Week 2

Week 2 Vocabulary

Diverse: varied

The different skin colors show how diverse her assortments of friends are.

Antonyms: alike; identical

It was difficult to distinguish the sets of identical twins.

Benevolent: kind; good-hearted; generous

The benevolent caretaker spent extra time with her elderly patients.

Antonyms: brutal; hard-hearted

After hearing his complaints for days, his co-worker became hard-hearted to his stories.

Pious: reverent or devout; outwardly (and sometimes falsely) reverent or devout

The pious woman was dedicated to her daily prayers.

Antonyms: disloyal; faithless

The atheists’ faithless cartoon was insulting to Christians.

Conciliatory: making peace; attempting to solve a dispute through goodwill
The leaders of the feuding countries were conciliatory at the conclusion of their meeting.

Antonyms: antagonistic; fighting; stubborn

The two-faced businessman was antagonistic when dealing with a co-worker.

Resignation: reluctant acceptance of a bad situation
With deep resignation, the driver sadly left the beach without finding his keys.

Antonyms: agreement, taking on

The political leaders were in eager agreement to sign the treaty. 

Resolute: determined; firm; unwavering
The helmeted mouse was resolute in his plan to steal the cheese.

Antonyms: indecisive; faltering
Scratching his head, the man was indecisive as to what to have for lunch.

Servile: submissive and subservient; like a servant
Frustrated with his servile position, the man decided to go back to school to get his degree.

Antonyms: aggressive; dominant
The aggressive lioness was in control of the situation.

Acute: sharp; shrewd

The acute pain in his chest was a sign of a heart attack.

Antonyms: noncritical; nonurgent

A massage helped ease the noncritical pain of her headache.

Reticent: restrained; uncommunicative

The suspect was reticent when questioned by the police. 

Antonyms: communicative; open

The new college students were communicative on their retreat.

Anarchy: absence of government or control; lawlessness; disorder
Anarchy in the third world country resulted in riots in the street.

Antonyms: lawfulness; order; rule

Political order is kept in the U.S. by the three branches of government.