Abrogate (v)

Abrogate (v)To repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Syn: annul, revokeAnt: reaffirm, renew, ratify

**abolish

Ambient (adj)

Completely surrounding, encompassing

**ambiance

Asperity (n)Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

Syn: rigor, harshnessAnt: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

**severity

Burnish (v)To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n) gloss, brightness, luster

Syn: (v) shine, buttAnt: (v) tarnish, dull, abrade

**polish

Cabal (n)A small group working in secret

Syn: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

**Kabul – where Bin Laden secretly met with his cabal

Delectable (adj)Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n) an appealing or appetizing food or dish

Syn: (adj) delicious, scrumptiousAnt: (adj) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

***delightful, delicious

Deprecate (v)To express mild disapproval

Syn: deplore, frown uponAnt: smile on, countenance, approve

**disapprove, deplore

Detritus (n)Loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

Syn: debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble

**debris

Ebullient (adj)Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Syn: exhilarated, elated, exuberantAnt: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

***exuberant

Eclectic (adj)Drawn from different sources; (n) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Syn: (adj) selective, synthetic, pick-and-chooseAnt: (adj) uniform, monolithic

**elect use a variety of things

Flaccid (adj)Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

Syn: soft, flabbyAnt: hard, firm, solid

**flabby

Impecunious (adj)Having little or no money

Syn: penniless, impoverished, indigentAnt: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

**impossible to live off of nothing

Inexorable (adj)Inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

Syn: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurateAnt: avoidable, yielding, pliant

**inflexible, inescapable

Moribund (adj)Dying, on the way out

Syn: obsolescentAnt: flourishing, thriving

** “morbid” can relate to death – dying art - outmoded

Necromancer (n)One who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

Syn: sorcerer, conjurer

**sorcerer

Onerous (adj)Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Syn: oppressive, weightyAnt: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

**the “onus” is on dr. to give bad news

Rife (adj) Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

Syn: devoid of, lacking

*** rumors are rife

Rudiments (n. pl.)The parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

Syn: fundamentals, basics

**basics

Sequester (v)To set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody

Syn: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet

**separate

Winnow (v)To get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on in; to blow on, fan

Syn; sift, strain, filter, sort

**blow air, wind