Vocabulary words with definitions and synonyms
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What does the word 'anecdote' mean?

  • A long, serious drama
  • A detailed historical account
  • A short, humorous story (correct)
  • A complex scientific theory

Which of the following is a synonym for 'annul'?

  • Create
  • Cancel (correct)
  • Build
  • Repair

What does 'lithe' describe?

  • Something rough and textured
  • Something heavy and sturdy
  • Something rigid and inflexible
  • Something graceful and flexible (correct)

If something is 'resplendent', how would you describe it?

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Which of these words describes someone who spends a lot of time sitting?

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To 'disseminate' information means to:

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What is an 'oration'?

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The word 'equivocal' means:

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Flashcards

Anecdote

A short, humorous story.

Annul

To make void or invalid.

Delegate

To hand over responsibility for something.

Inextricable

Hopelessly tangled or entwined.

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Lithe

Graceful, flexible, supple.

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Sedentary

Sitting or settled; inactive.

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Nuance

A subtle difference in tone or expression.

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Disseminate

To spread widely.

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Study Notes

  • These notes cover vocabulary words and their definitions, synonyms, and example sentences.

Vocab 7

  • Anecdote is a short, humorous story.
  • Synonyms for anecdote includes story and myth.
  • Annul means to make void or invalid.
  • Synonyms for annul includes cancel and void.
  • Blight is a plague or disease.
  • Synonyms for blight includes pestilence and plague.
  • Delegate means to hand over responsibility for something.
  • Synonyms for delegate includes depute and appoint.
  • Esoteric means only understood by a few
  • Synonyms for Esoteric includes abstruse and arcane.
  • Inextricable means hopelessly tangled or entangled
  • Synonyms for Inextricable includes intertwined and inseparable.
  • Lithe means graceful, flexible, supple
  • Synonyms for Lithe includes agile and lanky.
  • Resplendent means shiny, glowing
  • Synonyms for Resplendent includes bright and radiant.
  • Satiate means to satisfy excessively
  • Synonyms for Satiate includes satisfied and cloy.

Vocab 8

  • Sedentary means sitting or settled.
  • Synonyms for sedentary includes inactive and lazy.
  • Regurgitate means to vomit.
  • Synonyms for regurgitate includes vomit and throw-up.
  • Nuance is a subtle difference in tone or expression.
  • Synonyms for nuance includes shade and subtlety.
  • Ingenuous means someone innocent.
  • Synonyms for ingenuous includes naive and innocent.
  • Disseminate means to spread widely.
  • Synonyms for disseminate includes distribute and spread.
  • Diaphanous means light, delicate, and translucent.
  • Synonyms for diaphanous includes translucent and thin.
  • Scintillating means sparkling.
  • Synonyms for scintillating includes sparkling and dazzling.
  • Vicissitude is a random chance encounter.
  • Synonyms for vicissitude includes change and alteration.
  • Reproach means expressing disapproval.
  • Synonyms for reproach includes scold and rebuke.

Vocab 9

  • Oration is a formal speech.
  • Synonyms for oration includes address and speech.
  • Invective is an angry verbal attack.
  • Synonyms for invective includes abuse and diatribe.
  • Insinuate means to suggest or imply.
  • Synonyms for Insituate includes hint and imply.
  • Figurative means symbolic.
  • Synonyms for figurative includes metaphorical and symbolic.
  • Equivocal means ambiguous or uncertain.
  • Synonyms for equivocal includes ambiguous and uncertain.
  • Cognizant means aware or mindful.
  • Synonyms for cognizant includes aware and conscious.
  • Abstruse means hard to comprehend.
  • Synonyms for abstruse includes obscure and complex.
  • Amorphous means without definite shape or type.
  • Synonyms for amorphous includes shapeless and indefinite.
  • Vociferous means loud or boisterous.
  • Synonyms for vociferous includes loud and demanding.
  • Punitive means punishing.
  • Synonyms for punitive includes penal and disciplinary.

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These notes cover vocabulary words and their definitions, synonyms, and example sentences. It includes words like anecdote, annul, blight, delegate, esoteric, inextricable, lithe, resplendent and satiate.

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