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Unit 9

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AUXILIARY

  • Def-giving assistance or support; (n) helper, aid.
  • Syn-Additional (n) reserve, accessory.
  • Ant-main, primary, principal
  • Jake always had an auxiliary tire in the back of his truck.
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CANDID

  • Frank, sincere, impartial, unposed.
  • Syn-forthright, plainspoken, unbiased.
  • Ant-insincere, evasive , misleading.
  • It is always beneficial to be candid with your counsellor.
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CUBICLE

  • A small room or compartment.
  • Syn - hole-in-the-wall.
  • Ant - vast hall, auditorium.
  • Working in such a tiny cubicle is not ideal for people with claustrophobia.
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DRUDGERY

  • Work that is hard and tiresome.
  • Syn - toil, labor, grind.
  • Ant - play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun.
  • No office worker will ever fully appreciate the drudgery that some farm workers go through.
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ENVOY

  • A representative or messenger (as of a government.)
  • Syn - ambassador, emissary, minister.
  • Being an impartial, yet argumentative man, Jack served as an envoy for the United Nations.
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ESCILATE

  • To elevate; to increase in intensity.
  • Syn - raise, ascent, mount.
  • Ant - decrease , lessen, descend, defuse.
  • In order to save their friendship, Mike had to apologize to Jack before the issue escalated.
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EXPEDIENT

  • A means to an end; (adjective.) advantageous, useful
  • Syn - contrivance, device, serviceable.
  • Ant - inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous.
  • Talking about troubles in their relationship proved to be an expedient towards fixing their family.
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FEIGN

  • To pretend
  • Syn - fake, sham, affect, simulate.
  • The magician had to feign his audience into actually believing his tricks.
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FLAIR

  • A natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style.
  • Syn - bent, knack, gift, style, panache.
  • Ant - inability, incapacity.
  • John Knowles had a certain flair to his writing that many authors lack nowadays.
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GRIEVOUS

  • Causing sorrow or pain; serious.
  • Syn - painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant.
  • Ant - Joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat.
  • Waiting until late at night the day before Elliot's flashcards were do proved to be a grievous task indeed.
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HETEROGENEOUS

  • Composed of different kinds, diverse.
  • Syn - miscellaneous, mixed, variegated.
  • Ant - uniform, homogeneous, of a piece.
  • Amongst a family of over achievers, Tyler seemed to be homogeneous compared to them with his sub-par grades and carefree attitude.
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HORDE

  • A vast number (as of people); a throng.
  • Syn - crowd, mass, multitude, host, storm.
  • Ant - few, handful.
  • It was hard for Michael to focus when a horde of people were gathered outside the library being loud.
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IMPEL

  • To force, drive forward.
  • Syn - urge, push, spur, propel, incite.
  • Ant - discourage, check, restrain, curb.
  • The large demand for engineers would impel young people to join the field.
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INCREDULOUS

  • Disbelieving, skeptical.
  • Syn - mistrustful, doubting.
  • Ant - believing, trustful.
  • Based on his past issues with fabricating the truth, we all listened incredulously to his tall tale.
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INSCRIBE

  • To write or engrave; to enter a name on a list.
  • Syn - enroll, enlist.
  • Ant - erase, rub out, delete, efface.
  • As a memento of their trip, the couple inscribed their names into the tree.
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MONOLOGUE

  • A speech by one actor, a long talk by one person.
  • Syn - soliloquy.
  • Ant - conversation, colloquy.
  • The monologue of Antony was truly uplifting.
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PROGNOSIS

  • A forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation.
  • Syn - Projection
  • The weatherman's prognosis was inaccurate.
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RASPING

  • With a harsh, grating sound.
  • Syn - Scraping, revolting, distasteful.
  • Ant - Pleasing, attractive, tempting.
  • After yelling for hours, his voice gave off a nasty rasping sound.
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REPUGNANT

  • Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful.
  • Syn - hateful, odious, revolting.
  • Ant - pleasing, attractive, tempting.
  • His repugnant attitude was evident in how he talked.
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SCUTTLE

  • To sink a ship by cutting holes in it.
  • Syn - abandon, leave, discard
  • Ant - keep afloatC salvage, rescue.
  • Bill had to scuttle the ship after damage to the hull.
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Elliot Walsh