Vocabulary Unit 14
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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ANNEX
- (v.) to attach; to attach; to incorporate; (n.) an attachment or addition
- syn: (v.) join, acquire, appropiate, 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, cheery; (n.) a liqueur
- syn: (adj.) hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
- ant: (adj.) 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 difficultt; to throw into confusion
- syn: entangle, 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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GILB
- (adj.) ready and fluent 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
IMPROVISE
- (v.) to compose or perform without preparations; 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
SHACKLE
- (v.) to put into chains; (n., usually pl.) a chain, fetter
- syn: (v.) manacle, enslave; (n.) handcuffs, bonds, irons
- ant: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
THREADBARE
- (adj.) shabby, old and worn
- syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite
- ant: luxorious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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