremor

Syn: undulating

Ant: rigid

tremulously,

tremulous.

the Witch inhaled.

Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray Bradbury

Now, experimentally, daring to test,H.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J. K. Rowling

Dumbledore’s smile was

The Picture of Dorian Gray --Oscar Wilde

In the grass, the daisies were

tremulous.paler and thinner, and his voice more

…with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was

Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray Bradbury


tremulous: shaky, usually because of fear

Forms:

N: tremor

V: tremble, trembles,

trembled, trembling

Adj: tremulous

Adv: tremulously

Related: tremor

Syn: undulating Ant: rigid

tremulously,

tremulous.

the Witch inhaled.

3.Now, experimentally, daring to test,

2.Dumbledore’s smile was

1.In the grass, the daisies were

tremulous.

paler and thinner, and his voice more

4.…with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was tremulous.

deride: to express scorn with cruel laughter

Forms:

N: derision

V: deride, derides,

derided, deriding

Adj: derisive

Adv: derisively

Related: ridiculous

Syn: mock; jeer

Ant: compliment, support

derisiveHe gave a short,

H.P. and the Chamber of Secrets --J. K. Rowling

laugh. derision, There was a stirring in the crowd, a few hoots of

October Sky --Homer Hickam

but Kennedy smiled. derision

Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s

A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini

and finger-pointing

derision

“How did you like getting shot?”

Putting all the

Eragon --Christopher Paolini

he could in his voice, he jeered,

SAT/ACT: Top 10

deride: to express scorn with cruel laughter

Related: ridiculous

Syn: mock; jeer Ant: compliment, support

derisive2.He gave a short, laugh.

derision, 4.There was a stirring in the crowd, a few hoots of

but Kennedy smiled.

3.Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s

and finger-pointing

derision

“How did you like getting shot?”

1.Putting all the he could in his voice, he jeered,

Forms: N: derision

V: deride, derides, derided

deriding

Adj: derisive Adv:derisively

derision.

Forms:

N: insolence

V: 00

Adj: insolent

Adv: insolently

Syn: impudent; disrespectful; audacious; brazen; impertinent

Ant: deferential; respectful; humble; obedient; docile

insolent: disrespectful; fresh; bratty

insolence and insubordination.

Remember that I am not Dumbledore, who forgave your

H.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling

insolent, You’re

Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt

woman. insolence

“I will not suffer,” said the Baron, such meanness on your

part, or such

Candide --Voltaire

on yours.,insolent,

behind his glasses.

He stared back

Lock and Key --Sarah Dessen

his eyes seemingly huge


Forms:

N: insolence

V: 00

Adj: insolent

Adv: insolently

Syn: impudent; disrespectful; audacious; brazen; impertinent

Ant: deferential; respectful; humble; obedient; docile

insolent: disrespectful; fresh; bratty

insolence and insubordination.

3.Remember that I am not Dumbledore, who forgave your

insolent, 2.You’re woman.

insolence

4.“I will not suffer,” said the Baron, such meanness on your

part, or such on yours.

,insolent,

behind his glasses.

1.He stared back his eyes seemingly huge

Forms:

N: reverence

V: revere, reveres, revered,

revering

Adj: reverent, irreverent

Adv: reverently, irreverently

Related: Reverend

Syn: pay homage to

Ant: desecrate; insult

revere: respect deeply, almost to the point of worship

reverent

revere

reverent

The woman eyed her with a


,almost awestruck,

expression.

reverence

Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Fountainhead --Ayn Rand

The noble soul has for itself.

My hands naturally came together in The Life of Pi --Yan Martel

worship.

The Bourne Identify --Robert Ludlum

They those old soldiers.


Forms:

N: reverence

V: revere, reveres, revered,

revering

Adj: reverent, irreverent

Adv: reverently, irreverently

Related: Reverend

Syn: pay homage to

Ant: desecrate; insult

revere: respect deeply, almost to the point of worship

reverent,

revere

reverent

2.The woman eyed her with a

almost awestruck, expression.

reverence4.The noble soul has for itself.

1.My hands naturally came together in

worship.

3.They those old soldiers.

petulant: cranky, grouchy

Forms:

N: petulance

V: 00

Adj: petulant

Adv: petulantly

Syn: irritable, peevish,cantankerous, fractious,testy, pouty,

Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoing

petulance.

petulant

O Pioneers! --Willa Cather

“I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out withEnder’s Game --Orson Scott Card

You can be as as you want, tomorrow.petulance when anything goes wrong.

His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a good

humor to stormy

Pygmalion --George Bernard Shaw petulant

and tired and cross.

“But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding

Cujo --Stephen King


petulant: cranky, grouchy Forms:

N: petulance

V: 00

Adj: petulant

Adv: petulantly

Syn: irritable, peevish,cantankerous, fractious,testy, pouty,

Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoing

petulance.

petulant

3.“I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out with

4.You can be as as you want, tomorrow.

petulance when anything goes wrong.

1.His manner varies from genial bullying when

he is in a good humor to

petulant

and tired and cross.

2.“But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding

complacent: blissfully unaware; undeservedly confident

Forms:

N: complacency

V: 00

Adj: complacent

Adv: complacently

Related: placid

Syn: smug

Ant: cautious, wary

complacent

Catch-22 --Joseph Heller

gratification.Milo nodded serenely with complacent

Summer Pleasures --Nora Robertswith what he’d been doing.

But he’d let himself become too

complacent

Twilight --Stephanie Meyer

though,” he warned me. “Don’t let that make you complacent

Naked in Death --J.D. Robb

That would have wiped that smile off his face.


complacent: blissfully unaware; undeservedly confident

Forms:

N: complacency

V: 00

Adj: complacent

Adv: complacently

Syn: smug Ant: cautious, wary

complacent gratification.4.Milo nodded serenely with

complacent

with what he’d been doing.

1.But he’d let himself become too

though,” he warned me. 2.“Don’t let that make you complacent

3.That would have wiped that smile off his face.

Related: placid

complacent

amiable: friendly; sociably pleasant

Forms:

N: amiability

V: 00

Adj: amiable

Adv: amiably

Related: amor

Syn: gregarious, affable

Ant: hostile, aloof

amiably.

The Killer Angels --Michael Shaara

The spy chatted amiableVaria did not try to look and kept her gloomy

expression. The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky

amiable

Little Dorrit --Charles Dickens

I am playful; playfulness is part of my character.

The Book Thief --Markus Zusak

I can be Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. amiable.

SAT/ACT: Top 500

amiable: friendly; sociably pleasant Forms:

N: amiability

V: 00

Adj: amiable

Adv: amiably

Related: amor

Syn: gregarious, affable Ant: hostile, aloof

amiably.3.The spy chatted

amiable2.Varia did not try to look and kept her gloomy

expression.

amiable1.I am playful; playfulness is part of my character.

4.I can be Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. amiable.

buttress: (n. or v.) support, as in an architectural structure that supports a building

Forms:

N: buttress, buttresses

V: buttress, buttresses

buttressed, buttressing

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: reinforce, fortify

Ant: undermine

buttressesIt’s got all these turrets and flying and stuff.

The Princess Diaries --Meg Cabot

buttresses

There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow

of one of the stone ahead of us.

A Farewell to Arms --Ernest Hemingway

buttresses

There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow

He could see the arched of the cathedral dome.

All the Pretty Horses --Cormac McCarthy

buttresses

They behaved like people who do not want to be seen;

lurking in shadow behind

The Silver Chair --C.S. Lewis

or in doorways.


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buttress: support, as in an architectural structure that supports a building Forms:

N: buttress, buttresses

V: buttress, buttresses

buttressed, buttressing

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: reinforce, fortify Ant: undermine

buttresses

4.It’s got all these turrets and flying and stuff.

buttresses

1.There was a soldier standing with his girl

ahead of us.

buttresses3.He could see the arched of the cathedral dome.

buttresses

2.They behaved like people who do not want to be seen;

lurking in shadow behind or in doorways.

in the shadow of one of the stone

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knell: the sound of a bell, esp. a bell that informs of a death

knell

His manner was so casual when he was sounding the

death

Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell

of Tara. knelled. The bell clanged and

Sea Wolf --Jack London

knell There seemed to be an ominous

The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky

of some evil to come.

knell

It could just as well have been himself for whom the death

Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez

was tolling.

Forms:

N: knell, knells

V: knell, knells, knelled,

knelling

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Expression: death knell

Syn: toll, peal


knell: the sound of a bell, esp. a bell that informs of a death

knell

4.His manner was so casual when he was sounding the

death of Tara.

2.The bell clanged and

3.There seemed to be an ominous

of some evil to come.

knell

1.It could just as well have been himself for whom the death

was tolling. Forms:

N: knell, knells

V: knell, knells, knelled,

knelling

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: toll

knelled.

knell

Forms:

N: 00

V: covet, covets, coveted

coveting

Adj: covetous

Adv: covetously

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”

Syn: begrudge, envy

Ant: bestow, bequeath

covet: to want something that you have no right to want

coveted He’s

The Alchemist --Michael Scott

that for a long time, and now he has it.coveting. Soon, the wanting turned to

Sweet Far Thing --Libby Bray

coveted.He put on his hat and the dark cordovan gloves I

The Lovely Bones --Alice Sebold

coveted.between him and the land he

Snow Falling on Cedars --David Guterson

He decided to end the life of another man who stood


Forms:

N: 00

V: covet, covets, coveted

coveting

Adj: covetous

Adv: covetously

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”

Syn: begrudge, envy Ant: bestow, bequeath

covet: to want something that you have no right to want

coveted 2.He’s that for a long time, and now he has it.

coveting. 3.Soon, the wanting turned to

coveted.4.He put on his hat and the dark cordovan gloves I

coveted.between him and the land he

1.He decided to end the live of another man who stood

entreat: plead with

Forms:

N: entreaty, entreaties

V: entreat, entreats,

entreated, entreating

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: beseech Ant: reject

entreatI you not to suppose that I moved this way

in order to beg for a partner.

Pride and Prejudice --Jane Austen

entreatLet me you, for your own sake and for hers,

to be more quiet.Hard Times --Charles Dickens

entreat you. Say no more against it, I

Mansfield Park --Jane Austen

entreat you to accept me as a husband.I

Jane Eyre --Charlotte Bronte

You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are--


entreat: plead with

Forms:

N: entreaty, entreaties

V: entreat, entreats,

entreated, entreating

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: beseech Ant: reject

entreat3. I you not to suppose that I moved this way

in order to beg for a partner.

entreat you. 4.Say no more against it, I

entreat you to accept me as a husband.I

1.You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are--

2. I entreat you, for your sake and hers, to be more quiet.

chastise: punish

Forms:

N: chastisement

V: chastise, chastises,

chastised, chastising

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: castigate; reproach; reprove; rebuke;censure; reprimand; penalize

Ant: reward; laud; praise; extol; fawn over

chastisement.

The Giver --Lois Lowry

It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable by gentlechastise

Eldest --Christopher Paolini

Now I didn’t bring you in here just to you.chastise

The Kite Runner --Khaled Hosseini

How could I, of all people, someone for their past?

The Shining --Stephen King

He would them both, harshly.

SAT/ACT Rank: n/a

chastise

chastise: punish

Forms:

N: chastisement

V: chastise, chastises,

chastised, chastising

Adj: 00 Adv: 00

Syn: castigate; reproach; reprove; rebuke;censure; reprimand; penalize

Ant: reward; laud; praise; extol; fawn over

chastisement.

4.It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable by gentle

chastise

2.Now I didn’t bring you in here just to you.chastise

3.How could I, of all people,

someone for their past?

1.He would them both, harshly.

discreet: kept secret or private Forms:

N: discretion, indiscretion

V: 00

Adj: discreet, indiscreet

Adv: discreetly, indiscretely

Syn: subtle, covert, modest

Ant: overt, immodest, obvious, indiscreet

indiscretion.

The Doll’s House --Henrik Ibsen

I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many

years ago, I was guilty of an

A Streetcar Named Desire --Tennessee Williams

I think I impressed upon him how important it is to handle

this thing discreetly.

discretion

The Merry Wives of Windsor --William Shakespeare

Old folks, you know, have and know the world. discreetly

unsentimental in letters.

This Side of Paradise --F. Scott Fitzgerald

He discovered Isabelle to be and aggravatingly


1.I think I impressed upon him how important

discreet: kept secret or private

Forms:

N: discretion, indiscretion

V: 00

Adj: discreet, indiscreet

Adv: discreetly, indiscretely

Syn: subtle, covert, modest

Ant: overt, immodest, obvious, indiscreet

indiscretion.

2.I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many

years ago, I was guilty of an

it is to handle this thing discreetly.

discretion3.Old folks, you know, have

and know the world.

discreetly

unsentimental in letters.

4.He discovered Isabelle to be and aggravatingly

lucid: clear

Forms:

N: lucidity

V: 00

Adj: lucid

Adv: 00

Syn: comprehensible, coherent, limpid

Ant: incomprehensible, incoherent, muddy

lucid

despite her anxiety.

The Bourne Identity --Robert Ludlum

She was perfectly ,you could even say controlled,lucid.

The Life of Pi --Yan Martel

My mind made a final attempt at beinglucid--

fit around the words.

things were clear– but my tongue wouldn’t

The Things They Carried --Tim O’Brien

I was lucid.

A Soldier of the Great War --Mark Helprin

Though drunk, Alessandro was


lucid: clear

Forms:

N: lucidity

V: 00

Adj: lucid

Adv: 00

Syn: comprehensible, coherent, limpid

Ant: incomprehensible, incoherent, muddy

lucid

despite her anxiety.

1. She was perfectly ,you could even say controlled,

3. My mind made a final attempt at being

lucid.lucid--

fit around the words.

things were clear– but my tongue wouldn’t 2. I was

lucid.

4. Though drunk, Alessandro was lucid.

obstinate: stubborn

Forms:

N: obstinacy

V: 00

Adj: obstinate

Adv: obstinately

Syn: mulish, cantankerous

Ant: agreeable, negotiable, flexible, conciliatory

ob: against or reverse: obstruct, obnoxious, obvious, object

obstinately.

The Hobbit --J.R.R. Tolkien

“I’ll do as I choose and I go as I please,”

said Bilbo obstinate pig.

The Magician’s Nephew --C.S. Lewis

And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly,

stuck-up

obstinately.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory --Rahl Dahl

“I want the gum!” Violet saidobstinate

Gone With the Wind --Margaret Mitchell

men get when they get their

backs up.

You know how


obstinate: stubborn

Forms:

N: obstinacy

V: 00

Adj: obstinate

Adv: obstinately

Syn: mulish, cantankerous

Ant: agreeable, negotiable, flexible, conciliatory

ob: against or reverse: obstruct, obnoxious, obvious, object

obstinately.

1. “I’ll do as I choose and I go as I please,”

said Bilbo

obstinate pig.

2. And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly,

stuck-up

obstinately. 3. “I want the gum!” Violet said

obstinate men get when they get their

backs up.

4.You know how

vacuous: empty-headed, lacking substance

vacuous

vacuous

Cujo --Stephen King

His eyes seemed wandering, again.

The Waves --Virginia Woolf

People noticed the of my face and the

aimlessness of my conversation.

vacuously He opened the medicine cabinet. He stared rather

Franny and Zooey --J.D. Salinger

into it for a few seconds, as though he had forgotten why he

opened it.

vacuous look passed and Bourne reached for

The Bourne Identity --Robert Ludlum

the phone.

The veiled,

Forms:

N: vacuous, vacuity

V: 00

Adj: vacuous

Adv: vacuously

Syn: shallow, inane, superficial

Ant: profound, intellectual, erudite, sophisticated

Relatives: vacuum; evacuate, vaccinate


vacuous: empty-headed, lacking substance

Forms:

N: vacuous, vacuity

V: 00

Adj: vacuous

Adv: vacuously

Syn: shallow, inane, superficial

Ant: profound, intellectual, erudite, sophisticated

Relatives: vacuum; evacuate, vaccinate

vacuous2. His eyes seemed wandering, again.

vacuity 1. People noticed the

of my face and the

aimlessness of my conversation.

vacuously 3. He opened the medicine cabinet. He stared rather into it for a few seconds, as though he had forgotten why he

opened it.

vacuous look passed and Bourne reached for

the phone.

4.The veiled,

enigma: puzzle, mysteryForms:

N: enigma

V: 00

Adj: enigmatic

Adv: 00

Syn: conundrum

enigmas It was just another of the he never solved.

Childhood’s End--Arthur C. Clarke

enigmatic

New Moon --Stephanie Meyer

flitted across her face.

range of emotions I watched curiously as an

enigma He found himself fascinated by the

of the girl’s disappearance

Childhood’s End--Arthur C. Clarke

enigma She got up very early, intrigued by the

of the dream. Love in the Time of Cholera--Gabriel Garcia Marquez


enigma: puzzle, mystery

Forms:

N: enigma

V: 00

Adj: enigmatic

Adv: 00

Syn: conundrum

Ant: open book

enigmatic

range of emotions

2. I watched curiously as an

enigmas1. It was just another of the

he never solved.

flitted across her face.

enigma3. He found himself fascinated by the

of the girl’s disappearance.

enigma4. She got up very early, intrigued by the

of the dream.

aversion: strong, automatic dislike, esp. one causing a negative physicalreaction

Forms:

N: aversion

V: avert, averts, averted,

averting

Adj: averse

Adv: aversely

Syn: revulsion, loathing

Ant: attraction, magnetism, proclivity, addiction

aversion

She had avoided Emily Brent with a shuddering

And Then There Were None--Agatha Christie

aversion

to her stepmother. She had an unreasoning

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes--Arthur Conan Doyle

aversion.

made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking


Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they

of deep

word carefully.

“We have an to it,” she said, choosing the

The Alchemist--Michael Scott

aversion


aversion: strong, automatic dislike, esp. one causing a negative physicalreaction

Forms:

N: aversion


averting

Adj: averse

Adv: aversely

Syn: revulsion, loathing

Ant: attraction, magnetism, proclivity, addiction

aversion 1. She had an unreasoning

to her stepmother.

3. She had avoided Emily Brent with a shuddering aversion.

made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking

4. Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they

of deep aversion.

aversion to it,” she said, 2. “We have an

choosing the word carefully.

avert: turn away from

Forms:

N: aversion


averting

Adj: averse

Adv: 00

Syn: evade, reject

Ant: seek out,

Root: vert, verseto turn: divert,diverse; convert,converse; subvert,subversive; traverse

averted.A potential crisis had been

The Shack--William P. Young

avert They shrug, mumble, and their gazes.

Water for Elephants--Sara Gruen

averted

to focus her thoughts.

Tally her eyes from Shay’s beauty, trying

Uglies--Scott Westerfeld

averted

Listening for Lions--Gloria Whelan

his eyes. He merely turned red and

SAT/ACT Rank: n/a

avert: turn away from

Forms:

N: aversion


averting

Adj: averse

Adv: 00

Syn: evade, reject

Ant: seek out,

Root: vert, verseto turn: divert,diverse; convert,converse; subvert,subversive; traverse

1. A potential crisis had been averted.

2. They shrug, mumble, and avert their gazes.

to focus her thoughts.

3. Tally her eyes from Shay’s beauty, tryingaverted

his eyes. 4. He merely turned red and averted

nonchalantly

nonchalant: having a free,casual, informal attitude

Forms: N: nonchalance

V: 00

Adj: nonchalant

Adv: nonchalantly

Syn: insouciant; blithe Ant: tense, intense

And he said , “I can waltz.”

The Grapes of Wrath—John Steinbeck

collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a

My driver drove

The Kite Runner—Khaled Hosseini

and recklessly, averting

pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth.

nonchalant.

Catcher in the Rye--J. D. Salinger

I just got very cool and

nonchalant”“Don’t rush, act , Amy cautioned.

I Am the Cheese --Robert Cormier


nonchalant

1. I just got very cool and

nonchalant.

nonchalantly

nonchalant: having a free,casual, informal attitude

Forms: N: nonchalance

V: 00

Adj: nonchalant

Adv: nonchalantly

Syn: insouciant; blithe Ant: tense, intense

2.“Don’t rush, act , Amy cautioned.

collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a

3.My driver drove and recklessly, averting

pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth.

frugal

a criminal activity.

They’re so with things here, waste is practically

Susanne Collins--The Hunger Games

frugal: thrifty; reluctant to spend money

Forms: N: frugality

Verb: 00

Adj: frugal

Adv: frugally

Syn: miserly, parsimonious

Ant: extravagant, lavish

frugally.Animal Farm --George Orwell

The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and

living frugal,

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin --Benjamin Franklin

but to avoid all appearances to the contrary.

In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman,

I took care not only to be in reality industrious andfrugal

Confessions of a Shopoholic --Sophie Kinsella

And I reckon I deserve a treat today, after being so

for the last few days.


frugal,

2. The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and

but to avoid all appearances to the contrary.

3. In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman,

I took care not only to be in reality industrious and

living

frugal

a criminal activity.

1.They’re so with things here, waste is practically

frugally.

frugal

frugal: thrifty; reluctant to spend money

Forms: N: frugality

Verb: 00

Adj: frugal

Adv: frugally

Syn: miserly, parsimonious

Ant: extravagant, lavish

zeal

The Things They Carried --Tim O’Brien

I didn’t have that patriotic zeal. They flung themselves into their work with savage

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich--Alexander Solzhenitsyn

zeal: excessive commitment or enthusiasm

Forms: N: zeal, zealot

Verb: 00

Adj: zealous

Adv: zealously

Syn: exuberance, ardor, fervor, elan, fanaticism

Ant: apathy, lethargy, nonchalance,

indifference, ennui

it with a

If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued

bordering on obsession.

Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer

zeal

Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer

Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate

and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin.


zeal

3. If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I

bordering on obsession.

4. Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate

pursued it with a

zeal.

2. I didn’t have that patriotic

1. They flung themselves into their work with savage

and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin.

zeal

zeal: excessive commitment or enthusiasmForms: N: zeal, zealot

Verb: 00

Adj: zealous

Adv: zealously

Syn: exuberance, ardor, fervor, elan

Ant: apathy, lethargy, nonchalance,

indifference, ennui

zeal

Pious

pious

pious

pious: observing religious laws and customs

Forms: N: piety

Verb: 00

Adj: pious

Adv: piously

Ant: profane, blasphemous

practices and good works? A Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man--James Joyce

Why do you turn away from your

Most were Christians or Muslims.

Outcasts United --Warren St. John

and benevolence enough for two.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin --Harriet Beecher Stowe

He really seemed somehow to other to fancy that his wife

had piety

people have always gotten on my nerves.

The Secret Life of Bees --Sue Monk Kidd


4. Pious

3. He really seemed somehow or other to fancy that his

and benevolence enough for two.wife had

pious

2. Most were

1. Why do you turn away from your

people get on my nerves.

pious

piety

good works?

Christians or Muslims.

pious: observing religious laws and customs

Forms: N: piety

Verb: 00

Adj: pious

Adv: piously

Ant: profane, blasphemous

astute: sharply observant Forms: N: asuteness

Verb: 00

Adj: astute

Adv: astutely

Syn: shrewd

Ant: obtuse, naïve, gullible

astute I’d say that’s a remarkably analysis.

The Shining --Stephen Kingastute,

are you losing it now?

“You’ve completely changed, you used to be so

The Trial--Franz Kafkaastuteness, For all his sagacity, for all his caution and

the old judge had gone the way of the rest.

And Then There Were None --Agatha Christie

astute

Mr. Iacocca does not call for an air strike against Tokyo.

4. Chrysler may not like Toyota, but the

The Bourne Ultimatum --Robert Ludlum

astute: sharply observant Forms: N: asuteness

Verb: 00

Adj: astute

Adv: astutely

Syn: shrewd

Ant: obtuse, naïve, gullible

astute

3. For all his sagacity, for all his caution and

are you losing it now?

Mr. Iacocca does not call for an air strike against Tokyo.

astute

2. “You’ve completely changed, you used to be so

1. I’d say that’s a remarkably

4. Chrysler may not like Toyota, but the

astute,

astuteness,

analysis.

the old judge had gone the way of the rest.

opulent: observably wealthy, showy

Forms: N: opulence

Verb: 00

Adj: opulent

Adv: opulently

Syn: ostentatious, lavish

Ant: humble, modest, understated

Related: optical, optician

opulent An priest is a contradiction.

Les Miserables --Victor Hugo

opulent than in New Bedford.

Nowhere in all America will you find parks and gardens

more

Moby Dick --Herman Melville

opulent

“How grand you look, Randolph,” he continued in a thin

voice while studying his host and glancing around at the

suite.

The Bourne Ultimatum --Robert Ludlum

opulence

East of Eden --John Steinbeck

of having a teacher for each grade made anThe

impression on him.


opulent: observably wealthy, showy Forms: N: opulence

Verb: 00

Adj: opulent

Adv: opulently

Ant: humble, modest

Related: optical, optician

Syn: ostentatious, lavish

opulence

3. “How grand you look, Randolph,” he continued in a thin

voice while studying his host and glancing around at the

than in New Bedford.

2. Nowhere in all America will you find parks and gardens

suite.

opulent

piety

more

priest is a contradiction. 1. An

opulent

of having a teacher for each grade made an4.The

impression on him.

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