Chapter 14 Vocab
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ANNEX
- (v) to add, attach; to incorporate (n) an attachment or addition syn: join, acquire, appropriate, procure
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CLEAVE
- (v) to cut or split open; to cling to syn: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
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CORDIAL
- (adj) in a friendly manner, hearty: cherry (n) a liqueur syn: hospitable, affable, warm, convivial ant: gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
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CORNERSTONE
- (n) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element syn: foundation, base, underpinning, support
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DEBACLE
- (n) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure syn: disaster, fiasco, calamity ant: success, triumph, victory, coup
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DEVITALIZE
- (v) to make weak or lifeless syn: enfeeble, sap, enervate ant: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite
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EMBROIL
- (v) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion syn: entangled, ensnarl ant: disentangle, separate, disconnect
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EXONERATE
- (v) to clear from a charge or accusation syn: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate ant: implicate, incriminate, inculpate
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GLIB
- (adj) ready and influent in speech; thoughtless; insincere syn: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile ant: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward
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HAPHAZARD
- (adj) by chance, not planned, lacking order syn: random, accidental, slapdash ant: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous
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IMPROVISE
- (v) to compose or perform without preparation: to construct from available materials syn: ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize ant: plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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INCITE
- (v) to rouse, stir up, urge on syn: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt ant: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother
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INFLUX
- (n) a coming in, inflow syn: inpouring, inrush, invasion ant: outpouring, exodus, departure
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PALLOR
- (n) an extreme or unnatural paleness syn: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness ant: flush, blush, rosiness, bloom
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PEDIGREE
- (n) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something syn: lineage, ancestry, genealogy
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PRECIPITOUS
- (adj) very steep syn: sheer, abrupt, sharp ant: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental
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PROFUSE
- (adj) very abundant; given or flowing freely syn: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous ant: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
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RECONCILE
- (v) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself) syn: unite, conciliate, mend fences ant: antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between
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SHACKLE
- (v) to put into chains (n) a chain, fetter syn: manacle, enslave; handcuffs, bonds, irons ant: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
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THREADBARE
- (adj) shabby, old and worn syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite ant: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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