Unit 4 Vocab

(ADJ) indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

Ant: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent

• obsess

• bolster

• annul

• Blase

(V) to feel or express regret or disapproval

Syn: lament, bemoan, bewail

Ant: approve, commend, extol

• nonentity

• deplore

• annul

• obsess

(V) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; (N) a list of military personnel; a gathering acculmation

Syn: (V) mobilize, marshal; (N) roster, inventory

Ant: (V) disband, dismiss, disperse

• annul

• oust

• ornate

• muster

(V) to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Syn: preoccupy

• obsess

• nonentity

• peruse

• porous

(V) to remove, frive out of a position or place

Syn: expel, eject

Ant: admit, welcome

• nonentity

• ornate

• oust

• promontory

(ADJ) full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

Syn: leaky, permeable

Ant: airtight, impermeable

• bolster

• porous

• peruse

• oust

(ADJ) lying face down; inclined, likely

Syn: prostrate, liable

Ant: standing upright, unlikely

• residue

• recourse

• qualm

• prone

(N) a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection

Syn: redress, remedy

• annul

• residue

• recourse

• prone

(ADJ) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

Syn: concerned

Ant: unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

• bolster

• solicitous

• staid

• qualm

(V) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

Syn: foster, uphold

• recourse

• staid

• sustain

• prone