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Chapter 1 Vocab Words
For Prospect Advanced Composition
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English
12th Grade
08/30/2012

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Term
Achilles' heel
Definition

weak point

 

Synonyms:

weakness, flaw, defect, vulnerability

 

Related words:

infirmity, debility

 

Contrasted words:

forte, mainstay

Term
Stentorian
Definition

very loud

 

Synonyms:

booming, thunderous, thundering, resounding, roaring, sonorous

 

Related words:

clarion

 

Contrasted words:

inaudible, muted, subdued

Term
mnemonic
Definition

assisting memory

 

Synonyms:

assisting remembrance, assisting recollection, assisting reminiscence

 

Related words:

assisting retention

 

Contrasted words:

amnesiac

Term
fathom
Definition

understand, figure out, penetrate the meaning of

 

synonyms:

know, grasp, comprehend

 

related words:

apprehend, discern, divine

 

contrasted words:

misconstrue, misapprehend, misconceive

Term
serendipity
Definition

ability to make lucky discoveries by chance or accident

 

synonyms:

chance, fortunity

 

related words:

happenstance, fortuitousness

Term
desultory
Definition

random, unmethodical, aimless

 

synonyms:

irregular, unsystematic, unplanned, rambling, haphazard

 

related words:

digressing, discursive, cursory, erratic, mercurial, capricious

 

contrasted words:

diligent, presevering, assiduous, sedulous

Term
pariah
Definition

social outcast

 

synonyms:

outcast, unacceptable person, persona non grata

 

related words:

ostracized person, reprobate

 

contrasted words:

bigwig, luminary, cynosure

Term
tawdry
Definition

showy and cheap

 

synonyms:

tasteless, vulgar, flashy, gaudy

 

related words:

garish, meretricious

Term
pecuniary
Definition
relating to money
Term
impecunious
Definition
having little or no money; poor
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