**Vocabulary Words - 28.04.2015**

**Vocabulary Words - 28.04.2015**

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►-JEST (NOUN): joke

Synonyms: funny, banter Antonyms: work

Example Sentence:

Orthodoxies could not be questioned, even in jest.

►-RIFE (ADJECTIVE): overflowing

Synonyms: abundant, plentiful Antonyms: limited, scarce

Example Sentence:

Now that security was removed-and the air seemed rife with suspicion.

►-COWER (VERB): hide, hover in fear

Synonyms: recoil, cringe Antonyms: meet, come out

Example Sentence:

Frozen, our guide whispered to me to cower and pretend to eat leaves.

►-NONCHALANT (ADJECTIVE): easygoing, laid back.

Synonyms: composed, effortless Antonyms: concerned, deliberate

Example Sentence:

Most of them were pretty nonchalant and haven't spoken to me about it much.

►-RAZE (VERB): flatten, knock down; wipe out

Synonyms: demolish, wreck Antonyms: construct,repair

Example Sentence:

She razed all her past memeories.

►-LISTLESS (ADJECTIVE): spiritless, without energy

Synonyms: sluggish, lethargic Antonyms: active, energetic

Example Sentence:

The protesters were listless in the midday furnace of the equatorial sun but their message was fierce and clear.

►-APROPOSE (ADJECTIVE): relevant, suitable

Synonyms: apt, germane Antonyms: inappropriate, unsuitable

Example Sentence:

The final note in the article about the need for insulation is apropos.

►-LONGING (ADJECTIVE): desirous

Synonyms: Craving, eager Antonyms: hating, loathing

Example Sentence:

There was an elegiac tone to much of his work, a heightened awareness of loss and longing and regret.

►-PEEVISH (ADJECTIVE) : irritable, testy

Synonyms: Crabbed, angry Antonyms: friendly, pleasant

Example Sentence:

While he can be peevish and even mean, he is also frequently funny and generous.

►-DELETERIOUS (ADJECTIVE) : harmful, damaging

Synonyms: bad, destroying Antonyms: aiding, helpful

Example Sentence:

But that's not to say that they couldn't have some deleterious health effects.