COUNT VOCABULARY #2
Quiz Friday.
All past word are free game!
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Insinuate
Betrothal
Maxim
Benevolence
Prodigious
Obstinate
Celibacy
Console
Effigy
Incessant
Rank your knowledge:
1 = no clue
2 = heard it
3 = can understand it in a sentence
4 = can teach it
INSINUATE
Example Sentence: Adam strongly insinuated
that Eve was at fault for the whole “apple
situation.”
Synonym(s): imply, implicate
Antonym(s): conceal, hide
Definition: suggest (something reprehensible) in
an indirect way.
BETROTHAL
Example Sentence: Although many students wish to be
betrothed to Carl Azuz, he is already married.
Synonym(s): engagement
Antonym(s): --
Definition: to enter into a formal agreement to marry
MAXIM
Example Sentence: Dantes professes the maxim,
“Happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.”
Synonym(s): adage, aphorism,
axiom, proverb
Antonym(s): -Definition: a short, pithy statement expressing a
general truth or rule of conduct
BENEVOLENCE
Example Sentence: Refugees depend on the
benevolence of their host nation.
Synonym(s): philanthropy,
compassion, munificence
Antonym(s): malevolence
Definition: desire to do good to others;
goodwill; charitableness:
PRODIGIOUS
Example Sentence: The prodigious pumpkin pleased
the puerile people; they fancy gigantic fruit.
Synonym(s): colossal
immense, vast
Antonym(s): insignificant
miniature
Definition: extraordinary in size, amount, extent;
wonderful; abnormal or monstrous
OBSTINATE
Example Sentence: Sara was obstinate; she refused to
follow instructions and wrote her name on the bottom
of the paper instead.
Synonym(s): adamant,
inflexible
Antonym(s): obsequious
Definition: firmly or stubbornly adhering to
one's purpose, opinion; not yielding.
CELIBACY
Example Sentence: The nun was bent on keeping her
vow of celibacy for the entirety of her life.
Synonym(s): chastity,
abstinence
Antonym(s): wantonness,
whorishness, licentiousness
Definition: abstaining from sexual relations and
marriage
CONSOLE
Example Sentence: It was difficult to console Tommy
after his dog, Fern, was dog-napped.
Synonym(s): placate,
comfort, soothe
Antonym(s): incense,
exasperate
Definition: to assuage the grief, sense of loss, or
trouble of
EFFIGY
Example Sentence: The abbe’s habitation was filled
with effigies of famous saints and the virgin mother
Mary.
Synonym(s): statue,
figurine
Antonym(s): - -
Definition: a sculpture or model of a person,
sometimes used to destroy in protest.
INCESSANT
Example Sentence: The incessant rain is
symbolic of their incessant (albeit latent) love.
Synonym(s): relentless,
inexorable
Antonym(s): temporary
Definition: continuing without interruption