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1. Words in Volume II: 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 (25) 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

2. , and a storm of Forms: N: indignation V: 00 Adj: indignant Adv: indignantly Syn: insulted, defensive Ant: flattered Related: dignity, indignity Rage, astonishment, “We weren’t trying to hear him! said Ron Nicholas Nickleby --Charles Dickens passions, rushed through the listener’s heart, as the plot was laid bare. She only felt a furious surge of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire --J.K. Rowling that he should think her such a fool. Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell indignant: defensively angry because of an insult , and a storm of indignantly. indignation indignation indignantly. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

3. Forms: N: indignation V: 00 Adj: indignant Adv: indignantly indignant: defensively angry because of an insult Syn: insulted, defensive Ant: flattered Related: dignity, indignity 1.“We weren’t trying to hear him! said Ron indignantly. 2.Rage, astonishment, indignation , and a storm of passions, rushed through the listener’s heart, as the plot was laid bare. 3.“Don’t you dare talk to me that way,” she replied indignantly. 4. She only felt a furious surge of indignation that he should think her such a fool.

4. Syn: commandeer, appropriate Forms: N: usurper, usurpation V: usurp, usurps usurped, usurping Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Ant: yield, surrender This was a shocking thing; that the slime of the pit The history of the present King of Great Britain is William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by The ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, they the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who a history of repeated injuries and seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous were even the places she had known wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, as a child. The Declaration of Independence --Thomas Jefferson, et. al. A Room with a View --E.M. Forster and had no shape, should the offices of life. to and conquest Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland --Lewis Carroll Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde --Robert Louis Stevenson usurp: seize political power undeservedly usurpations. usurping usurpation usurp SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200

5. usurp: seize political power undeservedly Syn: commandeer, appropriate Forms: N: usurper, usurpation V: usurp, usurps, usurped, usurping Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Ant: yield, surrender 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 usurpation and conquest. 2.The ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, they were even usurping the places she had known as a child. 3.The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations. 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, should usurp the offices of life.

6. Forms: N: tremor V: tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling Adj: tremulous Adv: tremulously Syn: undulating Ant: rigid Related: tremor Now, experimentally, daring to test, the Witch inhaled. …with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was In the grass, the daisies were Dumbledore’s smile was Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray Bradbury paler and thinner, and his voice more H.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J. K. Rowling The Picture of Dorian Gray --Oscar Wilde Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray Bradbury tremulous: shaky, usually because of fear tremulous. tremulously, tremulous. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

7. tremulous: shaky, usually because of fear Syn: undulating Ant: rigid Forms: N: tremor V: tremble, trembles, trembled, trembling Adj: tremulous Adv: tremulously Related: tremor 1.In the grass, the daisies were tremulous. 2.Dumbledore’s smile was tremulous. 3.Now, tremulously, experimentally, daring to test, the Witch inhaled. 4.…with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was tremulous. paler and thinner, and his voice more

8. Forms: N: derision V: deride, derides, derided, deriding Adj: derisive Adv: derisively Syn: mock; jeer Ant: compliment, support Related: ridiculous Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s He gave a short, There was a stirring in the crowd, a few hoots of Putting all the he could in his voice, he jeered, laugh. and finger-pointing but Kennedy smiled. “How did you like getting shot?” H.P. and the Chamber of Secrets --J. K. Rowling Eragon --Christopher Paolini A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini October Sky --Homer Hickam deride: to express scorn with cruel laughter derision derisive derision, derision SAT/ACT: Top 10

9. Forms: N: derision V: deride, derides, derided deriding Adj: derisive Adv:derisively deride: to express scorn with cruel laughter Syn: mock; jeer Ant: compliment, support Related: ridiculous 1.Putting all the derision he could in his voice, he jeered, “How did you like getting shot?” 2.He gave a short, derisive laugh. 3.Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s and finger-pointing derision. 4.There was a stirring in the crowd, a few hoots of derision, but Kennedy smiled.

10. Forms: N: insolence V: 00 Adj: insolent Adv: insolently Syn: impudent; disrespectful; audacious; brazen; impertinent Ant: deferential; respectful; humble; obedient; docile Remember that I am not Dumbledore, who forgave your and insubordination. He stared back You’re woman. his eyes seemingly huge behind his glasses. H.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt Lock and Key --Sarah Dessen “I will not suffer,” said the Baron, “such meanness on your part, or such on yours.” Candide --Voltaire insolent: disrespectful; fresh; bratty insolent, insolence ,insolent, insolence SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500

11. Forms: N: insolence V: 00 Adj: insolent Adv: insolently insolent: disrespectful; fresh; bratty Syn: impudent; disrespectful; audacious; brazen; impertinent Ant: deferential; respectful; humble; obedient; docile 1.He stared back ,insolent, his eyes seemingly huge behind his glasses. 2.You’re insolent, woman. 3.Remember that I am not Dumbledore, who forgave your insolence and insubordination. 4.“I will not suffer,” said the Baron, such meanness on your part, or such insolence on yours.

12. Forms: N: reverence V: revere, reveres, revered, revering Adj: reverent, irreverent Adv: reverently, irreverently They those old soldiers. Syn: pay homage to Ant: desecrate; insult The Bourne Identify --Robert Ludlum Related: Reverend My hands naturally came together in worship. The Life of Pi --Yan Martel The woman eyed her with a ,almost awestruck, A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini expression. The noble soul has for itself. Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Fountainhead --Ayn Rand revere: respect deeply, almost to the point of worship reverent reverent revere reverence SAT/ACT Rank: Top 10

13. Syn: pay homage to revere: respect deeply, almost to the point of worship Ant: desecrate; insult Forms: N: reverence V: revere, reveres, revered, revering Adj: reverent, irreverent Adv: reverently, irreverently Related: Reverend 1.My hands naturally came together in reverent worship. 2.The woman eyed her with a reverent, almost awestruck, expression. 3.They revere those old soldiers. 4.The noble soul has reverence for itself.

14. Forms: N: petulance V: 00 Adj: petulant Adv: petulantly Syn: irritable, peevish, cantankerous, fractious, testy, pouty, Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoing “But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a good You can be as humor to stormy as you want, tomorrow. when anything goes wrong. and tired and cross. Ender’s Game --Orson Scott Card Cujo --Stephen King Pygmalion --George Bernard Shaw “I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out with O Pioneers! --Willa Cather petulant: cranky, grouchy petulant petulance petulance. petulant SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200

15. petulant: cranky, grouchy Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoing Forms: N: petulance V: 00 Adj: petulant Adv: petulantly Syn: irritable, peevish, cantankerous, fractious, testy, pouty, 1.His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a good humor to petulance when anything goes wrong. 2.“But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding petulant and tired and cross. 3.“I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out with petulance. 4.You can be as petulant as you want, tomorrow.

16. Forms: N: complacency V: 00 Adj: complacent Adv: complacently Syn: smug Ant: cautious, wary Related: placid Milo nodded serenely with But he’d let himself become too gratification. “Don’t let that make you though,” he warned me. Catch-22 --Joseph Heller Summer Pleasures --Nora Roberts with what he’d been doing. Twilight --Stephanie Meyer That would have wiped that smile off his face. Naked in Death --J.D. Robb complacent: blissfully unaware; undeservedly confident complacent complacent complacent complacent SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100

17. complacent: blissfully unaware; undeservedly confident Forms: N: complacency V: 00 Adj: complacent Adv: complacently Syn: smug Ant: cautious, wary Related: placid 1.But he’d let himself become too complacent with what he’d been doing. 2.“Don’t let that make you complacent though,” he warned me. 3.That would have wiped that complacent smile off his face. 4.Milo nodded serenely with complacent gratification.

18. Syn: gregarious, affable Forms: N: amiability V: 00 Adj: amiable Adv: amiably Ant: hostile, aloof Related: amor I can be I am playful; playfulness is part of my Varia did not try to look Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. and kept her gloomy character. The spy chatted The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky expression. The Killer Angels --Michael Shaara The Book Thief --Markus Zusak Little Dorrit --Charles Dickens amiable: friendly; sociably pleasant amiable amiably. amiable amiable. SAT/ACT: Top 500

19. amiable: friendly; sociably pleasant Forms: N: amiability V: 00 Adj: amiable Adv: amiably Syn: gregarious, affable Ant: hostile, aloof Related: amor 1.I am playful; playfulness is part of my amiable character. 2.Varia did not try to look amiable and kept her gloomy expression. 3.The spy chatted amiably. 4.I can be amiable. Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s.

20. Forms: N: buttress, buttresses V: buttress, buttresses buttressed, buttressing Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Syn: reinforce, fortify Ant: undermine There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow They behaved like people who do not want to be seen; There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow lurking in shadow behind He could see the arched of one of the stone ahead of us. of the cathedral dome. or in doorways. It’s got all these turrets and flying and stuff. A Farewell to Arms --Ernest Hemingway The Silver Chair --C.S. Lewis All the Pretty Horses --Cormac McCarthy The Princess Diaries --Meg Cabot buttress: (n. or v.) support, as in an architectural structure that supports a building buttresses buttresses buttresses buttresses SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500

21. 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 1.There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow of one of the stone buttresses ahead of us. 2.They behaved like people who do not want to be seen; lurking in shadow behind buttresses or in doorways. 3.He could see the arched buttresses of the cathedral dome. 4.It’s got all these turrets and flying buttresses and stuff.

22. Forms: N: knell, knells V: knell, knells, knelled, knelling Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Syn: toll, peal Expression: death knell There seemed to be an ominous It could just as well have been himself for whom the death His manner was so casual when he was sounding the of some evil to come. was tolling. death of Tara. The bell clanged and The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchell Sea Wolf --Jack London knell: the sound of a bell, esp. a bell that informs of a death knell knell knell knelled. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

23. knell: the sound of a bell, esp. a bell that informs of a death Syn: toll 1.It could just as well have been himself for whom the death knell was tolling. Forms: N: knell, knells V: knell, knells, knelled, knelling Adj: 00 Adv: 00 2.The bell clanged and knelled. 3.There seemed to be an ominous knell of some evil to come. 4.His manner was so casual when he was sounding the death of Tara. knell

24. Syn: begrudge, envy Forms: N: 00 V: covet, covets, coveted coveting Adj: covetous Adv: covetously Ant: bestow, bequeath He’s that for a long time, and now he has it. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.” The Alchemist --Michael Scott He decided to end the life of another man who stood Soon, the wanting turned to He put on his hat and the dark cordovan gloves I between him and the land he Sweet Far Thing --Libby Bray Snow Falling on Cedars --David Guterson The Lovely Bones --Alice Sebold covet: to want something that you have no right to want coveting. coveted coveted. coveted. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

25. covet: to want something that you have no right to want Syn: begrudge, envy Ant: bestow, bequeath Forms: N: 00 V: covet, covets, coveted coveting Adj: covetous Adv: covetously “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.” 1.He decided to end the live of another man who stood between him and the land he coveted. 2.He’s coveted that for a long time, and now he has it. 3.Soon, the wanting turned to coveting. 4.He put on his hat and the dark cordovan gloves I coveted.

26. Syn: beseech Ant: reject I you not to suppose that I moved this way You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-- in order to beg for a partner. Let me you, for your own sake and for hers, I you to accept me as a husband. Say no more against it, I you. to be more quiet. Pride and Prejudice --Jane Austen Jane Eyre --Charlotte Bronte Hard Times --Charles Dickens Mansfield Park --Jane Austen Forms: N: entreaty, entreaties V: entreat, entreats, entreated, entreating Adj: 00 Adv: 00 entreat: plead with entreat entreat entreat entreat SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

27. entreat: plead with Syn: beseech Ant: reject 1.You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-- I entreat you to accept me as a husband. 2. I entreat you, for your sake and hers, to be more quiet. 3. I entreat you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner. 4.Say no more against it, I entreat you. Forms: N: entreaty, entreaties V: entreat, entreats, entreated, entreating Adj: 00 Adv: 00

28. Syn: castigate; reproach; reprove; rebuke; censure; reprimand; penalize chastise: punish Ant: reward; laud; praise; extol; fawn over Forms: N: chastisement V: chastise, chastises, chastised, chastising Adj: 00 Adv: 00 How could I, of all people, It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable by gentle Now I didn’t bring you in here just to He would someone for their past? them both, harshly. you. Eldest --Christopher Paolini The Kite Runner --Khaled Hosseini The Shining --Stephen King The Giver --Lois Lowry chastise chastise chastisement. SAT/ACT Rank: n/a

29. Syn: castigate; reproach; reprove; rebuke; censure; reprimand; penalize chastise: punish Ant: reward; laud; praise; extol; fawn over Forms: N: chastisement V: chastise, chastises, chastised, chastising Adj: 00 Adv: 00 1.He would chastise them both, harshly. 2.Now I didn’t bring you in here just to chastise you. 3.How could I, of all people, chastise someone for their past? 4.It was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable by gentle chastisement.

30. Syn: subtle, covert, modest Ant: overt, immodest, obvious, indiscreet Forms: N: discretion, indiscretion V: 00 Adj: discreet, indiscreet Adv: discreetly, indiscretely He discovered Isabelle to be I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many I think I impressed upon him how important it is to handle Old folks, you know, have and know the world. and aggravatingly unsentimental in letters. years ago, I was guilty of an this thing This Side of Paradise --F. Scott Fitzgerald The Doll’s House --Henrik Ibsen A Streetcar Named Desire --Tennessee Williams The Merry Wives of Windsor --William Shakespeare discreet: kept secret or private discretion discreetly indiscretion. discreetly. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 1000

31. Syn: subtle, covert, modest Ant: overt, immodest, obvious, indiscreet Forms: N: discretion, indiscretion V: 00 Adj: discreet, indiscreet Adv: discreetly, indiscretely discreet: kept secret or private 1.I think I impressed upon him how important it is to handle this thing discreetly. 2.I daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion. 3.Old folks, you know, have discretion and know the world. 4.He discovered Isabelle to be discreetly and aggravatingly unsentimental in letters.

32. Syn: comprehensible, coherent, limpid lucid: clear Ant: incomprehensible, incoherent, muddy Forms: N: lucidity V: 00 Adj: lucid Adv: 00 I was My mind made a final attempt at being things were clear– but my tongue wouldn’t Though drunk, Alessandro was She was perfectly ,you could even say controlled, fit around the words. despite her anxiety. A Soldier of the Great War --Mark Helprin The Things They Carried --Tim O’Brien The Life of Pi --Yan Martel The Bourne Identity --Robert Ludlum lucid-- lucid. lucid lucid. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100

33. lucid: clear Syn: comprehensible, coherent, limpid Ant: incomprehensible, incoherent, muddy 1. She was perfectly lucid ,you could even say controlled, despite her anxiety. 2. I was lucid-- things were clear– but my tongue wouldn’t lucid. fit around the words. 3. My mind made a final attempt at being lucid. Forms: N: lucidity V: 00 Adj: lucid Adv: 00 4. Though drunk, Alessandro was lucid.

34. Syn: mulish, cantankerous Ant: agreeable, negotiable, flexible, conciliatory ob: against or reverse: obstruct, obnoxious, obvious, object “I’ll do as I choose and I go as I please,” And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly, You know how men get when they get their said Bilbo stuck-up pig. backs up. Forms: N: obstinacy V: 00 Adj: obstinate Adv: obstinately Gone With the Wind --Margaret Mitchell The Magician’s Nephew --C.S. Lewis The Hobbit --J.R.R. Tolkien obstinate: stubborn “I want the gum!” Violet said obstinately. obstinate obstinate obstinately. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory --Rahl Dahl SAT/ACT Rank: Top 200

35. Syn: mulish, cantankerous Ant: agreeable, negotiable, flexible, conciliatory Forms: N: obstinacy V: 00 Adj: obstinate Adv: obstinately 1. “I’ll do as I choose and I go as I please,” 2. And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly, 4.You know how obstinate men get when they get their stuck-up said Bilbo obstinate obstinately. pig. backs up. obstinate: stubborn ob: against or reverse: obstruct, obnoxious, obvious, object 3. “I want the gum!” Violet said obstinately.

36. Ant: profound, intellectual, erudite, sophisticated Syn: shallow, inane, superficial Relatives: vacuum; evacuate, vaccinate He opened the medicine cabinet. He stared rather into it for a few seconds, as though he had forgotten why he His eyes seemed wandering, People noticed the of my face and the again. The veiled, opened it. look passed and Bourne reached for aimlessness of my conversation. the phone. The Waves --Virginia Woolf Cujo --Stephen King The Bourne Identity --Robert Ludlum Franny and Zooey --J.D. Salinger Forms: N: vacuous, vacuity V: 00 Adj: vacuous Adv: vacuously vacuous: empty-headed, lacking substance vacuous vacuously vacuous vacuous SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100

37. Ant: profound, intellectual, erudite, sophisticated Syn: shallow, inane, superficial Relatives: vacuum; evacuate, vaccinate Forms: N: vacuous, vacuity V: 00 Adj: vacuous Adv: vacuously 4.The veiled, vacuous look passed and Bourne reached for the phone. vacuous: empty-headed, lacking substance 1. People noticed the vacuity of my face and the aimlessness of my conversation. 2. His eyes seemed wandering, vacuous again. 3. He opened the medicine cabinet. He stared rather vacuously into it for a few seconds, as though he had forgotten why he opened it.

38. Forms: N: enigma V: 00 Adj: enigmatic Adv: 00 I watched curiously as an range of emotions Syn: conundrum flitted across her face. New Moon --Stephanie Meyer It was just another of the She got up very early, intrigued by the He found himself fascinated by the he never solved. of the girl’s disappearance of the dream. Childhood’s End --Arthur C. Clarke Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez Childhood’s End --Arthur C. Clarke enigma: puzzle, mystery enigmas enigma enigma enigmatic SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100

39. 3. He found himself fascinated by the 4. She got up very early, intrigued by the enigma enigma of the dream. of the girl’s disappearance. Syn: conundrum enigma: puzzle, mystery Ant: open book Forms: N: enigma V: 00 Adj: enigmatic Adv: 00 1. It was just another of the enigmas he never solved. 2. I watched curiously as an enigmatic range of emotions flitted across her face.

40. Syn: revulsion, loathing Ant: attraction, magnetism, proclivity, addiction Forms: N: aversion V: avert, averts, averted, averting Adj: averse Adv: aversely She had an unreasoning “We have an to it,” she said, choosing the to her stepmother. word carefully. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes --Arthur Conan Doyle The Alchemist --Michael Scott She had avoided Emily Brent with a shuddering Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they And Then There Were None --Agatha Christie made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking of deep A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini aversion: strong, automatic dislike, esp. one causing a negative physical reaction aversion aversion aversion aversion. SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500

41. aversion: strong, automatic dislike, esp. one causing a negative physical reaction Syn: revulsion, loathing Ant: attraction, magnetism, proclivity, addiction Forms: N: aversion V: avert, averts, averted, averting Adj: averse Adv: aversely 1. She had an unreasoning aversion to her stepmother. 2. “We have an aversion to it,” she said, choosing the word carefully. 3. She had avoided Emily Brent with a shuddering aversion. 4. Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking of deep aversion.

42. Syn: evade, reject Ant: seek out, Forms: N: aversion V: avert, averts, averted, averting Adj: averse Adv: 00 Root: vert, verse to turn: divert, diverse; convert, converse; subvert, subversive; traverse They shrug, mumble, and Tally her eyes from Shay’s beauty, trying their gazes. to focus her thoughts. He merely turned red and Uglies --Scott Westerfeld Water for Elephants --Sara Gruen his eyes. Listening for Lions --Gloria Whelan A potential crisis had been The Shack --William P. Young avert: turn away from averted avert averted averted. SAT/ACT Rank: n/a

43. Syn: evade, reject Ant: seek out, Forms: N: aversion V: avert, averts, averted, averting Adj: averse Adv: 00 avert: turn away from Root: vert, verse to turn: divert, diverse; convert, converse; subvert, subversive; traverse 1. A potential crisis had been averted. 2. They shrug, mumble, and avert their gazes. 3. Tally averted her eyes from Shay’s beauty, trying to focus her thoughts. 4. He merely turned red and averted his eyes.

44. Syn: insouciant; blithe Ant: tense, intense Forms: N: nonchalance V: 00 Adj: nonchalant Adv: nonchalantly I just got very cool and Catcher in the Rye --J. D. Salinger My driver drove And he said , “I can waltz.” and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a “Don’t rush, act , Amy cautioned. pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth. I Am the Cheese --Robert Cormier The Grapes of Wrath—John Steinbeck The Kite Runner—Khaled Hosseini nonchalant: having a free,casual, informal attitude nonchalant. nonchalantly nonchalant” SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500

45. nonchalant: having a free,casual, informal attitude Syn: insouciant; blithe Ant: tense, intense Forms: N: nonchalance V: 00 Adj: nonchalant Adv: nonchalantly 1. I just got very cool and nonchalant. 2.“Don’t rush, act nonchalant , Amy cautioned. 3.My driver drove nonchalantly and recklessly, averting collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth.

46. Syn: miserly, parsimonious Forms: N: frugality Verb: 00 Adj: frugal Adv: frugally Ant: extravagant, lavish They’re so with things here, waste is practically a criminal activity. Susanne Collins --The Hunger Games In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living I took care not only to be in reality industrious and Animal Farm --George Orwell And I reckon I deserve a treat today, after being so but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. for the last few days. Confessions of a Shopoholic --Sophie Kinsella The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin --Benjamin Franklin frugal: thrifty; reluctant to spend money frugal frugally. frugal, frugal SAT/ACT Rank: Top 500

47. frugal: thrifty; reluctant to spend money Syn: miserly, parsimonious Forms: N: frugality Verb: 00 Adj: frugal Adv: frugally Ant: extravagant, lavish 1.They’re so frugal with things here, waste is practically a criminal activity. 2. The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally. 3. In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. frugal

48. zeal: excessive commitment or enthusiasm Syn: exuberance, ardor, fervor, elan, fanaticism Forms: N: zeal, zealot Verb: 00 Adj: zealous Adv: zealously Ant: apathy, lethargy, nonchalance, indifference, ennui They flung themselves into their work with savage One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich --Alexander Solzhenitsyn I didn’t have that patriotic If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued The Things They Carried --Tim O’Brien it with a bordering on obsession. Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin. Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer zeal. zeal zeal SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100

49. zeal: excessive commitment or enthusiasm Forms: N: zeal, zealot Verb: 00 Adj: zealous Adv: zealously Syn: exuberance, ardor, fervor, elan Ant: apathy, lethargy, nonchalance, indifference, ennui 1. They flung themselves into their work with savage zeal. 2. I didn’t have that patriotic zeal 3. If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued it with a zeal bordering on obsession. 4. Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate zeal and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin.

50. Ant: profane, blasphemous Forms: N: piety Verb: 00 Adj: pious Adv: piously Why do you turn away from your practices and good works? A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man --James Joyce people have always gotten on my nerves. Most were Christians or Muslims. The Secret Life of Bees --Sue Monk Kidd Outcasts United --Warren St. John He really seemed somehow to other to fancy that his wife had and benevolence enough for two. Uncle Tom’s Cabin --Harriet Beecher Stowe pious: observing religious laws and customs pious Pious pious piety SAT/ACT Rank: Top 100