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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
that he should think her such a fool.
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
that he should think her such a fool.
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500
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
A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini
,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.
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 10
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200
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.
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100
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.
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500
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
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000
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--
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100
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
A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini
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
SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500
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 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
V: avert, averts, averted,
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
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avert: turn away from
Forms:
N: aversion
V: avert, averts, averted,
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.