Vocabulary - Set 10

 Vocabulary - Set 10

LUDICROUS: Ridiculous; producing laughter - a ludicrous remark that set them all to roaring.

Synonyms: mirthful, droll, comical, absurd

Antonyms: doleful, lugubrious, dismal

MALICIOUS (noun: MALICE): Bearing, or acting with, deliberate ill-will or spite - hurting

with malicious intent.

Synonyms: rancorous, malignant, malevolent, virulent, vindictive

Antonym: benign

MEDIOCRE: Average in quality - a mediocre performance, unworthy of his talents.

MONOLOGUE: A speech by one person - The actor gave his views in a dramatic monologue.

Synonym: soliloquy

Antonyms: colloquy (adj. colloquial): conversation between two or more persons; dialogue: conversation between two persons

MUNDANE: Of, or pertaining to, the world, as contrasted with the spirit - mundane affairs.

Synonyms: earthly, terrestrial, secular, temporal

MURKY: Dark; cloudy - a murky cavern.

Synonyms: dismal, tenebrous, fuliginous

Antonyms: resplendent, glowing, lustrous, luminous, fulgent, coruscating

MUTABLE: Given to frequent change in nature, mood, or form - mutable in mood as a spring wind.

Synonyms: vacillating, fickle, inconstant, fitful, mercurial, wavering, capricious

Antonyms: constant, steady

MYRIAD: Innumerable - the myriad stars in the heavens.

NAUTICAL: Pertaining to ships or navigation - a nautical career.

Synonyms: marine, naval, maritime

NOTORIOUS: Widely known (in a bad sense) - a notorious gambler.