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Unit 4 Vocab

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ALLIANCE

  • D: a joining together for some common purpose
  • S: pact, league, coalition
  • A: rift, split

BEWILDER

  • D: to puzzle completely, confuse
  • S: baffle, perplex
  • A: set straight, enlighten

BUFFOON

  • D: a clown; a coarse, stupid person
  • S: jester, fool
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CONTROVERSIAL

  • D: arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement
  • S: arguable, debatable
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DISHEARTEN

  • D: to discourage
  • S: dismay, demoralize, dispirit
  • A: encourage, hearten
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FRUITLESS

  • D: not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
  • S: useless, vain, unproductive, futile
  • A: productive, effective

HOSTILE

  • D: unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive
  • A: friendly, cordial, peaceful
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INFLAMMABLE

  • D: easily set on fire; easily angered or arouse
  • S: combustible, flammable, excitable
  • A: fireproof, fire-resistant, calm

INFLICT

  • D: to give or cause something unpleasant, impose
  • S: deal out, visit upon
  • A: suffer, undergo, sustain
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MALIGNANT

  • D: deadly, extremely, harmful, evil: spiteful, malicious
  • S: lethal, wicked
  • A: wholesome, beneficial, benign
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MORTIFY

  • To hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering
  • S: humiliate, embarrass, abash
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ORTHODOX

  • D: in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs, or ways of doing things
  • S: traditional, standard, customary
  • A: unusual, unconventional, heretical

PROCURE

  • D: to obtain through special effort; to bring about
  • S: gain, acquire, achieve
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SCURRY

  • D: to run quickly, scamper, hurry
  • S: rush, dash, scramble
  • A: trudge, plod, creep, crawl
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SODDEN

  • D: soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless
  • S: drenched, waterlogged, saturated
  • A: parched, arid
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SPIRITED

  • D: full of life and vigor; courageous
  • S: lively, animated, gallant
  • A: lifeless, dull, lackluster
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VIRTUAL

  • D: having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent
  • S: functioning as, equivalent to

VOID

  • D: completely empty; having no legal force or effect; empty or unfilled space; to cancel or nullify
  • S: in valid, vacant, bare
  • A: in effect, teeming with: confirm
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WAYWARD

  • D: disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious
  • S: perverse
  • A: docile, well-behaved, predictable
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WINCE

  • D: to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear; the act of drawing back in this way
  • S: flinch, shudder, recoil