Vocabulary - Set 7
FRUSTRATE: To prevent (the attainment of an object); to defeat or render ineffectual – His scholastic progress was frustrated by a serious illness.
Synonyms: balk, thwart, foil, baffle, obstruct, discomfit
Antonym: abet
GARNISH: To trim or decorate - dishes garnished attractively with greens.
Synonyms: adorn, deck
GREGARIOUS: Habitually fond of associating in a company or herd - gregarious sheep; that gregarious animal, man.
Antonyms: lone, aloof
HAIL: To greet - The crowd hailed the returning hero.
Synonyms: accost, salute
HOAX (noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke - played a hoax upon the credulous public.
Synonym: canard
(verb): To play a trick on; to deceive - He hoaxed the crowd completely with his disguise.
HYPOTHESIS: An assumption made for the sake of argument - worked from a fantastic
hypothesis.
Synonym: supposition
IDIOSYNCRASY: A. personal peculiarity - Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies.
Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity
IMMACULATE: Spotless; pure - an immaculate reputation.
Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished
Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished
IMMUNE (verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from - immune from taxation.
Synonym : unsusceptible
IMPECCABLE: Faultless - performed with impeccable skill.
Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible
Antonyms: culpable, fallible
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