Vocab Unit 4

(v.)to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

syn: cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify

ant: validate, authorize, ratify

• annul

• deplore

• oust

• muster

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

ant: enthusiastic, passionate, fervent

• staid

• blase

• frivolous

• solicitous

(v.) to support, give a boost to

(n.) long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

syn: (v.) reinforce, buttress, validate

ant: (v.) undermine, weaken, impair

• peruse

• obsess

• bolster

• muster

(v.) to feel or express regret or disapproval

syn: lament, bemoan, bewail

ant: approve, commend, extol

• oust

• obsess

• annul

• deplore

(adj.) of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

syn: silly, foolish, inane, petty

ant: serious, important, significant

• frivolous

• ornate

• solicitous

• staid

(v.) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include

(n.) list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation

syn: (v.) mobilize, marshal; (n.) roster, inventory

ant: (v.) disband, dismiss, disperse

• recourse

• muster

• peruse

• obsess

(n.) a person or thing of no importance

syn: nobody

ant: celebrity

• blase

• qualm

• nonentity

• promontory

(v.) to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

syn: preoccupy

• annul

• muster

• peruse

• obsess

(adj.) elaborately decorate; showily splendid

• ornate

• blase

• frivolous

• staid

(v.) to remove, drive out of a position or place

syn: expel, eject

ant: admit, welcome

• muster

• oust

• peruse

• annul