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English 9 Vocabulary Unit 14

Published on Nov 28, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANNEX

  • Join, acquire, appropriate, procure

ANNEX

  • Verb
  • To add to, attach; to incorporate

ANNEX

ANNEX

  • Noun
  • An attachment or addition

CLEAVE

  • Sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
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CLEAVE

  • Verb
  • To cut ot split open; to cling to
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CORDIAL

  • Hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
  • Gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
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CORDIAL

  • Adjective
  • In a friendly manner, hearty; cheery
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CORDIAL

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CORDIAL

  • Noun
  • A liquer
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CORNERSTONE

  • Foundation, base, underpinning, support
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CORNERSTONE

  • Noun
  • The starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element
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DEBACLE

  • Disaster, fiasco, calamity
  • Success, triumph, victory, coup

DEBACLE

  • Noun
  • An overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure

DEVITALIZE

  • Enfeeble, sap, enervate
  • Enliven, stimulate, energize, excite

DEVITALIZE

  • Verb
  • To make weak or lifeless

EMBROIL

  • Entangle, ensnarl
  • Disentangle, seperate, disconnect
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EMBROIL

  • Verb
  • To involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
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EXONERATE

  • Absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
  • Implicate, incriminate, inculpate

EXONERATE

  • Verb
  • To clear from a charge or accusation

GLIB

  • Superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile
  • Halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward

GLIB

  • Adjective
  • Ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere

HAPHAZARD

  • Random, accidental, slapdash
  • Deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous
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HAPHAZARD

  • Adjective
  • By chance, not planned; lacking order
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IMPROVISE

  • Ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
  • Plan, reherse, practice, prepare
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IMPROVISE

  • Verb
  • To compose or preform without preparation; to construct from available materials
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INCITE

  • Spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
  • Check, curb, impede, restrain, smother

INCITE

  • Verb
  • To rouse, stir up, urge on

INFLUX

  • Inpouring, inrush, invasion
  • Outpouring, exodus, departure
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INFLUX

  • Noun
  • A coming in, inflow
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PALLOR

  • Wanness, lividness, bloodlessness
  • Flush, blush, rosiness, bloom

PALLOR

  • Noun
  • An extreme or unnatural paleness

PEDIGREE

  • Lineage, ancestry, genaology

PEDIGREE

  • Noun
  • A list of amcestors, family tree; the history or origins of something

PRECIPITOUS

  • Sheer, abrupt, sharp
  • Gradual, shallow, graded, incremental

PRECIPITOUS

  • Adjective
  • Very steep

PROFUSE

  • Extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
  • Sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
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PROFUSE

  • Adjective
  • Very abundant; given or flowing freely
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RECONCILE

  • Unite, conciliate, mend fences
  • Anatagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between

RECONCILE

  • Verb
  • To restore to friendship; to settle; to resign(oneself)

SHACKLE

  • Manacle, enslave
  • Free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
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SHACKLE

  • Verb
  • To put into chains
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SHACKLE

  • Handcuffs, bonds, irons
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SHACKLE

  • Noun usually plural
  • A chain, fetter
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THREADBARE

  • Frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite
  • Luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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THREADBARE

  • Adjective
  • Shabby, old and worn
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