Vocab 15 Unit
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ABRASIVE
- Causing irritation, harsh, or grinding ( a substance used to smooth or polish )
- Syn : chafing, grating,rasping
- Ant : smooth, polished, satiny
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ACCLIMATE
- To adapt to a new climate, environment, or situation
- Syn : accustom, learn the ropes
CHAGRIN
- Irritation or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration.
- Syn : vexation, mortification
- Ant : jubilation, exultation
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COMPLACENT
- Self-satisfied, overly content
- Syn : smug, unconcerned
- Ant : discontented
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CONCUR
- To express agreement, approve
- Syn : agree, assent,ratify
- Ant : disagree, differ, part company
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DEFAMATION
- Slander or ibel
- Syn : vilification, calumny
- Ant : salute, tribute
EXPLICATE
- To make plain or clear, explain, to interpret
- Syn : elucidate, untangle, spell out
- Ant : confuse, bewilder, obscure, obfuscate
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FRACAS
- A noisy quarrel or brawl
- Syn : row, altercation, rhubarb, brouhaha
- Ant : agreement, accord, unanimity, harmony
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GROTESQUE
- Unnatural, distorted, bizame
- Syn : fantastic, outlandish, ugly
- Ant : appealing, attractive, comely
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PANDEMONIUM
- A wild uproar, din, or commotion
- Syn : chaos, bedlam, three-ring circus
- Ant : order, calm, tranquility, peace, repose
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RAUCOUS
- Disagreeably harsh-sounding, disorderly
- Syn : boisterous, clamorous
- Ant : placid, tranquil
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RECEPTIVE
- Open and responsive to ideas or sugfestions
- Syn : open-minded, tolerant
- Ant : narrow-minded, inolerant
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RENOUNCE
- To give up or resign something
- Syn : repudiate
- Ant : retain, secure, affirm
REPRESS
- To hold back
- Syn : subdue, curb
- Ant : liberate, set loose, provoke
RETICENT
- Not inclined to speak
- Syn : Taciturn, closemouthed, tight-lipped
- Ant : talkative, garrulous
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SAVORY
- Tasty, appetizing, not sweet, inoffensive
- Syn : delctable, flavorable
- Ant : distasteful, unplatable, malodorous
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SOMNOLENT
- Sleepy, drowsy, including sleep
- Syn : groggy, soporific
- Ant : alert, lively, wide-awake, stimulating
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VEHEMENT
- Intense, forceful, powerful
- Syn : emphatic, vigorous, impassioned
- Ant : apathetic, lukewarm, subdued, muted
VOLUBLE
- Characterized by a ready flow of words, glib, fluent
- Syn : loquacious, garrulous, long-winded
- Ant : uncommunicative, reticent, terse
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ZEALOUS
- Eager, earnest, devoted
- Syn : ardent, earnest, devoted
- Ant : reluctant, unwilling, averse, tepid
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