Sadlier Building an Enriched Vocabulary Vocab Lesson 12

Vocab 12

1.       Dap-per (adjective)- neatly and stylishly dressed

à   Related form- dapperly

à   Usage note- dapper only for men women called chic(pronounced sheek)

à   Arthur was a dapper dresser and stylish person

Synonyms

2.       Natty(adjective)- neat and tidy

1.       I try to be as natty as possible

3.       Spruce(verb, noun, adj)- neat or smart in appearance

1.       It’s good to be spruce in appearance

4.       Chic (pronounced sheek(noun))- smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner-women

1.       Gwenever chick appearance made her very attractive

Antonyms

5.        Slovenly- untidy in personal appearance

6.       Seedy- somewhat disreputable

7.       Dowdy- not neat or becoming in appearance

8.       Blousy- smock like

9.       Frowsy- slovenly uncared for appearance

10.   Frumpy-dowdy

11.   De-fect(noun)- flaw or shortcoming; desert ones country or like for another

à   Mordred was defect for trying to rebel against Arthurs England which was due to Arthurs defect or flaw

à   Related forms- (noun)defectiveness, defection, defector; defective(adjective)

à   Usage notes-

1.       defective means flawed deficient means lacking

2.       the act of defecting is called a defection (country version)

synonyms

12.   rep-udiate- refuse to accept

13.   ab-jure-renounce upon oath, reject solemnly

14.   kink- flaw

15.   de-fer(verb)- to put off or post pone; yield to wishes or judgments of someone else.

à   Related forms- deferment, deferral, deference;(adjectives) deferential, deferent

à   Usage notes- deferment and deferral mean a temporary postponement of, or exemption from something (like jury duty). Deference indicates a willing or courteous submission to another person’s wishes or ides usually out of respect for the latter’s age, wisdom, or experience. The adjectives deferential and deferent mean “respectful”, as in “a differential attitude”.