Word of the Day Group Ten
VICARIOUS (ADJECTIVE) = ACTING AS SUBSTITUTE; NOT EXPERIENCED DIRECTLY
SYNONYMS = SUBSTITUTED; SURROGATE; INDIRECT; SECONDARY
ANTONYMS = DIRECT; ACTUAL; PRIMARY
STIGMATIZE (VERB) = TO BRAND, LABEL, OR MARK AS UNWORTHY OR AS DISGRACEFUL
SYNONYMS = DENOUNCE; DISGRACE; DEFAME
ANTONYMS = PRAISE; HONOR
THRALL (NOUN) = SLAVERY; (CAN ALSO MEAN A SLAVE)
SYNONYMS = BONDAGE; SERVITUDE; SUBJUGATION; ENSLAVEMENT
ANTONYMS = FREEDOM; LIBERTY; INDEPENDENCE; EMANCIPATION
WHEEDLE (VERB) = TO INFLUENCE BY FLATTERY OR GENTLE WORDS
SYNONYMS = FLATTER; COAX; SEDUCE; CHARM
ANTONYMS = FORCE; BULLY; PRESSURE
COLLOQ. = “SWEET-TALK”
MOLLIFY (VERB) = TO MAKE SOFTER
SYNONYMS = SOOTHE; CALM; PLACATE; PACIFY
ANTONYMS = AGGRAVATE; ANGER; IRRITATE
Proverb of the Week: “Trees often transplanted seldom prosper.”
(Dutch Proverb)
MISCREANT (NOUN) = A CORRUPT OR EVIL PERSON
SYNONYMS = VILLIAN; REPROBATE; DELINQUENT
ANTONYMS = A GOOD PERSON;
COLLOQ. = “A TROUBLE MAKER”
OBFUSCATE (VERB) = TO MAKE LESS CLEAR
SYNONYMS = TO CONFUSE; TO MUDDLE; TO OBSCURE…to make cloudy
ANTONYMS = TO UNCOVER; TO REVEAL; TO CLARIFY…to make clear
HIRSUTE (ADJECTIVE) = COVERED WITH HAIR; ESPECIALLY THICK, COURSE HAIR
SYNONYMS = HAIRY; FUZZY; BRISTLY
ANTONYMS = HAIRLESS; SMOOTH; BARE
*Think “hair-suit”
IGNOMINIOUS = CAPABLE OF BRINGING SHAME OR DISHONOR
SYNONYMS = DISGRACEFUL; SHAMEFUL; DISHONORABLE
ANTONYMS = ADMIRABLE; HONORABLE; RESPECTABLE
AMELIORATE = TO MAKE BETTER
SYNONYMS = IMPROVE; ENHANCE; ALLEVIATE
ANTONYMS = TO WORSEN; DETERIORATE
Proverb of the Week: “Knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful”
Word of the Day Quiz #10 is Wednesday, 3/3/10