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Vocabulary Unit 9

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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VOCABULARY UNIT 9

AUXILIARY

  • (Adj.) giving assistance or support (n) a helper
  • Syn: additional, Ant: main
  • As you fill out this form, you will need to have an auxiliary if you have an emergency
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CANDID

  • (Adj.) frank,sincere
  • Syn: forthright, ant: insincere
  • Many people who have created sins can be candid to a friend and a family member.
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CUBICLE

  • (N) a small room or compartment
  • Syn: hole-in-the-wall, ant: vast hall
  • Being in a cubicle causes me to become very claustrophobic.
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DRUDGERY

  • (N) work that is hard and tiresome
  • Syn: toil, Ant: frolic, play
  • The work that was given to us during the week before final exams was drudgery.

ENVOY

  • (N) a representative or messenger
  • Syn: ambassador
  • The United States government sends an envoy to represent their ideas in the United Nations.

EXPEDIENT

  • (N) a means to an end (adj) advantageous
  • Syn: device, Ant: serviceable
  • When you have an opportunity it can be said as expedient.

FEIGN

  • (V) to pretend
  • Syn: fake
  • The feign money was counterfeited and was not able to be used to buy products.
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FLAIR

  • (N) a natural quality, talent, or skill
  • Syn: gift, ant: inability
  • Many can say that the have a flair for a particular sport or activity in which they are better than everyone else.

GRIEVOUS

  • (Adj) causing sorrow or pain
  • Syn: painful, Ant: joyful
  • The grievous fault of Brutus caused him to decide to kill himself.

HETEROGENEOUS

  • (Adj) composed of different kinds
  • Syn: miscellaneous, ant: uniform
  • When you are looking through old cars, it seems heterogeneous because of how many different parts you can find.

HORDE

  • (N) a vast number of people
  • Syn: crowd, ant: few
  • The horde of people tried to attack the misinterpreted officer.

IMPEL

  • (V) to force, drive forward
  • Syn: urge, Ant: discourage

INCREDULOUS

  • (Adj) disbelieving, skeptical
  • Syn: mistrustful, Ant: trustful
  • When a criminal committed a crime, many people gave incredulous looks about being mistrustful.

INSCRIBE

  • (V) to write in or engrave
  • Syn: enroll, Ant: erase
  • The name of our team was inscribed on the wall of fame.

MONOLOGUE

  • (N) a speech by one actor
  • Syn: soliloquy, ant: conversation
  • There was a monologue that was given when the teacher lectured on and on about the use of drugs.

PROGNOSIS

  • (N) a forecast of the probable course of a disease
  • Syn: projection
  • As the doctor said the prognosis, the adult knew that it would be a long time with out activity.

RASPING

  • (Adj) harsh or grating sound
  • Syn: scraping, Ant: smooth
  • When the chalk was rubbed on the chalkboard, a rasping sound made the students flinch.

REPUGNANT

  • (Adj) offensive
  • Syn: hateful, Ant: pleasing.
  • The attitude of the repugnant solider created problems within the camp.

SCUTTLE

  • (V) to sink a ship by cutting holes (n) a pail
  • Syn: abandon, Ant: keep afloat.
  • The upcoming Ice burg inevitably destroyed the noble titanic.