Set 3 Honors
Vocab
By: Nadia Bryant
Bluff(Verb)
Definition: To engage in a false display of strength or
confidence, usually in order to deceive someone.
Sentence: I bluffed to make it look as if I wasn’t afraid to
go and get the mail in the dark.
Synonym: Pretend, sham, fake
Antonym: truth, real
Brackish (Adjective)
Definition:Salty
Sentence: The people in Jamestown could not drink the
brackish water because they would get sick.
Synonym: Salty
Antonym: Sweet
Circumference(Noun)
Definition:The boundary of an area, an object, or geometric
figure; especially a circle.
Sentence: The circumference of the house was our new white
fence that we had just put down.
Synonym: perimeter, border, boundary
Antonym: interior, middle, inside
Headway(Noun)
Definition: To progress towards a place or goal.
Sentence: I was making headway to getting my bachelor’s
degree.
Synonym: progress, proceed, advance
Antonym: fail
Ignite(verb)
Definition: To cause something to start burning; to catch on
fire
Sentence: As the moon rose into the sky, we ignited the
bonfire to illuminate the Summer night.
Synonym: combust, catch fire, to light
Antonym: snuff, dampen
Illuminated(verb)
Definition: To cast light upon someone or something.
Sentence: He illuminated the night with the glow of his
torch.
Synonym: Lighten, brighten, irradiate
Antonym:darken
impending(adjective)
Definition: About to occur.
Sentence: The impending doom of the Orc armies devouring them
seemed as if they were about to come true.
Synonym: imminent, near, coming
Antonym: far
repugnant(adjective)
Definition: Causing disgust; offensive or repulsive
Sentence: A repugnant smell emanated from the full garbage
can.
Synonym: abhorrent, repulsive, revolting
Antonym: attractive, pleasant
restitution(noun)
Definition: To pay money or make up for damage or injury that
you have caused.
Sentence: “You owe me restititution for my glass vase!” She
screamed.
Synonym: return, restoration, surrender
Antonym: dissatisfaction, penalty, fee
sabotage(noun/verb)
Defintion:
(N)- A deliberate act that causes damage or stop activities.
(V)- To commit sabotage against something.
Sentence:
(N)- Billy’s older sister was “accidentally” smacked in the head, but everyone assumed it was sabotage.
(V)- Billy’s friend Austin sabotaged the competition because he was jealous that Billy made it to the finals
and not him.
Synonyms: (N)- Vandalism, obstruction, destruction
(V)- Vandalize, obstruct, destruct
Antonyms: build, construct, fix
scarcity(noun)
Definition: Insufficient supply; a shortage.
Sentence: There was a scarcity of animals in the forest; they
had fled from the wildfire.
Synonyms: Shortage, lack, undersupply
Antonyms: abundance, excess, surplus
zeal(noun)
Definition: Great enthusiasm or devotion to a cause, idea or
goal.
Sentence: The girl had great zeal on her chances in the race.
Synonym: ardor, ferver, avidity
Antonym: apathy, indifference
HONORS WORDS
Ambrosial(adjective)
Definition: fragant, balmy, divine
Sentence: The ambrosial scent filled the air.
Synonyms: fragrant, delicious, divine
Antonyms: odor, repugnant
halcyon(adjective)
Definition: Calm, peacful
Sentence: Everything was halcyon that very night; it was so
tranquil.
Synonym: tranquil, peacful
Antonym: loud, obnoxious
metamorphasis(noun)
Definition: a transformation, a marked alteration
Sentence: The whole class watched in awe as the frog began
the first stage of its metamorphasis.
Synonym: transformation, mutation, transmutation
Antonym: stagnation
labyrinthine(adjective)
Defintition: complicated, perplexing, maze-like
Sentence: The labyrinthine forest consisted of thousands of
twists and turns that would confuse anyone.
Synonym: maze, labyrinth
Antonym: flatland
titanic(adjective)
Definition: Huge, powerful
Sentence: The titanic boat rose high and mighty above them.
Synonym: Huge, ginormous
Antonym: small, miniscule