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Expand Your Vocabulary: Definitions and Antonyms

Enhance your word knowledge with this lesson on vocabulary definitions and antonyms. Explore words like Stygian, Nonchalant, Sophistry, Brigand, and more. Discover the meaning of terms like Metamorphosis, Incantation, and Contemptuous while also learning their opposite counterparts.

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Expand Your Vocabulary: Definitions and Antonyms

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  1. Lesson 2 Vocabulary Definitions, Antonyms and Distractors

  2. Definitions • Stygian • Nonchalant • Interlocutor • Sophistry • Brigand • Cosmopolitan • Carte blanche • Donnybrook • Procrustean • Rife • A. boundless authority; free rein • B. a ruse or misleading argument • C. dark and forbidding • D. indifferent; relaxed • E. A brawl • F. ruthless unsympathetic • G. worldly; sophisticated • H. a bandit • I. speaker in a conversation • J. full; replete; abundant

  3. Definitions continued • Metamorphosis • Vestige • Incantation • Nomenclature • Contemptuous • Study rife and replete! • A. a trace or hint • B. chant or magical spell • C. scientific terminology • D. mutation; dramatic change • E. haughty; arrogant; scornful

  4. ANTONYMS • Metamorphosis • Donnybrook • Nonchalant • Procrustean • Stygian • Sophistry • Carte blanche • Cosmopolitan • Rife • Contemptuous • A. bright; illuminated • B. excited; concerned • C. sympathetic; compassionate • D. stasis or static • E. agreement • F. truth • G. humble; polite • H. lacking; limited • I. restriction • J. provincial (lacking polish of urban society)

  5. Distractors • Insolent • Lamentable • Appreciative • Hospitable • Frank (not the name) • Pointed (not pointy in shape) • Blasé • Apathetic • Anxious • Imperturbable • Desperado • credential

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