def: to shorten omissions while reatining basic contents

syn: cutdown; epitomize, condense, abstract, digest

ant: lengthen, expand

sentence: the government cannot abridge our right to speak foolishly.

def: markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd.

syn: werid, freakish, fantastic, unusual, strange, odd

ant:

sentence: back down in the valley bottom, we could hear bizarre noises.

def: curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere.

syn:

ant:

sentence: The skull fragment also bore a concave  imprint suggestive of a musket ball.

def: having a surface that is curved or rounded outward.

syn:

ant:

sentence: Again, the deeply modeled convex  surfaces are backed by smoothed-out flat planes.

def: to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.)

syn: comprehend, solve, unravel, explain.

ant:

sentence: They are learning to decipher  the hieroglyphics of their ancestors.

def: to lower in dignity, honor, or standing; debase.

syn: degrade, humble, humiliate, mortify.

ant: dignify, honor.

sentence: These people demean  the profession and vocation of research.

def: economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful.

syn: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, scotch, penny-pinching.

ant:  luxurious, lavish, profuse.

sentence: We are both frugal  so there have not been any arguments about money.

def: to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink, to involve deeply; absorb:

syn: immerge, duck, douse.

ant: disinter.

sentence: Immediately drain the spinach and immerse  it in the cold water.

def: to renovate, redo, or revise.

syn:

ant:

sentence: We've decided to revamp the entire show.

def: to chew, to meditate.

syn:

ant:

sentence: Somecan ruminate  for months without taking any action, psychologists say.

def: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.

syn:

ant:

sentence: Personal computers have become ubiquitous  in rich countries.

def: of the color green or, inexperienced; unsophisticated.

syn: lush, grassy.

ant:

sentence: The countryside is lush, with rolling hills, and tea bushes. or He is the example of a verdant college freshman.

abrasive (adj)

def: tending to annoy or cause ill will; overly aggressive.

syn: harsh, rough, rasping.

ant:

sentence: Jen has such an abrasive personality.

def: to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm.

syn: assertive, maintain

ant: deny

sentence: I am very assertive when discussing any topic in debate club.

def: to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.

syn:

ant:

sentence: To speak of his growth at this point would be to condescend .

def: to wipe out; do away with; expunge.

syn:

ant:

sentence: It might please me to efface  in my mind the troubled present with dreams of past glories.

encumber (v)

def: to impede or hinder; hamper; retard.

syn:

ant:

sentence: He said the campaign did not encumber  the public funds in any way.

def: lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless.

syn: inept, clumsy, maladroit; coarse, gross, uncouth.

ant:

sentence: He laughs and talks while serving, and is as gauche  as possible.

def: closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent.

syn:

ant:

sentence: So an amendment to an amendment must begermane  to the latter.

def: to hypnotize.

syn:

ant:

sentence: The pictures are beautiful enough, to mesmorize anyone who views them.

def: producing offspring, young, fruit etc. or producing in large quantities or great frequancey.

syn: teeming, abundunt, 

ant: barren

sentence: Within two days the prolific student finished four college papers.

def: of, characteristic of, or rembling a serpent, asin form or movement.

syn: twisting, snaking

ant:

sentence: 

def: moderately warm; lukewarm or charactarized by a lack of force or enthusiasm. 

syn: moderate, mild. unemotional.

ant:

sentence: We eat tepid soup during the extremely hot days in summer.

def: To make an exact copy of a document, or write the translation.

syn:

ant:

sentence: She transcribed her sisters drawings into writting so she could explain to her parents.

def: curtious, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm.

syn: urban, suave, elegant, polished.

ant:

sentence: Kate presented her self debonairly when she introduced herself to the crowd.

def: to strike out or remove. erase, cancel, expunge.

syn: eradicate, cancel.

ant:

sentence: please delete that comment about me, that is so annoying.

def: military. to spread out so as to form an extended line.

syn:

ant:

sentence: the next step is to deploy the team nationally.

def: serving as a subsitute, artifical, synthetic.

syn:

ant:

sentence: the ersatz crab meat that comes in a package is so watered down and mushy.

def: not permitting penetration or passage.

syn: invulnerable, closed.

ant:

sentence: We have already established that certain people are impervious to logic.

impromptu (adj)

def: made or done without previous preperation.

syn:  extemporaneous

ant:

sentence: His trip, with a ll measures visable, was not impromptu.

def: to swing or move from to and fro, as a pendulum does. Or variate in different beliefs.

syn: swing, or waver.

ant:

sentence: They don't have fans to dispurse the warmth, but some models oscillate.

def: extremely or impassably steep.

syn: abrupt, sheer, perpendicular.

ant: flat, level.

sentence: The rock wall that we climbed was extremely precipitous!

def: to tear down, to demolish, to level to the ground.

syn: destroy

ant:

sentence: The students cheered as their old school building was razed by the construction workers.

def: to regard with respect tinged with awe.

syn: honor, adore.

ant:

sentence: When the child was describing her older sister she was reverful.

def: to take the place of another, as through force, scheming, strategy like.

syn: remove, succeed.

ant:

sentence: No method currently under study is robust enough yet to supplant  mammography.

def: cruel, fierce, savagely brutal.

syn: fierce

ant: gentle

sentence: The waiter was very truculent when he took our order so we left immediately.