VOCABULARY: ORANGE WORDS

IMPERVIOUS
•Adj- not affected or hurt by; admitting
of no passage or entrance
•Syn-inpenetrable, resistant
•Ant- porous, permeable, vulnerable
 IMPETUS
•N- moving force, impulse,
stimulus
•Syn-impulse, incentive, spur
•Ant- curb, hindrance,
impediment, constraint
 HOLOCAUST
•N – a large scale destruction,
especially by fire
•Syn-conflagration, devastation,
annihilation
•Ant-deluge, inundation
 JEOPARDY
•N - danger
•Syn- risk, hazard, peril
•Ant- safety, security
 METICULOUS
•Adj. - extremely careful;
particular about details
•Syn- fastidious, painstaking, fussy
•Ant-carless, negligent, sloppy
 NOSTALGIA
•N – a longing for something past;
homesickness
 QUINTESSENCE
•N – the purest essence or form of
something; the most typical
example
•Syn-paragon, example
 RETROGRESS
• V – to move backward; to return to an earlier
position
• Syn- revert, degenerate, decline
• Ant- advance, evolve, progress
 SCRUTINIZE
•V – to examine closely
•Syn- inspect, to pour over
•Ant-skim, scan, glance at
 TEPID
•Adj.-lukewarm, unenthusiastic,
disinterested
•Syn – insipid, halfhearted
•Ant- heated, excited, enthusiastic