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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Essential Words and Their Meanings

Expand your lexicon with this comprehensive list of vocabulary words. Each entry includes the word's definition, synonyms, and antonyms, providing a deeper understanding of its usage. Words featured include "abjure," "acrid," "callous," and "tangible," among others. This resource is perfect for students, writers, and anyone looking to enrich their language skills. Whether you seek to grasp the nuances of the English language or prepare for exams, these vocabulary words will empower your communication.

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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Essential Words and Their Meanings

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  1. Unit 12Book E

  2. 1. Abjure: (v.) to renounce, repudiate under oath: to avoid, shun • Synonyms: forswear, retract, recant, abstain from. • Antonyms: affirm, avow, aver, profess

  3. 2. Acrid: (adj.) harsh in taste or odor: sharp in manner or temper. • Synonyms: irritating, stinging, bitter, caustic • Antonyms: gentle, smooth, mild

  4. 3. August: (adj.) majestic, inspiring admiration and respect • Synonyms: Stately, dignified, exalted, venerable • Antonyms: humble, base, mean, lowly

  5. 4. Callous: (adj.) emotionally hardened, unfeeling • Synonyms: insensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned. • Antonyms: sensitive, compassionate, tenderhearted.

  6. 5. Clandestine: (adj.) secret, concealed; underhanded. • Synonyms: covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy • Antonyms: open, overt, undisguised, aboveboard

  7. 6. Compunction: (n.) remorse, regret • Synonyms: scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition • Antonyms: shamelessness, insouciance, nonchalance

  8. 7. Conflagration: (n.) a large destructive fire • Synonyms: holocaust, wildfire • Antonyms: deluge, flood

  9. 8. Elated: (adj.) high in spirits, jubilant: extremely pleased • Synonyms: overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink • Antonyms: depressed, crestfallen, despondent, blue

  10. 9. Indelible: (adj.) not able to be erased or removed; memorable • Synonyms: lasting, permanent, unforgettable • Antonyms: erasable, impermanent, ephemeral

  11. 10. Indulgent: (adj.) yielding to the wishes or demands of others • Synonyms: lenient, permissive, tolerant, liberal • Antonyms: strict, severe, inflexible, hard-nosed

  12. Inveterate: (adj.) firmly established, long-lasting: habitual • Synonyms: persisting, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool • Antonyms: sporadic, intermittent, occasional

  13. Irrelevant: (adj.) not to the point, not applicable or pertinent • Synonyms: inapplicable, immaterial, besides the point • Antonyms: pertinent, material, apropos, germane

  14. Nocturnal: (adj.) of or occurring in the night: under cover of darkness • Synonyms: nighttime • Antonyms: daytime, diurnal (DAY OR DAILY)

  15. Platitude: (n.) the commonplace, stale, or trite remark. • Synonyms: cliché, truism, bromide • Antonyms: epigram, quip, witticism, bon mot

  16. Quell: (v.) to subdue, put down forcibly • Synonyms: suppress, pacify, squelch, quash, crush • Antonyms: incite, provoke, arouse, foment, stir up

  17. Quiescent: (adj.) inactive, at rest • Synonyms: still, inert, motionless, dormant, tranquil • Antonyms: active, thriving, lively, bustling, volatile

  18. Ruminate: (v.) to mediate, think about at length; to chew the cud • Synonyms: ponder, reflect, mull over, muse

  19. Tacit: (adj.) unspoken, silent; implied, inferred • Synonyms: unexpressed, unvoiced, understood, implicit. • Antonyms: explicit, express, specific

  20. Tangible: (adj.) capable of being touched; real, concrete • Synonyms: perceptible, actual, evident, palpable • Antonyms: immaterial, imperceptible, insubstantial

  21. Trenchant: (adj.) incisive, keen: forceful, effective; cutting caustic; distinct, clear- out. • Synonyms: penetrating, cutting, telling, acute • Antonyms: dull bland, insipid, vapid, imperceptive

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