Word of the Day Group Thirteen:
CAPRICIOUS (ADJ) = VERY UNPREDICTABLE
SYNONYMS = IMPULSIVE; ERRATIC; ARBITRARY; FICKLE; WHIMSICAL
ANTONYMS = CONSTANT; STEADY; DEPENDABLE
VILIFY (VERB) =TO MAKE DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS ABOUT SOMEONE
SYNONYMS = TO SLANDER; TO LIBEL; DEFAME; TO DENOUNCE
ANTONYMS = TO COMPLIMENT; TO PRAISE; TO APPLAUD; VENERATE; LAUD
PRAGMATIC (ADJ) = VERY PRACTICAL
SYNONYMS = PRACTICAL; SENSIBLE; REALISTIC
ANTONYMS = IMPRACTICAL; UNREALISTIC; QUIXOTIC; IDEALISTIC
QUINTESSENCE (NOUN) = THE PERFECT EMBODIMENT OF SOMETHING; SOMETHING IN
ITS PUREST FORM
SYNONYMS = ESSENCE; EPITOME; EMBODIMENT
ANTONYMS = COMMON; AVERAGE;
REDOLENT (ADJECTIVE) = HAVING A PLEASANT ODOR
SYNONYMS = FRAGRANT; AROMATIC; ODOROUS
ANTONYMS = UNSCENTED; SMELLY
Proverb of the Week:
“It is easier to stay out than to get out.”
TRANSIENT (ADJ) = REMAINING ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
SYNONYMS = PASSING; FLEETING; TEMPORARY
ANTONYMS = PERMANENT; LASTING; ENDURING
PROCLIVITY (NOUN) = A NATURAL TENDENCY
SYNONYMS = TENDENCY; INCLINATION; LEANING; PREFERENCE
ANTONYMS = AVOIDANCE; DISINTEREST
UMBRAGE (NOUN) = A FEELING OF INDIGNATION (strong displeasure or righteous anger)
“A feeling that you that you have been insulted in some way.”
SYNONYMS = RESENTMENT; ANGER; OFFENSE; INSULT
ANTONYMS = SATISFACTION; CONTENTMENT
VITRIOLIC (ADJ) = HARSH or HATEFUL IN SPEECH or LANGUAGE
SYNONYMS = SARCASTIC; SHARP; CORROSIVE; BITTER; BURNING
ANTONYMS = PLEASANT; MILD; GENTLE
ADAGE (NOUN) = A SAYING (often in metaphorical form) THAT STATES A COMMON TRUTH
ABOUT LIFE
SYNONYMS = PROVERB; TRUISM; APHORISM
ANTONYMS = A FALSE STATEMENT?
Proverb of the Week:
“No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.”
(Quintus Ennius-Roman poet)
WORD OF THE DAY QUIZ #13 IS THURSDAY.