Unit 5 Flashcards English
Published on Mar 21, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ANECDOTE
- A short account of an incident in someone's life
- Synonyms: tale, story, sketch, vignette
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CONSOLIDATE
- To combine, unite, to make solid or firm
- Synonyms: strengthen, firm up, merge
- Antonyms: scatter, disperse, dissipate, separate
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COUNTERFIET
- An imitation designed to decieve; not genuine, fake; to make an illegal copy
- Synonyms: false, phony, bogus
- Antonyms: genuine, real, authentic
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DOCILE
- Easily taught, led or managed; obedient
- Synonyms: manageable, teachable, plaint
- Antonyms: unruly, wayward, intractable, disobedient
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DOMINANT
- To rule over by strength or power, control; to tower over, command due to height
- Synonyms: control, govern, overlook
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ENTREAT
- To beg, implore, ask earnestly
- Synonyms: plead, beseech
- Antonyms: clamor for
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FALLIBLE
- Capable of being wrong, mistaken, or innacurate
- Synonyms: imperfect, errant
- Antonyms: foolproof, unfailing, flawless
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FICKLE
- Liable to change verry rapidly erratic; marked by a lack of contancy or staediness, inconsistant
- Synonyms: capricious, inconstant, faithless
- Antonyms: constant, steady, invariable
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FUGITIVE
- One who flees or runs away; fleeting, lasting a verry short time; wandering; difficult to grasp
- Synonyms: runaway, deserter, elusive
- Antonyms: lasting, endurring, permanent
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GRIMY
- Verry dirty, covered with dirt or soot
- Synonyms: filthy, sooty, soiled, dirt-encrusted
- Antonyms: spotless, spick-and-span, immaculate
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IOTA
- A verry small part or quality
- Synonyms: speck, dab, jot, bit, smidgen
- Antonyms: flood, deluge, avalanche glut
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MAUL
- To beat or knock about, handle roughly, yo mangle, a heavy hammer
- Synonyms: rough up, manhandle, batter
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POTENTIAL
- Possible, able to happen, something that can develop or become a reality
- Synonyms: possibility, capability
- Antonms: actual, real, unlikely, impossible
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RADIANT
- Shining, bright, giving forth light or energy
- Synonyms: glowing brilliant, dazzling, resplendent
- Antonyms: dull, tarnished, lackluster
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RULAL
- Relating to farm areas and life in the country
- Synonyms: countrified, rustic
- Antonyms: urban, metropolitan, citified
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SUBSTANTIAL
- Large, important, significant, prosperous; not imaginary, material
- Synonyms: considerable, tangible, big
- Antonyms: minor, insignificant, negligible
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TACTFUL
- Skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite
- Synonyms: skillful, diplomatic, discreet,
- Antonyms: clumsy, gauche, boorish, indiscreet
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TAMPER
- To interfere with, to meddle rashly of foolishly with, to handle in a secret and improper way
- Synonyms: monkey with, fool with, mess with
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ULTIMATE
- Last, final, most important or extreme, eventual, basic, fundamental
- Synonyms: farthest, furthest, terminal
- Antonyms: first, initial, most immediate, nearest
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