Transcript 10th lit week 10

venal
= for sale
(adj.) – opened to or marked by bribery
Examples:
• The venal cop was bought-out by a drug
dealer.
• The senator is trying to clean up the venal
political system in our state.
Synonyms:
•bribable
•corruptible
•corrupt
•crooked
•dishonest
•unethical
•unprincipled
Antonyms:
•ethical
•honest
•principled
•good
•righteous
•virtuous
•moral
to encumber
•
(verb ) – to hinder; to weigh down; to burden
• Encumbered, encumbering (adj.)
• Encumberance (n.)
Examples:
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Heavy text books tend to encumber students getting from
class to class.
The mother’s serious illness encumbered her from socializing
with her friends.
Synonyms:
•Drag
•Slow down
•Obstacle (n.)
•Interfere
Antonyms:
•Relieve
•Active (adj.)
atrocious
•
(adj.) – exceedingly bad; wicked
• (n.) atrocity
Examples:
• That scarf she was wearing was atrocious.
• The bombing at the Olympic Park was atrocious.
Synonyms:
•horrible
•wretched
•appalling
•horrific
Antonyms:
•good/great
•amazing
•awesome
lament
• (vb., n.) – to regret; to express sorrow
or mourning over
• lamentable (adj.) – extremely disappointing
Examples:
• She lamented breaking up with her boyfriend.
• African descendants lament over what happened in
Sierra Leone.
• Her lament over her grades was becoming too trite.
Synonyms:
•grieve
•regret
•mourn
•sorrow (noun)
•despair (n.)
•bereft
Antonyms:
•celebrate
•cheer
•laugh
•encourage
aesthetic
• (adj.) – artistic; having to do with art or beauty
• Aesthetics (n.)
• Aesthetician (n.)
• Examples:
• His aesthetic, muscular body helps him progress in
his body-building career.
• Gilgamesh believed that his body was aesthetic
because it was made by the gods.
Synonyms:
•Gorgeous
•Beautiful
•Pretty
•Attractive
Antonyms:
•Unattractive
•Ugly
•Atrocious
•Absurd
prolific
=forth
• ( adj. ) – producing a great deal of something
• Examples:
• The assembly-line was prolific in the
daytime.
• Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line
was prolific.
Antonyms:
Synonyms
•Abundant
•Fruitful
•Plethora (noun)
•Lazy
•Slow
•Decreasing
•sluggish