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Vocab Unit 13

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AD INFINITUM

  • Endlessly
  • S: forever, unceasingly, incessantly, ceaslessly
  • A: succinctly, concisely, tersly, brief
  • Adverb
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BUOYANT

  • Able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful
  • S: jaunty, lighthearted, animated
  • A: downcast, glomy, morose
  • Adjective
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CLIQUE

  • A small, exclusive group of people
  • S: inner circle
  • Noun
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CONCEDE

  • To admit as true; to yield, submit
  • S: acknowledge, grant, allow, assent
  • A: contest, dispute, gainsay, challenge
  • Verb
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CONGENIAL

  • Getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant
  • S: sociable, amiable, compatible
  • A: disagreeable, cold, standoffish
  • Adjective
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LOFTY

  • very high; noble
  • S: elevated, exalted, grand
  • A: base, petty, low, sordid, despicable
  • Adjective
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MIGRATION

  • A movement from one country to another
  • S: population shift, mass movement
  • Noun
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PERCEIVE

  • To be aware of through the senses, observe mentally
  • S: notice, discern, understand
  • A: miss, overlook, blind to
  • Verb
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PERVERSE

  • Inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn
  • S: obstinate, contrary, mulish
  • A: tractable, docile, amenable, yielding
  • Adjective
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PRELUDE

  • An introduction; comes before or leads off
  • S: preface, overture, prologue, "curtain-raiser"
  • A: epilogue, postlude, aftermath
  • Noun
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RANCID

  • Stale, spoiled
  • S: foul, rank, fetid, sour, rotten, putrid
  • A: wholesome, fresh
  • Adjective
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RUSTIC

  • Country-like; simple, plain, awkward; one who lives in the country
  • S: rough, unsophisticated, countrified
  • A: urban, sophisticated
  • Adjective, Noun
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SEVER

  • To seperate, divide into parts
  • S: cut off, amputate, dissolve
  • A: unite, weld together
  • Verb
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SORDID

  • wretchedly poor; run-down; mean or selfish
  • S: filthy, squalid, base, vile, seedy, sleazy
  • A: pure, noble, opulent, lavish
  • Adjective
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UNTENABLE

  • not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain
  • S: indefensible, insupportable
  • A: irrefutable, impregnable, incontestable
  • Adjective
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VERSATILE

  • able to do many things well; capable of many uses
  • S: adaptable, all-around, many-sided
  • A: limited, specialized, restricted
  • Adjective
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VINDICATE

  • to clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to defend successfully; to justify
  • S: acquit, absolve, exonerate, advocated
  • A: implicate, incriminate, condemn, convict
  • Verb
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WANE

  • To lose size, strength, or power
  • S: diminish, decline, subside
  • A: grow, wax, amplify, balloon, increase
  • Verb
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APPORTION

  • To divide and give out in shares
  • S: distribute, allot, parcel, allocate
  • Verb
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BONA FIDE

  • Genuine; sincere
  • S: authentic, indisputable, legitimate, ceritifed
  • A: false, fake, bogus, spurious, counterfeit
  • Adjective

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