WORDS OF THE WEEK 11.

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Chicora-zealot
Kameron-jejune
Kati-vermillion
Kaytie-bowdlerize
Shyanne-churlish
Kameron-gauche
Kati-esoteric
Kaytie-kowtow
Shyanne-gallivant
Chicora-vociferously

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expressing feelings or opinions in a very
loud or forceful way

Synonym: boisterously
Antonym: subdued, quiet

vociferously

Because the senator was concerned about

the national budget, he vociferously
voiced his concerns about presidents
healthcare plan.

Definition/Part of Speech

Synonym/Antonym

Adjective

S: Insipid, innocuous

Naive, simplistic, and superficial.

(of ideas or writing) dry and uninteresting.

A: Complex, Fascinating

Jejune
Written in a nondescript format with minimal
character development, the book could only be
described as very jejune.

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Noun.

Synonym: Orange Red

a brilliant red pigment made from mercury sulfide

(cinnabar).
a brilliant red color

Antonym: Not Red

Vermilion

Choking on the chicken bone, Mr.

Spencers face turned a vexing shade of
vermilion.

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Synonym/Antonym

Adj

noisy/quiet

Expressing feelings or opinions in a very

loud or forceful way.

Vociferously
Donald Trump vociferously expressed his opinion
about Hillary Clinton to the eager press waiting to
hear the next rude thing he had to say.

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Synonym/Antonym

Noun
A person who has very strong feelings
about something (religion or politics) and
who wants other people to have those
same feelings

Fanatic/conservative

Zealot
The religious zealot was willing to break the law in
order to please the prophet that controlled his life.

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Synonym/Antonym

Verb
To expurgate (a written work) by
removing or modifying passages
considered vulgar or objectionable.

edit/sanction

bowdlerize
It would take a considerable amount of
time to bowdlerize The Catcher in the
Rye, considering the amount of foul
language Salinger used throughout the
novel.
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Verb
To act in an obsequious manner; show
servile deference.
To touch the forehead to the ground
while kneeling as an act of worship,
reverence, apology, etc.

pander/ignore

kowtow
Glaring, the woman expected her kids to
kowtow to her because she provided
them with everything they wanted or
needed.

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Synonym/Antonym

Adjective

Synonym: rude, impolite

rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Antonym: nice, refined

Churlish

The dinner party they attended was free for them,

which made complaining about small details
seem very churlish.

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Synonym/Antonym

Verb

Synonym: roam, stray

go around from one place to another in the

pursuit of pleasure or entertainment

Antonym: stay

Gallivant

Gallivanting around the globe was the young

woman's favorite thing to do because it was a
lot of fun.

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Synonym/Antonym

Adjective

S: Inelegant, maladroit

Lacking ease or social grace; unsophisticated and

socially awkward.

A: Tactful, refined

Gauche
Having always failed to practice proper etiquette,
Charles was considered especially gauche by the rest
of Englands nobility.

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Definition/Part of Speech

Synonym/Antonym

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small

number of people with a specialized knowledge or
interest

Synonym: Rarefied, Cryptic

Antonym: Obvious, Evident

Adj.

Esoteric
Communicating love in a way neither had
ever experienced, they converged in an
esoteric dance in which the world fell
away.