Vocabulary Section 7 pedestrian adj Syn Ordinary or

Vocabulary Section #7

pedestrian adj Syn: Ordinary or dull Commonplace; mediocre Compared to the opulent and elaborate fashions in The Capitol, the clothing people wore in District 12 was quite pedestrian. Ant: Imaginative; compelling The pedestrian television program was not worth watching because the plot and characters were not mentally stimulating.

In good faith; sincere; without adj fraud Fraudulent; Syn: Legitimate; genuine Ant: phony bona fide The girl was crushed to find that the diamond that she thought was bona fide turned out to be cubic zirconia. Ralph wanted a bona fide New York cheesecake, so he had to travel to Manhattan.

adventitious adj Accidental; nonessential Syn: Incidental; chance; fortuitous The scientist admitted that the breakthrough was an adventitious result of the study. Ant: Planned; designed The formation of a pearl is an adventitious effect of oysters trying to expel irritating sand.

fecund adj Fertile; productive Syn: Prolific; fruitful; rich The fecund soil produced a record number of tomatoes this year. Ant: Sterile; barren; dead The fecund animals had a litter of many babies every year.

deviate verb Syn: To turn aside from a course; to stray Digress; detour The path deviated from the road to avoid a dangerous intersection. Ant: Focus; to stay Sally deviated from the bad influence of her friends by refusing to drink at the party.