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Vocabulary Group #4 By: Joshua Kim
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Commotion (n.)- noisy activity Synonym: Celebration Antonym: Peace
There was a large commotion at the Cowboys and Redskins game on Sunday night.
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Concoction (n.)- a mixture of ingredient; putting several things together Synonym: Mixture Antonym: Ingredient The potions master created a great concoction of seaweed, salt, mushrooms, shredded paper, and clay chunks.
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Conspicuous (adj.)- easily seen; something obvious; attract attention
Synonym: Obvious Antonym: Mysterious The hiding spot the toddler had chosen was a rather conspicuous choice.
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Contortion (n.)- a sharp twist or bend in, or of, something or someone
Synonym: Twist Antonym: Straight After the blacksmith nearly melted the metal it spun around in a spinning tube to create a contortion of metal.
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Imperious (adj.)- arrogant; thinking you are above it all.
Synonym: Arrogant Antonym: Humble The imperious knight was boasting highly of how skillful of a warrior he was.
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Jabber (v.)- to talk rapidly making no sense; chattering
Synonym: Chatter Antonym: Be Silent The two women in the corner were constantly jabbering to each other during the conference.
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Jargon (n.)- specialized language of a profession or group
Synonym: Special Language Antonym: Normal Language In order to be able to participate in the boys club you had to be able to speak the jargon that they invented.
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Jostle (v.)- to roughly bump into a person or thing Synonym: Shove
Antonym: Tap When Timmy passed the jug he accidentally jostled it and it fell to the floor and smashed into a trillion pieces.
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Scurry (v.)- to move briskly; to scamper Synonym: Scamper
Antonym: Crawl The mouse scurried across the room with the piece of bread that he had just snatched out of the human’s hand.
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Serenity (n.)- the quality of being calm, peaceful or untroubled
Synonym: Peaceful Antonym: Rambunctious The serenity of the waves were so calm, that it didn’t disturb my fishing line whatsoever.
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Sociable (adj.)- enjoying the company of others Synonym: Interactive
Antonym: Reclusive It is very helpful in a business committee to be a sociable person that converses with his fellow employees.
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Somber (adj.)- very serious or sad Synonym: Sad Antonym: Cheerful
The football team was very somber when they went 0-16 that season.
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Mnemonic (adj.)- memory assistance Synonym: Memory Clue Antonym: none
A mnemonic reminder is “Anger is one letter short of Danger.”
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Narcissism (n.)- egoism, egocentrism Synonym: Egoism Antonym: Selfless
The gentleman walked around town with an aura of narcissism for he had defeated the opposing king.
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Amethyst (n.)- a clear purple or bluish violet variety of crystallized quartz Synonym: Purple Antonym: none The amethyst colored diamond looked beautiful on the woman’s hand.
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Somnambulate (v.)- to walk while sleeping Synonym: Sleepwalk
Antonym: Walk At a slumber party one of my friends started to somnambulate and made such a ruckus that he woke up the whole house.
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Venerate (v.)- to honor with a ritual act of devotion Synonym: Worship
Antonym: Dishonor In his religion they must venerate their gods by providing them with great gifts of grapes and money.
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