Vocabulary Unit 9
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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AUXILIARY
- Def: (adj)giving assistance or support
- Def2: (n) a helper or aid
- Syn: additonal or reserve
- Ant: primary or enemy
- While the team captain was injuried, I was the auxiliary captain and had to go up for the coin toss.
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Candid
- Def: frank,sincere;impartial; unposing
- Syn: unbiased,forthright
- Ant: misleading
- Tony was very candid in his speech and made it clear as to why he should be elected.
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Cubicle
- Def: a small room or compartment
- Syn: hole-in-the-wall
- Ant: auditorium
- In order to cool off his anger, John went to the cubicle in the principle's office and clalmed down.
Drudgery
- Def: work that is hard and tiresome
- Syn: toil,labor,grind
- Ant: amusement
- The drudgery of mowing the lawn took way too long and made me miss the Bulls game!
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Envoy
- Def: a representative or messenger for the government
- Syn: ambassador
- Ant: king
- There was lots of confusion going on in the White House because the president misunderstood the word from the envoy.
Escalate
- Def: to elevate; to increase in intensity
- Syn: rise
- Ant: decline
- The escalate in grades began after the teacher did not allow the students to use their iPads.
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Expedient
- Def: (n) a means to end
- Def2: (adj) advantageous,useful
- Syn: reliable resource
- Ant: inconvenient
- When the elevator stopped, I didn't have an expedient to help open the roof and get to safety.
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Feign
- Def: to pretend
- Syn: act, fake
- Ant: real, concrete
- He feigned that he was sick so he can stay home, when in reality, he had forgot to do his homework.
Flair
- Def: a naturally quality, talent or skill; a distinctive style
- Syn: gift
- Ant: inability
- Mr.Zera often says that students that come from Nardin Acdemy have flairs in math.
Grievous
- Def: causing sorrow or pain; serious
- Syn: Flagrant
- Ant: joyful
- His injury was more grievous than it was thought to be and he was gojng to miss 20 games.
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Heterogenous
- Def: composed of different kinds, diverse
- Syn: mixed
- Ant: uniform
- I consider my neighborhood to be very heterogenous because of all the different ethnic groups that are around.
Horde
- Def: a vast number(as of people); a throng
- Syn: crowd
- Ant: handful
- The horde of people that showed up at the club meeting was amazing and we gained 5 new members.
Impel
- Def: to force, drive forward
- Syn: urge,push
- Ant: discourage
- The brotherhood at Canisius impelled me to come here.
Incredulous
- Def: disbelieving, skeptical
- Syn: mistrustful
- Ant: beliving
- I think it is good to be incredulous because you never know what might come at you.
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Inscribe
- Def: to write or engrave; to enter a name on a list
- Syn: enlist
- Ant: efface
- I decided to inscribe for AP Euro for next year's history.
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Monologue
- Def: a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
- Syn: soliloquy
- Ant: conversation
- Even after i gave my nephews a large monologue about not jumping on the bed, they continued to do it.
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Prognosis
- Def: a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
- Syn: projection
- Ant: depression
- The face on the doctor when she came out the room told me that she was going to give a sad prognosis.
Rasping
- Def: (adj)with a harsh grating sound
- Def2: (n) a harshing sound
- Syn: scraping
- Ant: silky
- I could not focus and study while that rasping was going on outside my window.
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Repugnant
- Def: offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
- Syn:hateful
- Ant: attractive
- That remark was repugnant and very unnecessary to ever say, let alone post on social media.
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