Ostracize Verb Exclude; banish; socially exclude He could not admit that he listened to The Backstreet Boys or his friends would ostracize him.
Voracity Noun Great eagerness; deep desire The child ripped open her birthday presents with great voracity.
Zest Noun Spirit; liveliness The elder woman showed a great amount of zest when she was serving food to the needy.
Eradicate Verb To eliminate; to obliterate All evidence of the murder had been eradicated; the criminal knew what it took to get away with a heinous crime.
Wistful Adjective Dreamy; melancholy The tone of “The Raven” is wistful as the narrator laments over his lost Lenore.
List Eleven Review Antonyms To create __________ Lacking; not lively __________ Accept; invite ___________ Happy ____________ Laziness; not wanting ___________