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Vocabulary Workshop Level G Units 4-6

Terms in this set (60)

(n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(v) to waste away
(s) degeneration, deterioration; wither
(a) growth, development; mature, develop

(n) a fortified place, stronghold
(s) citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet

(n) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant
(a) disagreement, strife, discord

(adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree
(v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
(s) masterful; clinch, conclude
(a) launch, initiate, begin, kick off

(n) disorder, confusion
(v) to throw into disorder
(s) disorganization; dishevel, mess up
(a) organization, order, tidiness

(n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency
(s) requirement, crisis

(n) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people
(s) floating wreckage

(adj) frenzied, highly agitated
(s) frantic, overwrought
(a) calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

(v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
(s) collect, cull, pick up

(n) a type of game bird; a complaint
(v) to complain, grumble
(s) gripe, kvetch, bellyache

(v) to imprison, confine, jail
(s) intern, immure
(a) liberate, release, free

(adj) obligatory, required
(n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of
(s) mandatory, necessary
(a) optional, unnecessary

(adj) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking
(s) waggish, facetious droll, witty
(a) humorless, solemn, grave, earnest, grim

(adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd
(s) risible, preposterous
(a) heartrending, poignant, pathetic

(adj) biting or caustic in though, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
(s) acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing
(a) bland, mild, gentle, soothing

(n) a prickly or stinging plant
(v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
(s) peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk
(a) please, delight, soothe, pacify

(adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
(s) monetary, financial

(adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean spirited
(s) craven, lily-livered
(a) stouthearted, courageous, daring

(adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting
(s) prone, prostrate, supine, inactive
(a) erect, upright, energetic, dynamic

(n) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end
(s) ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge

(n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)
(s) keenness, acuteness
(a) dullness, obtuseness

(v) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail to represent pictorially
(s) depict, picture, render

(adj) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles
(s) perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt
(a) moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

(v) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeebling, hamstring
(s) impair, cripple, paralyze
(a) invigorate, strengthen, buttress

(adj) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret
(s) occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite
(a) accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

(adj) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive
(s) fertile, teeming, prolific
(a) infertile, barren, unproductive

(n) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness
(s) edict, dictum, ukase

(n) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion
(s) creation, invention, fancy

(v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away
(s) collect, accumulate, accrue
(a) scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

(v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere
(s) venerate, bless
(a) desecrate, defile, profane

(n) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
(s) eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

(n) shame and disgrace
(s) dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium
(a) honor, glory, acclaim

(adj) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary
(s) prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary
(a) heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

(n) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
(s) shade, nicety, refinement

(adj) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate
(s) arrogant, unbridled, inflated
(a) restrained, understated, modest, meek

(n) a strong attraction or inclination
(s) proclivity, propensity, predilection
(a)disinclination, aversion

(adj) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (participle) alleged
(s) putative, reputable, supposed
(a) proven, corroborated, authenticated

(n) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy
(s) specious reasoning

(adj) costly, rich, magnificent
(s) lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid
(a) skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

(adj) present or existing everywhere
(s) omnipresent, pervasive, universal
(a) restricted, limited, rare, scarce

(adj) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved
(s) wretched, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter
(a) lofty, noble, exalted

(n) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic
(adj) without faith, skeptical
(s) doubter
(a) believer

(n) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice
(s) connivance, collusion
(a) noninvolvement, innocence

(n) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected
(adj) left abandoned; neglectful of duty
(s) vagrant; remiss, delinquent
(a) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

(n) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack
(s) harangue, tirade
(a) panegyric, encomium, eulogy

(n) a crude image of a despised person
(s) figure, figurine, likeness

(n) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim
(s) justice, fairness, impartiality
(a) injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice

(adj) silly, empty of meaning or value
(s) vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous
(a) sensible, meaningful, profound

(n) the act of accusing; a formal accusation
(s) charge, accusation

(adj) certain, not to be doubted or denied
(s) unquestionable, indisputable
(a) questionable, debatable, dubious

(adj) stopping and beginning again, sporadic
(s) fitful, spasmodic, random
(a) continuous, uninterrupted

(adj) open to discussion and debate, unresolved
(v) to bring up for discussion
(n) a hypothetical law case argued by students
(s) debatable, questionable; broach
(a) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

(n) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

(n) a new convert, beginner, novice
(s) tenderfoot, tyro, rookie
(a) veteran, past master, expert, pro

(n) keenness in observing and understanding
(s) acuity, acumen, discernment
(a) dullness, obtuseness

(adj) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members
(s) unlimited, unrestricted
(a) limited, restricted, incomplete

(n) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation
(s) observation, scrutiny, monitoring

(adj) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody
(s) forested, arcadian

(adj) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation
(s) irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant
(a) even-tempered, imperturbable, unexcitable

(n) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex
(v) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion
(s) burlesque, caricature, parody, farce

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