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Vocab Unit 10

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ACQUIESCE

  • To accept without protest;to agree or submit
  • Synonyms: comply with,accede,consent,yield
  • Antonyms: resist,protest
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ALLURE

  • To entice,tempt; to be attractive to; a strong reaction; the power to attract, charm
  • Synonyms: beguile,tantalize, temptation,enticement
  • Antonyms: repel,turn off,repellent
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ASKEW

  • Twisted to one side, crooked, disapprovingly
  • Synonyms:awry,lopsided, cockeyed
  • Antonyms:straight,symmetrical
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BLITHE

  • Cheerful,lighthearted, casual,unconcerned
  • Synonyms:carefree, nonchalant,indifferent
  • Antonyms:glum,morose, despondent,depressed
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CONTENTIOUS

  • Quarrelsome,inclined to argue
  • Synonyms: argumentative,disputatious,combative
  • Antonyms:agreeable, amiable,affable,pacific

COVET

  • To desire something belonging to another
  • Synonyms:crave,yearn for,hunger for
  • Antonyms:disdain,scorn, despise
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Crestfallen

  • Discouraged,dejected, downcast
  • Synonyms: despondent,disconsolate
  • Antonyms:elated,cheerful,self sustained,cocky
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Disheveled

  • Rumpled,mussed,hanging in disorder
  • Synonyms:untidy, disarranged,tousled
  • Antonym: tidy,well groomed

EXPONENT

  • One who advocates,speaks for, explains, or interprets,the power to which a number, symbol,or expression is to be raised
  • synonyms:defender, champion,interpreter
  • antonyms:reticent,mum,taciturn, laconic

GARRULOUS

  • Given to much talking,tediously chatty
  • Synonyms: talkative,loquacious
  • Antonyms:reticent,mum, taciturn,laconic
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INSUPERABLE

  • Incapable of being overcome
  • Synonyms:invincible, insurmountable
  • Antonyms:surmountable, conquerable
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LAMENTABLE

  • To be regretted or pitied
  • Synonyms:deplorable, regrettable,distressing
  • Antonyms:praiseworthy, commendable,laudable
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