Vocabulary Words –08.11.2016

1.congruent(adjective):accordant

Synonyms:coinciding,compatible

Antonyms:disagreeable, incongruent

Example Sentence:They are not congruent and can never be in the actualized universe.

2.conjuror(noun):a person  who practices legerdemain

Synonyms:magician,seer

Antonyms:mind reader,oracle

Example Sentence:The visions are in the mind or soul of the seer and nowhere else.

3.deflation(noun):the act of deflating

Synonyms:anticlimax,blow

Antonyms:accomplishment,achievement

Example Sentence:Three pairs of lungs sighed audibly inprocess of deflation.

4.empirical(adjective):derived from

Synonyms:experimental,factual

Antonyms:conjectural,hypothetical

Example Sentence:There is after all some justification for Guetta’s criticism of empiricalinstruction.

5.defy(verb):to challenge the power of

Synonyms:resist,ridicule

Antonyms:pay attention,praise

Example Sentence:There was an air of authority about Pembury which he dared not defy.