English III
Vocab Week 2
Incongruous
• (adj.) out of place
• Synonyms: inconsistent, contradiction,
ridiculous
• Example: “Their actions were incongruous
with their principles”
Misanthrope
• (n.) a person who hates others
• Synonyms: cynic, recluse, hater
• Example: “Richard gained a reputation as
a recluse, even a misanthrope”
Prologue
• (n.) an introduction to something
• Synonyms: preface, overture, introduction
• Example: “The prologue to the book was
very dry”
Protagonist
• (n.) the leading character
• Synonyms: champion, supporter, hero
• Example: “The protagonist of the story
was my favorite character”
Terse
• (adj.) neatly and effectively concise
• Synonyms: compact, brief, concentrated
• Example: “Thankfully the meeting was
short because our boss is terse”
Epithet
• (n.) any word applied to someone to
describe an actual quality
• Synonyms: nickname, designation,
byword
• Example: “People like to call dogs ‘man’s
best friend’”
Evasive
• (adj.) tending to avoid
• Synonyms: dodge, evade, shifty
• Example: “Scott seemed to be really
evasive around the teacher”
Evoke
• (v.) to produce
• Synonyms: bring, elicit, draw
• Example: “The smell of Play-Doh evokes
some of my childhood memories
Foreshadow
• (v.) to show or indicate beforehand
• Synonyms: forecast, indicate, suggest
• Example: “Having a flat tire foreshadowed
what the rest of the trip would be like”
Infer
• (v.) to derive by reasoning
• Synonyms: deduce, reason, guess
• Example: “I can infer what kind of
weekend my students had by their faces
on Monday morning”
Laudable
• (adj.) deserving praise
•
Synonyms: commendable,
wholesome, praiseworthy
•
Example: “Reorganizing the files was a
laudable idea.”
Lucid
• (adj.) easily understood
• Synonyms: illuminate, organic,
transparent
• Example: “There was a lucid moment in
his madness”
Perpetuate
• (v.) to preserve from extinction
• Synonyms: save, maintain, sustain
• Example: “Go out and educate yourself;
don’t perpetuate ignorance”
Scrutinize
• (v.) to examine in detail with careful
attention
• Synonyms: investigate, study, search
• Example: “Parents like to scrutinize your
every move”
Symposium
• (n.) a collection of opinions expressed on
a given subject
• Synonyms: conference, meeting, seminar
• Example: “The scholars found it
necessary to share their symposium to the
public”