Unit 4 Vocab by Anna A.

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Unit 4 Vocab

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ALLIANCE

Definition:n. A joining together for some common purpose
Synonym: pact, league, coalition
Antonym: rift, split

BEWILDER

Definition: v. To puzzle completely, confuse
Synonym: Baffle, perplex
Antonyms: set straight, enlighten

BUFFON

Definition: n. a clown, a corse, stupid person
Synonym: jester, fool

CONTROVERSAL

Adj. Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement
Synonym: arguable, debatable

DISHEARTEN

V. To discourage,
Dismay, demoralize, dispirt
Antonym: encourage, hearten

FRUITLESS

Adj. Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
Useless, vain, unproductive, futile

MALIGNANT

Adj. Deadly, extremely harmful, evil, spiteful, malicious
Lethal, wicked
Wholesome, benificial, benign

ORTHODOX

Adj. In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things
Traditional, standard, customary
Antonyms: Unusual, unconventional, heretical

SCURRY

V. To run quickly, scamper, hurry
Rush, dash, scramble
Antonyms: trudge, plod, creep, crawl

SPIRTED

Full of life and vigor, curagious
Lively, animated, gallant
Antonym: Lifeless, dull, lackluster

VIRTUAL

Adj. Having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name⤵️
So close to as to be equivalent to the real thing
Functioning as, equivalent to

WAYWARD

Adj. Disobedient, willful, unpredictable, capricious
Perverse
Antonyms: docile, well behaved, predictable

WINCE

V. To draw back suddenly as though in pain or in fear
N. To act of drawing back in this way
V. Synonyms: flinch, shudder, recoil

Anna A.