1. Vocabulary Enricher Chapter 19~24
YaeRan Kim

2. Desolation
Sentence: The desolation of this land shows this it has not been cared for a while.
Synonym: Empty, forlorn
WORD: Desolation
Desolate: a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there
Context: But below the tops the grass was dry, and the hills of Ndotsheni were red and bare, and the farmers on the tops had begun to fear that the desolation of them would eat back, year by year, mile by mile, until they too were overtaken.
Antonym: Fertile, full, rich

3. great destruction or damage, especially over a wide area
Devastation
Sentence: The great war only left devastation in the nation.
Synonym: Destruction
WORD: Devastation
great destruction or damage, especially over a wide area
Context: There were too many cattle there, and the fields were eroded and barren; each new filed extended the devastation.
Etymology: lay waste completely," from de- "completely" + vastare "lay waste," from vastus "empty, desolate"
Antonym: Protection

4. responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong
Culpable
Sentence: He is in prison because he committed culpable murder that he had intention to kill.
Synonym:
WORD: Culpable
responsible and deserving blame for having done something wrong
Context: Absalom will plead guilty to culpable homicide, but not to murder, for he had no intention to kill.
Antonym:

5. Barricade
Sentence: He barricaded his house just so there will be no thief be able to get into his house.
Synonym: Block, fence
WORD: Barricade
(n) temporary wall or fence that prevents people from going through
(v) To build a barricade to prevent people getting in
Context: I tell you we don’t go to bed at night without barricading the house.
Antonym: Open

6. Missionary
Sentence: Many Korean missionaries were arrested in China past few years.
Synonym: Priest
WORD: Missionary
someone who has been sent to a foreign country to preach God’s words; teach people about Christianity and persuade them to become Christians
Context: A missionary, thought Jarvis, and thought how strange it was that he had called his son a missionary.
Antonym:

7. A place that seems empty, sad, and often in bad condition.
Forlorn
Sentence: We visited the forlorn villages to help children who are starving to death.
Synonym: Empty, poor, lonely
WORD: Forlorn
A place that seems empty, sad, and often in bad condition.
Context: A dirty old wood-and-iron church, patched and forlorn, and a dirty old parson, in a barren valley where the grass hardly grew.
Antonym:

8. Exploitation
Sentence: In 18th century, exploitation of black people was thrived in southern parts of North America.
Synonym:
WORD: Exploitation
a situation in which you treat someone unfairly by asking them to do things for you, but give them very little in return - used to show disapproval
Context: It is not permissible to add to one’s possessions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men. Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
Antonym:

9. become weaker or less united and be gradually destroyed
Disintegration
Sentence: The society is facing disintegration under economic pressure.
Synonym:
WORD: Disintegration
become weaker or less united and be gradually destroyed
Context: It might have been permissible in the early days of our country, before we became aware of its cost, in the disintegration of native community life, in the deterioration of native family life, in poverty, slums and crime.
Antonym:

10. Aspiration
Sentence: They did not lose their hopes and aspirations of future even in such a harsh circumstance.
Synonym: Ambition, Desire
WORD: Aspiration
A strong desire to have or achieve something
Context: Aspiration is thus made easy.
Antonym:

11. having lost a close friend or relative because they have recently died
Bereft (bereaved)
Sentence: She bereaved his husband who joined the army during the war.
Synonym:
WORD: Bereft
having lost a close friend or relative because they have recently died
Context: And the Bishop too had said that men did not understand this riddle, why a young man so full of promise was cut off in his youth, why a woman was widowed and children were orphaned, why a country as bereft of one who might have served it greatly.
Antonym: