Lesson 14

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  1. applicable
    having relevance
    What this means is that “traditional” views of technology, cycles, etc. are no longer applicable.
    Synonyms: applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, associable, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, kosher, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, relevant, right on, suitable, suited, that's the idea, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose, useful
    Antonyms: inapplicable, inappropriate, unsuitable
  2. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
    America and the European Union have shifted their stance several times over the past decade, depending on what was politically expedient.
    Synonyms: applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, associable, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, kosher, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, relevant, right on, suitable, suited, that's the idea, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose, useful
    Antonyms: inapplicable, inappropriate, unsuitable
  3. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
    Characters extraneous to Capote's brilliantly crafted narrative were eliminated or amalgamated.
    Synonyms: accidental, additional, adventitious, beside the point, extra, foreign, immaterial, impertinent, inadmissible, inapplicable, inapposite, inappropriate, incidental, inessential, needless, nonessential, off the subject, peripheral, pointless, redundant, superfluous, supplementary, unconnected, unessential, unnecessary, unrelated
    Antonyms: appropriate, basic, essential, integral, necessary, needed, pertinent, relevant
  4. functional
    designed for or capable of a particular use
    Democrats and Republicans are afforded renewed opportunity for functional debate.
    Synonyms: handy, occupational, operative, practicable, practical, serviceable, useful, utile, utilitarian, utility
    Antonyms: broken, idle, malfunctioning, unfunctional
  5. fertile
    capable of reproducing
    Egypt, Youssef discovered, is fertile ground for political satire these days.
    Synonyms: abundant, arable, bearing, black, bountiful, breeding, breedy, bringing forth, childing, fecund, feracious, flowering, flowing with milk and honey, fruitful, generative, gravid, hebetic, loamy, lush, luxuriant, plenteous, plentiful, pregnant, procreant, producing, productive, proliferant, prolific, puberal, pubescent, rank, rich, spawning, teeming, uberous, vegetative, virile, with child, yielding
    Antonyms: barren, fruitless, impotent, infertile, sterile, unproductive, useless
  6. obsolete
    no longer in use
    A new Nascar requirement has effectively made all old cars obsolete.
    Synonyms: age-old, ancient, antiquated, antique, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old, old-fashioned, passé, primeval, primitive, primordial, timeworn, venerable
    Antonyms: modern, new, up-to-date, young
  7. opportune
    suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose
    At home, they've always been able to make big plays at opportune times.
    Synonyms: appropriate, apt, auspicious, convenient, favorable, felicitous, fit, fitting, fortuitous, fortunate, happy, helpful, pat, proper, propitious, seasonable, suitable, timely, timeous, well-timed
    Antonyms: disadvantageous, inauspicious, inopportune, unlucky, unsuitable
  8. pragmatic
    concerned with practical matters
    "But in politics, most Indonesians still look at more pragmatic problems," she said.
    Synonyms: common, commonsense, easy, hard, hardboiled, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plainspoken, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental
    Antonyms: excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible
  9. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
    But he just goes around piling up these stories with no regard for what is actually relevant.
    ynonyms: applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, associable, befitting, felicitous, fit, fitting, germane, kosher, legit, material, on target, on the button, on the nose, pertinent, relevant, right on, suitable, suited, that's the idea, that's the ticket, to the point, to the purpose, useful
    Antonyms: inapplicable, inappropriate, unsuitable
  10. utilitarian
    having a useful function
    Her focus is on industrial structures: building cranes, scaffolding, utilitarian infrastructure.
    Synonyms: commonsensical, down-to-earth, effective, efficient, functional, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, nuts and bolts, pragmatic, pragmatical, realistic, sensible, serviceable, unidealistic, unromantic, useful
    Antonyms: impractical, unnecessary
Created on Wed Mar 13 10:35:43 EDT 2013

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