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Unit 14 Vocab

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANNEX

  • Synonyms- join, acquire, appropriate, procure

CLEAVE

  • To cut or split open; to cling to(v.)
  • Synonyms- sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
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CORDIAL

  • In a friendly manner, hearty; cheery(adj.)
  • A liqueur(n.)
  • Synonyms- hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
  • Antonyms- gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
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CORNERSTONE

  • The starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element(n.)
  • Synonyms- foundation, base, underpinning, support
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DEBACLE

  • An overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure(n.)
  • Synonyms- disaster, fiasco, calamity
  • Antonyms- success, triumph, victory, coup
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DEVITALIZE

  • To make weak or lifeless(v.)
  • Synonyms- enfeeble, sap, enervate
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EMBROIL

  • To involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion(v.)
  • Synonyms- entangle, ensarl
  • Antonyms- disentangle, separate, disconnect
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EXONERATE

  • To clear from a charge or accusation(v.)
  • Synonyms- absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
  • Antonyms- implicate, incriminate, inculpate
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GLIB

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HAPHAZARD

  • By chance, not planned; lacking order(adj.)
  • Synonyms- random, accidental, slapdash
  • Antonyms- deliberate, purposeful, orderly, metilicious

IMPROVISE

  • To compose or peform without preparation; to construct from available materials(v.)
  • Synonyms- ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
  • Antonyms- plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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INCITE

  • To rouse, stir up, urge on(v.)
  • Synonyms- spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
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INFLUX

  • Synonyms- inpouring, inrush, invasion

PALLOR

  • An extreme or unnatural paleness(n.)
  • Synonyms- wanness, lividness, bloodlessness
  • Antonyms- flush, blush, rosiness, bloom
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PEDIGREE

  • A list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something(n.)
  • Synonyms- lineage, ancestry, genealogy
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PRECIPITOUS

  • Very steep(adj.)
  • Synonyms- sheer, abrupt, sharp
  • Antonyms- gradual, shallow, graded, incremental

PROFUSE

  • Very abundant; given or flowing freely(adj.)
  • Synonyms- extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
  • Antonyms- sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
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RECONCILE

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SHACKLE

  • To put into chains(v.)
  • A chain, fetter(n.)
  • Synonyms- manacle, enslave, handcuffs, bonds, irons
  • Antonyms- free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
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