Vocab Week #X

Aloof
Adjective
Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and
distant
They were courteous but faintly aloof
Synonyms: distant, dethatched,
unfriendly, antisocial.
Antonyms: Outgoing, invested, social
butterfly

Commemorate
Verb
Recall and show respect in a ceremony
A wreath-laying ceremony to
commemorate the dead
Synonyms: celebrate, pay tribute to,
honor, toast
Antonyms: disgrace, dishonor

Desolate
Adjective
Deserted of people in a state of bleak
and dismal emptiness
Verb
Make bleakly and depressing, empty, or
bare.
Synonyms: bleak, stark, devastate, ruin
Antonyms: lively, homey, refurbish,
build

Endeavor
Verb
Try Hard to do or achieve something

Noun
An attempt to achieve a goal
Synonyms: try, attempt, undertake,
effort
Antonyms: Give up, easy

Facilitate
Verb
Make easy or easier
The difficult conversation was made
easier with proper facilitations.
Synonyms: make possible, ease, smooth
the way for.
Antonyms: make difficult

Intervene
Verb
Come between so as to prevent or alter
a result or course of events.
She intervened by telling a teacher
when she saw a student being bullied
Synonyms: involve, step-in
Antonyms: avoid

Pivotal
Adjective
Of crucial importance in relation to the
development or success of something
else.
The climax of a scene is a pivotal
moment
Synonyms: central, crucial, vital
Antonyms: optional, indifferent,
unimpressive

Succumb
Verb
Fail to resist
The hero did not succumb to the forces
of evil
Synonyms: yield, give in, surrender
Antonyms: Fight, resist

Sublime
Adjective
Of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty
as to inspire great admiration or awe.
Her art was so sublime it left me
speechless.
Synonyms: noble, awe-inspiring,
majestic
Antonyms- typical, mundane, average

Vice Versa
Adverb
With the main items in the order stated
and the other way around.
Tonight I need to make dinner and do
the laundry, or vice versa.
Synonyms: inversely, contrariwise