Depravity: Moral corruption
Vocab Sentence: I
could see the depravity in her by the way she acted.
Antonym: Honor
Sentence: The soldier received many honors and awards
when he came home.
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Gravity: Seriousness (secondary meaning)
Vocab Sentence: Everyone realized the gravity of the
situation.
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Antonym: Lightness
Sentence: She noticed a bright lightness in the room.
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Banal: Unoriginal; ordinary
Vocab Sentence: It was a very banal party.
Antonym: Extraordinary
Sentence: He couldn’t help, but tell her that she is extraordinary.
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Extol: To praise
Vocab Sentence: She didn’t want to be extolled for
her good deeds.
Antonym: Blame
Sentence: He was blamed for the crime.
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Euphony: Pleasant sound (the opposite of cacophony)
Vocab Sentence: The orchestra made a wonderful euphony.
Antonym: Disharmony
Sentence: There was an obvious disharmony between the
couple.
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Deride: To ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously
Vocab Sentence: She never gave up, even when people derided
her.
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Antonym: Compliment
Sentence: It is never good to fish for compliments.
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Insipid: Dull; banal
Vocab Sentence: The meeting was extremely insipid.
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Antonym: Interesting
Sentence: I think the study of psychology is very interesting.
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Austere: Unadorned; stern; foreboding; without much money
Vocab Sentence: The austere painting was difficult to
look at.
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Antonym: Gentle
Sentence: The mother spoke with a gentle voice to her
baby.
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Expedite: To make faster or easier
Vocab Sentence: I had to expedite the package, so it
would arrive on time.
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Antonym: Block
Sentence: There was a block in the road this
afternoon.
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Heresy: An opinion violently opposed to establish beliefs
Vocab Sentence: The Roman Catholic Church struggles to put a
stop to heresies.
Antonym: Orthodoxy
Sentence: The school orthodoxy prevented me from going
on a field trip.
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