Vocabulary Week 2

to show noticeable differences; to compare two persons or things so as to show the differences between them

• Contrast

• Turmoil

• Infamous

• Obsolete

to spend foolishly or wastefully

• Gist

• Turmoil

• Ponder

• Squander

having a reputation of the worst kind; notoriously evil

• Contrast

• Infamous

• Redundant

• Gist

to think about; reflect on

• Redundant

• Ponder

• Obsolete

• Ambivalent

having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action

• Devastate

• Gist

• Ambivalent

• Turmoil

 no longer in use or no longer useful

• Obsolete

• Redundant

• Infamous

• Gist

to reduce to ruin; lay waste

• Turmoil

• Obsolete

• Gist

• Devastate

more than what is necessary or normal; using or having more words than necessary

• Contrast

• Infamous

• Ambivalent

• Redundant

the main point of a subject

• Gist

• Turmoil

• Squander

• Devastate

a very confused or disturbed state or condition

• Obsolete

• Squander

• Turmoil

• Devastate