Vocab Of The Day Part 47

By | March 1, 2016

1. INSUPERABLE

(ADJECTIVE): impassable

Synonyms: insurmountable, impossible

Antonyms: ignore, neglect

Example Sentence:

Charles is a foolish dreamer who comes up with insuperable plans that he never achieves.
2. PETTISH (ADJECTIVE): very angry; in a bad mood

Synonyms: annoyed, vexed Antonyms: cheerful, pleasant

Example Sentence:

“For the last month or six weeks he has scarcely spoken to me but in the unmistakable language of a pettish anger.
3. INSCRUTABLE (ADJECTIVE): hidden, mysterious; blank

Synonyms: enigmatic, unfathomable Antonyms: clear, understandable

Example Sentence:

The killer left no clues, and the murder remains an inscrutable mystery.
4. PRESCIENT (ADJECTIVE): perceptive

Synonyms: farsighted, judicious Antonyms: shortsighted, imperceptive

Example Sentence:

In India, you can find many saints in the Himalayan region who can be called as prescient.
5. SACERDOTAL (ADJECTIVE): religious

Synonyms: priestly, apostolic Antonyms: irreligious, profane

Example Sentence:

In this postmodern free-for-all it is hard to envision much of a sacerdotal role for the literary scholar.
6. RAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): plundering

Synonyms: ferocious, greedy Antonyms: satisfied, contended

Example Sentence:

The investment bankers working at the Wall Street are often accused of being rapacious.
7. SURLY (ADJECTIVE): gruff, bearish

Synonyms: boorish, irritable Antonyms: polite, refined

Example Sentence:

Maggie drank a little too much and got surly and made snide comments during the final toast.
8. DRIVEL (NOUN): foolish talk

Synonyms: babble, gibberish Antonyms: sense, truth

Example Sentence:

I don’t believe a word of this drivel about instant weight loss.
9. QUERULOUS (ADJECTIVE): grouchy, hard to please

Synonyms: carping, complaining Antonyms: cheerful, happy

Example Sentence:

Caring for this querulous patient had become a tiresome task.
10. CONCILIATORY (ADJECTIVE): placid, yielding

Synonyms: appeasing, calm Antonyms: fighting, stubborn

Example Sentence:

After the war was over, the formerly warring countries were suddenly conciliatory at the peace conference.

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