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Unit 14 Vocab

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ANNEX

  • V) to add to, attach; to incorporate
  • N) an attempt or addition
  • S) join,acquire, procure
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CLEAVE

  • V) to cut or split open; to cling to
  • S) sever, sunder, clasp
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CORDIAL

  • Adj) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery
  • N) a liqueur
  • S) hospitable, warm
  • A) gruff, unfriendly
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CORNERSTONE

  • N) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element
  • S) foundation, underpinning
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DEBACLE

  • N) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure
  • S) disaster, fiasco, calamity
  • A) success, victory, coup
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DEVITALIZE

  • V) to make weak or lifeless
  • S) enfeebled, sap, enervate
  • A) enliven, stimulate, energize
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EMBROIL

  • V) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
  • S) entangle, ensnarl
  • A) disentangle, seperate
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EXONERATE

  • V) to clear from a charge or accusation
  • S) absolve, acquit, vindicate
  • A) implicate, incriminate
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GLIB

  • Adj) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
  • S) superficial, pat, oily, facile
  • A) halting, tongue-tied
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HAPHAZARD

  • Adj) by chance, not planned; lacking order
  • S) random, slapdash
  • Purposeful, orderly
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IMPROVISE

  • V) to compose or perform without preparation, to construct from available materials
  • S) ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it
  • A) plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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INCITE

  • V) to rouse, stir up, urge on
  • S) spur, kindle, provoke
  • A) check, curb, impede
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INFLUX

  • N) a coming in, inflow
  • S) inpouring, invasion
  • A) outpouring, exodus, departure
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PALLOR

  • N) an extreme or unnatural paleness
  • S) wanness, bloodlessness
  • A) flush, blush
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PEDIGREE

  • N) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something
  • S) lineage, ancestry
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PRECIPITOUS

  • Adj) very steep
  • S) sheer, abrupt, sharp
  • A) gradual, shallow
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PROFUSE

  • Adj) very abundant, given or flowing freely
  • S) lavish, extravagant
  • A) sparse, scanty, meager
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RECONCILE

  • V) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign(oneself)
  • S) unite, mend fences
  • A) antagonize, drive a wedge between
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SHACKLE

  • V) to put into chains, a chain, fetter
  • S) manacle, enslave, bonds, irons
  • A) free, unfetter, liberated
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THREADBARE

  • Adj) shabby, old and worn
  • S) frayed, seedy, ragged
  • A) luxurious, plush, costly
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