Junior Vocab List 6 Quiz

definition	word	connection/antonym
adj. delaying; tardy		A dilatory person does not act with ALACRITY (eagerness; briskness) or CELERITY (speed).
n. an amateur or dappler in the arts.		Antonym: Connoiseur (experts in the matter of taste). A dilettante knows just a little about subjects that are ASTHETIC (pertaining to beauty). He/she gives cursory (slight) attention to the various arts. He/she is DESULTORY (unmethodical) in his /her approach in the arts. A dilettante is not DISCERNING (#257)
adj. doubtful; AMBIGUOUS; APOCRYPHAL		One should be dubious or look ASKANCE (distrustfully) at what is dubious, but one should put CREDENCE (trust) in what is AUTHENTIC (genuine). A CHARLATAN (pretender of knowledge; imposter) is a dubious character.
n. a sculptured or picture image of someone; a dummy		Connection: One way to express ANTIPATHY (strong dislike) for someone is to hang him/her in effigy.
adj. outstandingly bad		;
n. payment for services; salary		0
adj. no longer productive; worn out; decadent		Antonym: AVID (enthisiastic); COGENT (potent); DYNAMIC (#283); EFFICACIOUS (#289)
v. to disperse; scatter; distribute (as information)		0
n. a perplexing situation involving a choice between two equally undesirable choices.		0
adj. 1. comical 2. amusingly odd; BALMY		Antonym 1: DOLEFUL (#273), if said of a person DOLORIOUS (#274) if said of a situation Antonym 2: AUGUST (stately; grand)
adj. ramnling from one subject to another; CIRCUMLOCUTORY; DESULTORY		If someone is DISTRAUGHT (#267), he/she might be called discursive or DESULTORY (unmethodical) but someone DEVIOUS (indirect; crooked) would more likely be called CIRCUMLOCUTORY (wordy in a deliberate attempt to decieve).
n. a poem about rural areas and people		Connections: Eclogues deal with subjects which are BUCOLIC (pertaining to the country).
adj. completely different		In a DICHOMOTY (division into two opposing parts) the parts are disparate. In fact, each is the ANTITHESIS (exact opposite) of the other.
v. to exclaim; cry out		0
adj. energetic; AVID; COGENT; EFFICACIOUS (#289)		Antonym: Effete (#288) Connection: AVD (enthusiastic), DYNAMIC (#283) people display ebullition.
adj. bewildered or perplexed, usually due to grief		Antonym: BLITHE (cheerful; free from worry or care) We offer CONDOLENCES (sympathy) to people who are distraught. Someone very DOLEFUL (#273) could be distraught.
adj. sad; mournful (said of a person)		Antonyms BLITHE (cheerful); CONVIVIAL (joyous); DROLL (#277) Someone very doleful can be distraught (#267)
adj. strongly stating an opinion without evidence		Connection: An ARBITRARY or BIGOTED (biased; prejudiced) person, such as a DEMAGOGUE (rabble-rouser) is dogmatic. A DICTUM (authoritive statement) may be dogmatic. Dogmatic people often lack EMPIRICAL (300) evidence for the statements they make.
n. inequality		0
n. deception; double dealing		DEVIOUS (indirect; crooked) people, such as CHARLATANS (pretenders of knowledge) or CABALS (conspirators) practice duplicity.
n. disagreement; lack of harmony		Antonym: AMNITY (friendliness; peaceful relations) Discord is caused by people who are ACERB/ACERBIC, ACRIMONIOUS, CAUSTIC (bitter), ADAMANT (stubborn), BELLICOSE (very quarrelsome, warlike), CANTAKEROUS, CHOLERIC (irritable) or CONTUMACIOUS (scornfully disobedient). DEMAGOGUES (rabble-rousers) like to create discord. AMNITY is created by people who are AMENABLE, COMPATIBLE (agreeable) or COMPLAISANT (willing to please). An ALTERCATION (quarrel) is marked by discord, and discord exists when people have ANTIPATHY (strong dislike) for one another. When people CONCUR (agree), there is AMNITY.
adj. 1.sweet to the tast 2. pleasant sounding		Antonyms 1: ACERB/ACERBIC (bitter) Antonym 2: CLARION (shrill or sharp in sound)
adj. submissive, showing DEFERENCE (submission to another's will); easy to teach or EDIFY (#287); acquiescent; AMENABLE, COMPLAISANT		Antonyms: ADAMANT (stubborn); CONTUMACIOUS (scornfully insubordinate). People who are AMENABLE (responsive) or COMPLAISANT (willing to please) tend to be docile and will ACQUIESCE (comply) to another or will show DEFERENCE (submission to one's will). ADAMANT (stubborn), CONTUMACIOUS (scornfully disobedient) people are AVERSE (opposed) to doing this. They BALK (refuse) or fail to show DEFERENCE; thus, they are not docile. Someone too docile is ABJECT (cringing)
n. trivial or worthless poetry		Analogy jewlery:BAUBLE as poetry:DOGGEREL. Rationale worthless jewlery is bauble; worthless poetry is doggerel.
adj. sad mournful (never a person)		Connection:a DIRGE (256) is dolorious.

definition	word	connection/antonym
v. to disclose; make known		People make divulge (give out) secrets of COVERT, CLANDESTINE (secret; hidden) activities of DEVIOUS (decietful) people, but they DISSEMINATE (#264) information.
adj. montonous; dull		Analogy: food:BLAND as clothing:drab Rationale: dull food is bland as dull clothing is drab.
adj. absent-minded; inattentive to detail		Antonyms: ASSIDUOUS (diligent; attentive to detail)' Astute (shrewd) COGNIZANT (aware) DISCERNING (#257)
n. coercion; force originally - imprisionment, now usually used for expression 'under duress'		Antonym: 'with ALACRITY' (willingly) Connections: If one is AVERSE (reluctant) to doing something, he/she may BALK at (stop short of) doing it or do it only under duress. If one has ANTIPATHY (strong dislike) for something he/she is likely to do it under duress.
adj. extreme in effect; dire		0
n. 1. a softener or moisterizer 2. adj. soothing		Antonym 1: DESICCANT (substance that dries) Anotnym 2: CAUSTIC (bitter)
n. sullen resentment or anger (usually used in the expression, 'in high dudgeon' - very angry)		Connection: BELLICOSE (warlike angry), CANTAKEROUS, CHOLERIC (irritable) people are often in high dudgeon.
v. to draw forth		0
v. to issue forth from		0
n. boldness; arrogence		Antonym: DEFERENCE (submission to another's will) Connections:
adj. 1. instructive 2. moralistic		an ADMONITION (gentle rebuke) is meant to EDIFY (#287)
n. a funeral song		A DIRGE is DOLOROUS (#274)
adj. daily; occuring in the daytime		Antonym: nocturnal (occuring at night)
v. to steal when in a posotion of trust		Connection: People who embezzle are characterized by DUPLICITY (#281). They employ COVERT, CLANDESTINE (secret) and DEVIOUS (decietful) methods.
v. to enlighten; to instruct morally		Connections: DIDACTIC (#251) material is intended to edify. DOCILE (#270) people are easy to edify An ADMONITION or a chiding (gentle rebuke) is meant to edify.
adj. 1. truly shy, as opposed to DEMURE (pretending to be shy or modest) 2. lacking confidence		Antonym: Bumptious (boldly concieted) A diffident person would not display ARROGANCE (proud and offensive self-esteem) or EFFRONTERY (#291). Someone overly diffident could be ABJECT (cringing; servile).
adj. able to produce an effect; potent; COGENT; DYNAMIC (#283)		Antonym: EFFETE (#288)
adj. resulting from experience or experiment		Antonym: ARBITRARY (biased; based on personal whim) Connections: A BIGOTED (biased; prejudiced) or DOGMATIC (#272) person, such as a DEMAGOGUE (rabble-rouser) usually does not have empirical evidence to CORROBORATE (support) his/her OPINIONS; THEREFORE, THOSE OPINIONS ARE ARBITRARY (biased; based on personal whim).
n. bubbling over; outburst of spirit		Antonym: APATHY (lack of spirit) Connections: AVID (enthusiastic), dynamic (#283) people display ebullition.
n. disappointment; embarrasment; confusion; frustration		An ADMONITION or chiding (gentle rebuke) or an ALTERCATION (quarrel) might leave one with a feeling of discomfiture. If someone were to CASTIGATE, CHASTISE, (scold or punish severely), DEPRECIATE, DERIDE (belittle) or DISPARAGE (#261) another or use DEROGATORY (belittling) language toward that person, he/she would probably experience great discomfiture.
n. 1. brilliant achievement or conspicuous success 2. great acclaim; ACCOLADES; ADULATION		Antonym: DEBACLE (terrible collapse) Antonym 2. Calumny (false, malicious accusation)
v. to belittle; DEPRECIATE; DERIDE		CALUMNY (false and malicious accusations), DIATRIBES (abusive speeches) and DEROGATORY(belittling) language disparage. DEMAGOGUES (rabble-rousers) disparage their opponents and their positions on issues. ACERBIC, ACRIMONIOUS, CAUSTIC (bitter) speeches disparage. ACCOLADES and ADULATION (praise) do the opposite.
adj. having keen insight (ACUMEN); ASSIDUOUS; ASTUTE; COGNIZANT of the fine points of a subject		Antonym: DISTRAIT (#266) Someone DISCERNING is able to DESCRY (discern; notice) what others migh miss. A CONNOISEUR (expert in matters of taste) is discerning; a DILETTANTE (#255) is not.
adj. dissipated; morally corrupt		Antonyms: very ABSTEMIOUS (moderate in use of food and drink); ASCETIC (self-denying); AUSTERE (very strict in lifestyle) A derelict (social outcast) may be dissolute, while a CELIBATE (one who denies himself/herself sexual activity) is ACETIC.
adj. thin; atrophied (wasted away) CADAVEROUS (thin; ghastly pale)		0

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