Vocabulary Unit 9
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
AUXILIARY
- (adj.) giving assistance or support; (n.) a helper, aid
- syn: (adj.) additional, back-up; (n.) reserve, accessory
- ant: (adj.) main, primary, principal
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CANDID
- (adj.) frank, sincere; impartial, unposed
- syn: forthright, plainspoken, unbiased
- ant: insincere, evasive, misleading, artful
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CUBICLE
- (n.) a small room or compartment
- syn: enclosure, hole-in-the-wall
- ant: vast hall, auditorium
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DRUDGERY
- (n.) work that is hard and tiresome
- syn: toil, labor, grind
- ant: play, frolic, amusement, recreation, fun
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ENVOY
- (n.) a representative or messenger (as of a government)
- syn: agent, ambassador, emissary, minister
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ESCALATE
- (v.) to elevate; to increase in intensity
- syn: climb, raise, ascend, mount
- ant: decrease, lessen, descend, defuse
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EXPEDIENT
- (n.) a means to an end; (adj.) advantageous, useful
- syn: (n.) contrivance, device; (adj.) serviceable
- ant: (adj.) inconvenient, untimely, disadvantageous
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FEIGN
- (v.) to pretend
- syn: fake, sham, affect, simulate
FLAIR
- (n.) a natural quality, talent, or skill; a distinctive style
- syn: aptitude, bent, knack, gift, style, panache
- ant: inability, incapacity
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GRIEVOUS
- (adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious
- syn: painful, heartrending, onerous, flagrant
- ant: joyful, uplifting, cheery, upbeat, comforting
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HETEROGENOUS
- (adj.) composed of different kinds, diverse
- syn: miscellaneous, mixed, variegated
- ant: uniform, homogenous, of a piece
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HORDE
- (n.) a vast number (as a number); a throng
- syn: crowd, mass, multitude, host, swarm
- ant: few, handful
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IMPEL
- (v.) to force, drive forward
- syn: urge, push, spur, propel, incite
- ant: discourage, check, restrain, curb
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INCREDULOUS
- (adj.) disbelieving, skeptical
- syn: dubious, mistrustful, doubting
- ant: believing, trustful, gullible
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INSCRIBE
- (v.) to write or engrave; to enter a none on a list
- syn: imprint, enroll, enlist
- ant: erase, rub out, delete, efface, obliterate
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MONOLOGUE
- (n.) a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
- syn: soliloquy, recitation
- ant: dialogue, conversation, colloquy
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PROGNOSIS
- (n.) a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease or situation
- syn: prediction, projection
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RASPING
- (adj.) with a harsh, grating sound; (n.) a harsh sound
- syn: (adj.) scratchy, scraping, abrasive, gravelly
- ant: (adj.) sonorous, smooth, satiny, silky, mellow
REPUGNANT
- (adj.) offensive, disagreeable, distasteful
- syn: hateful, odious, revolting, repulsive
- ant: pleasing, attractive, tempting, wholesome
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SCUTTLE
- (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
- syn: (v.) abandon, discard, scrap, ditch, dump
- ant: (v.) keep afloat, salvage, rescue, preserve
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