removed in thought from the immediate situation; lost in one’s own mind

removed in thought from the immediate situation; lost in one’s

own mind

1. abstracted (ab STRAK ted)

Antonym: attentive

Sentence: The child, thinking of Christmas, had an abstracted look on his face.

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extreme praise or admiration

2. adulation (ad u LAY shun)

Antonym: defamation; slander

Sentence: Due to the great adulation of the crowds, the politician thought that he might win the election.


misfortune; unfavorable happening

3. adversity (ad VER suh tee)

Antonym: prosperity

Sentence: He has suffered much adversity by first losing his job and then losing his wife.


to sprout; to newly emerge

4. burgeon (BUR jun)

Antonym: to shrivel and die; to wither

Sentence: Plants burgeon with the coming of spring.


a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination

5. chimera(kuh MEER uh)

Synonym: fantasy, vision

Antonym: gentle creature

Sentence: He is not the chimera your fears have made him in your mind.


deserving blame; guilty

6. culpable (KUL puh bul)

Antonym: blameless

Sentence: He was culpable for his children’s constant bad behavior.


decaying

7. decadent (DEK uh dunt)

Synonym: declined, degenerated

Antonym: flourishing

Sentence: Drugs, prostitution, and crime are signs of a decadent society.


a plea; an earnest request

8. entreaty(en TREE tee)

Synonym: adjuration; appeal; suit; importunity; supplication

Antonym: denial

Sentence: The lawyer made a lengthy entreaty to the jury before they retired to chambers.


foolish; silly in an obnoxious way; inane

9. fatuous (FACH oo us)

Synonym: asinine; silly; simple

Antonym: sensible

Sentence: The woman was fatuous to think that she needed three thousand pairs of shoes.


kind, compassionate, sympathetic, and considerate

10. humane(hyoo MANE)

Antonym: brutal

Sentence: The United States was very humane in its treatment of prisoners of war.


lenient, especially toward oneself

11. indulgent (in DUL junt)

Antonym: harsh; strict

Sentence: The boy did not learn respect from his indulgent parents.


lack of competence or judgment

12. ineptness(in EPT nes)

Synonym: gauche; maladroit

Antonym: expertise

Sentence: The evidence of his ineptness as a coach is his poor win-loss record.


an ungrateful person

13. ingrate(IN grate)

Antonym: grateful person

Sentence: I was stunned when I didn’t even receive a “thank you” from the ingrate.


to flood; to overflow

14. inundate(IN un date)

Antonym: to drain

Sentence: The television station was inundated with phone calls when the basketball game was interrupted.


one who lives in wretched circumstances to save and hoard

money

15. miser(MY zur)

Synonym: skinflint, tightwad, pinchpenny

Antonym: one who spends money easily

Sentence: The old miser lived in a shack but was actually a millionaire.


extremely wicked; evil; vicious

16. nefarious(neh FARE ee us)

Synonym: degenerate; iniquitous; villainous

Antonym: righteous

Sentence: Hitler’s treatment of Jewish people was a sign that he was a very nefarious person.


meaningless sounds; babble

17. prattle(PRAT ul)

Antonym: articulate language

Sentence: I have difficulty understanding the prattle of young children.


preference

18. predilection(pred uh LEK shun)

Antonym: dislike; disinclination

Sentence: He has a predilection for fish when he goes out to eat.


to defer action; to delay

19. procrastinate(pro KRAS tuh nate)

Synonym: prolong; postpone

Sentence: We try not to procrastinate when asked to do a job.


not showing passion or feeling; indifference; impassive

20. stoic(STOW ik)

Synonym: apathetic; phlegmatic; stolid

Antonym: impassioned; ardent

Sentence: The umpire remained quite stoic despite the manager’s screaming and the intense booing of the crowd.


right to vote

21. suffrage(SUF rij)

Antonym: lack of franchise

Sentence: Woman’s suffrage was a movement and a cause at the beginning of the twentieth century.


to call together; to send for; to request to appear

22. summon(SUM un)

Synonym: convene; convoke; muster

Antonym: to turn away

Sentence: I am frightened because I have been summoned to the principal’s office.


quality of being able to be seen through; clear

23. transparent(trans PARE unt)

Synonym: limpid; translucent

Antonym: opaque

Sentence: Glass is a transparent substance.


wild or disturbing activity

24. turbulence(TUR byuh luns)

Antonym: stillness

Sentence: There is a lot of turbulence during a hurricane.


capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately

25. viable(VIE uh bul)

Antonym: moribund; incapable of

Sentence: He is a viable candidate because he has experience and can attract votes.


removed in thought from the immediate situation; lost in one’s own mind

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