11th Grade Vocabulary Week 7

1. adroit: adj. skillful; cleversyn: dexterous; apt ant: clumsy; awkward

2. macroscopic: adj. visible to the naked eye

ant: microscopic

3. fatuous: adj. foolish; inanesyn: silly ant: sensible;

wise

4. bovine: adj. pertaining to cows or cattle

5. ferret: v. to search or dive out

6. affectation: n. a phony attitude; pose

syn: insincerity; sham ant: sincerity; genuineness

7. knell: n. a sound made by a bell, often rung slowly for a death or funeral

8. dichotomy: n. a division into two parts

9. callow: adj. young and inexperiencedsyn: immature ant: mature;

sophisticated

10. laconic: adj. using few words; short; concise

syn: pithy; taciturn ant: verbose; loquacious

11. quiddity: n. an essential qualitysyn: essence

12. patent: adj. evident or obvioussyn: indisputable; apparent

13. peccadillo: n. a minor offense; a misdeed

14. sagacious: adj. wise; having keen perception and sound judgment

syn: shrewd; intelligent ant: obtuse; fatuous

15. rationalize: v. to make an excuse forsyn: justify