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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Abhor
-(v)to regard with horror
U.S. Officials should abhor terrorists.

Sym:Detest
Ant:Admire

Amend
(V) to change in a formal way
The teacher amended the homework.
Sym:Modify
Ant:remain

BUFFET

  • Verb
  • To sock or cuff
  • Great boxers have the ability to buffet opposition.
  • Sym:sock
  • Ant: Dodge

CHAOS

  • Noun
  • Great confusion
  • Arkansas' basketball team played a chaotic full court press.
  • Sym:anarchy
  • Ant: Order

COMMODIOUS

  • Adjective
  • Roomy or spacious
  • Airplanes bathrooms are not commodious.
  • Sym: comfortable
  • Ant: Crammed

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CORROSIVE

  • Adjective
  • Eating away gradually
  • Pythons corrosively kill they're prey.
  • Sym: caustic
  • Ant: Mild

DISCERN

  • Verb
  • To see clearly
  • The policeman was respected for his discern in the situation.
  • Sym: detect
  • Ant: overlook

EXTANT

  • Adjective
  • Still exists
  • The Great Lakes need a solution to kill the Asian carp yet extant the native fish.
  • Sym: in existence
  • Ant: extinct

IMPLICATE

  • Verb
  • To invoke in
  • Politicians need to implicate common sense into decision making.
  • Sym: entangle
  • Ant: absolve

INTER

  • Verb
  • To bury
  • Pablo Escobar interred money in Colombian jungles.
  • Sym: bury
  • Ant: absolve

MARTINET

  • Noun
  • A stickler for rules
  • My middle school English teacher was a MARtinet for rules.
  • Sym: taskmaster
  • Ant: laid back

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OBVIATE

  • Verb
  • To anticipate
  • Great defenders can anticipate passes.
  • Sym: preclude
  • Ant: allow

RENEGADE

  • Noun
  • One who leaves a group
  • Benedict Arnold was a renegade.
  • Sym: turncoat
  • Ant: loyalist

REPREHENSIBLE

  • Adjective
  • Deserving blame
  • Other countries are reprehensible for global pollution.
  • Sym: blameworthy
  • Ant: Blameless

SOMBER

  • Adjective
  • Dark and gloomy
  • Buffalo Novembers are typically somber.
  • Sym: dismal
  • Ant: blight/ sunny

SQUALID

  • Adjective
  • Filthy
  • My dog was squalid after she ran through the muddy swamp.
  • Sym: sordid
  • Ant: nest

TURBULENT

  • Adjective
  • Paul Westhead's basketball offense appears to be turbulent.
  • Sym: unruly
  • Ant: calm

VOCIFEROUS

  • Adjective
  • Loud and noisy
  • The carrier dome was vociferous for the basketball game against duke.
  • Sym: clamorous
  • Ant: quiet

VOLUMINOUS

  • Adjective
  • Of great size
  • U.S. Aircraft carriers a voluminous naval ships.
  • Sym: massive
  • Ant: scant

WAIVE

  • Verb
  • To do without
  • The Yankees waived the 40 year old third baseman.
  • Sym: decline
  • Ant: claim