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Vocab Chapter 9

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AUXILIARY

  • Def: adj, giving assistance or support,N a helper aid
  • Synonyms, ajd, additional, back up, N a helper aid
  • Antonyms, adj, main primary principle

CANDID

  • Def adj, frank sincere, impartial, unposed
  • Synonyms, forthright, plainspoken unbiased
  • Antonyms, insincere, evasive, misleading , artful

CUBICAL

  • Def, a small room or compartment
  • Synonyms, toil, labor,grind
  • Antonyms, vast hall, auditorium
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DRUDGERY

  • Def, work that is hard and tiresome
  • Synonyms, toil labor grind
  • Antonyms, play frolic amusement recreation fun
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ENVOY

  • Def, a representative or mesanger
  • Synonyms, agent, ambassador, emissary, minister

ESCALATE

  • Def, to elevate, to increase in intensity
  • Synonyms, climb raise ascend mount
  • Antonyms decrease lessen descend defuse.
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EXPEDIANT

  • Def,N, a means to an end,adj, advantageous, useful
  • Synonyms, N contrivance, device, adj, serviceable
  • Antonyms, adj, inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous
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FEIGN

  • Def, to pretend
  • Synonyms, fake, sham, affect, simulate
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FLAIR

  • Def,a natural quality, talent,or skill, a distinctive style
  • Synonyms, aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache
  • Antonym, inability, incapacity
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GRIEVOUS

  • Def, causing sorrow or pain serious
  • Synonyms, painful, heartrending, onerous flagrant
  • Antonyms, joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting
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HETEROGENEOUS

  • Def, composed of different kinds, diverse
  • Synonyms, miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
  • Antonyms, uniform homogenous, of a piece
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HORDE

  • Def, a vast number, a throng
  • Synonyms, crowd, mass, multitude, host swarm
  • Antonyms, few handful

IMPEL

  • Def, to force, drive forward
  • Synonyms, urge, push, spur, propel, incite
  • Antonyms, discourage, check restrain, curb
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INCREDULOUS

  • Def, disbelieving skeptical
  • Synonyms, dubious, mistrustful, doubting
  • Antonyms, believing, trustful gullible
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INSCRIBE

  • Def,to write or engrave, to enter a name on a list
  • Synonyms, imprint enroll, in list
  • Antonyms, erase rub out, delete, efface, obliterate
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MONOLOUGE

  • Def, a speech by one actor, a long talk by one person
  • Synonyms,soliloquy,recitation
  • Antonyms,dialogue,conversation,colloquy
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PROGNOSIS

  • Def, a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situatin
  • Synonyms,prediction projection
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RASPING

  • Def, adj, with a harsh grating sound, N,a harsh sound
  • Synonyms, scratchy,scraping,abrasive, gravelly
  • Antonyms,sonorous,smooth,satiny,silky, mellow
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REPUGNANT

  • Def, offensive, disagreeable,distasteful
  • Synonyms,hateful,odious,revolting repulsive
  • Antonyms,pleasing attractive, tempting wholesome

SCUTTLE

  • Def, V, to sink a ship by cutting holes in it, to get rid of something in a decisive way, to run hastily, scurry, N a pail
  • Synonyms, abandon,discard,scrap,ditch, dump
  • Antonyms, keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve
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