Week 5

depravity: moral corruption

http://www.nymetroparents.com/article/The-Rise-of-Cheating-in-Schools-and-What-Parents-Can-Do-to-Stop-It

• Cheating causes great depravity. 

antonym: virtue

http://www.iradriklis.com/

• Charity is one of the main virtues.

gravity: seriousness

http://www.memecenter.com/user/last2kill

• Sometimes it is hard to understand the gravity of the situation. 

antonym:frivolousness

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-image-carefree-girl-image15175341

• Her attitude was full of frivolousness that  sunny day. 

banal: unoriginal; ordinary 

http://sneakers.pair.com/galshoes.htm

• These shoes are so banal.

antonym: new

http://www.nikeheelstore.net/nike-air-jordan-12-high-heels-c-14.html

• The gym shoes with heels are new. 

extol: to praise 

http://bible-daily.org/2011/01/05/god-gets-the-praise/

• He extols for his wonderful life. 

antonym: degrade 

http://theremotegeneration.com/2011/10/19/does-reality-tv-make-mean-girls/

• The girls were always degrading one another. 

euphony: pleasant sound

http://randaclay.com/blogging/7-ways-that-blogging-is-like-opera/

• The opera songs sounded euphony.  

antonym: disharmony 

http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/File:Glee-singing-in-the-rain.jpg

• The singing group was in disharmony. 

deride: to ridicule; to laugh at contemporaneously 

http://www.allthetests.com/quiz30/quiz/1329593056/Harry-Potter-House-Test

• It is mean to deride other people. 

antonym: comply

http://www.edupics.com/coloring-page-butler-i2868.html

• The butler always complies to a request. 

insipid: dull; banal

http://studentsschool.com/elementary/tips-to-avoid-sleeping-at-class-for-school-students/

• The class was very insipid. 

antonym: flavorful

http://images.yourdictionary.com/flavorful

•  The fruit is very flavorful and tart. 

austere: unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money

http://jonathan-rogers.com/?p=1326

• The substitute teacher was austere. 

antonym: gentle

http://www.freakingnews.com/Teddy-Bear-Pictures--1666.asp

• The teddy bear is gentle and soft. 

expedite: to make faster or easier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Factory_1b.svg

• The factory expedites more products. 

antonym: hinder

http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/complete-stop/

• Her parents hinder her on bad habits. 

heresy: an opinion violently opposed to 
established beliefs 

http://foundsplash.com/Others/gnostic-wallpaper.html?act=key&key=Others/gnostic-wallpaper&num=0

• Gnosticism was one of the first heresies of the Church. 

antonym: orthodoxy 

http://www.ideachampions.com/weblogs/archives/breakthrough_thinking/index.shtml

• Orthodoxy means straight thinking or ideas.