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Unit 4 Vocabulary

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UNIT 4 VOCAB

BY MAYA DUFFY
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ALLIANCE

  • D- a joining together for a common purpose.
  • S- pact, league, coalition

BEWILDER

  • D- to puzzle completely, confuse
  • S- baffle, perplex

BUFFOON

  • D- a clown, a coarse, a stupid person
  • S- jester, fool

CONTROVERSIAL

  • D- arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement
  • S- arguable, debatable

DISHEARTEN

  • D- to discourage
  • S- dismay,demoralize, dispirit

FRUITLESS

  • D- not producing the desired result, unsuccessful
  • S- useless, vain, unproductive, futile

HOSTILE

  • D- unfriendly, unfavorable, warlike, aggresive
  • S- dangerous

INFLAMMABLE

  • D- easily set on fire, easily angered
  • S- combustible, flammable, excitable

INFLICT

  • D- to give or cause something unpleasant
  • S- deal out, visit upon

MALIGNANT

  • D- deadly, extremely harmful, evil
  • S- lethal, wicked

MORTIFY

  • D- to hurt someone's feelings deeply
  • S- humiliate, embarrass, abash

ORTHODOX

  • D- in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs of ways of doing things
  • S- traditional, standard, customary

PROCURE

  • D- to obtain through special effort, to bring about
  • S- gain, acquire, achieve

SCURRY

  • D- to run quickly, scamper, hurry
  • S- rush, dash, scramble

SODDEN

  • D- soaked with liquid, expressionless, dull
  • S- drenched, waterlogged, saturated

SPIRITED

  • D- full of life and vigor, courageous
  • S- lively, animated, gallant

VIRTUAL

  • D- so close to the real thing
  • S- functioning as, equivalent to

VOID

  • D- completely empty
  • S- invalid, vacant, bare

WAYWARD

  • D- Disobediant, willful, unpredictable
  • S- preverse

WINCE

  • D- to draw back suddenly
  • S- flinch, recoil, shudder