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Vocab Unit 14

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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1.

ANNEX

  • Verb, noun
  • (V) to add to; to incorporate; (n) an attachment or addition
  • Syn: join, appropiate, procure
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CLEAVE

  • Verb
  • To cut or split open; to cling to
  • Syn: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
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CORDIAL

  • Adjective, noun
  • (Adj) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; (n) a ligueur
  • Syn: hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
  • Ant: gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
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CORNERSTONE

  • Noun
  • The starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element
  • Syn: foundation, base, underpinning, support
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DEBACLE

  • Noun
  • An overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure
  • Syn: disaster, fiasco, calamity
  • Ant: success, triumph, victory, coup
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DEVITALIZE

  • Verb
  • To make weak of lifeless
  • Syn: enfeeble, sap, enervate
  • Ant: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite
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EMBROIL

  • Verb
  • To involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
  • Syn: entangle, ensnarl
  • Ant: disentangle, separate, disconnect
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EXONERATE

  • Verb
  • To clear from a charge or accusation
  • Syn: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
  • Ant: implicate, incriminate, inculpate
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GLIB

  • Adjective
  • Ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
  • Syn: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile
  • Ant: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward
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HAPHAZARD

  • Adjective
  • By chance, not planned; lacking order
  • Syn: random, accidental, slapdash
  • Ant: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous
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IMPROVISE

  • Verb
  • To compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available materials
  • Syn: ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
  • Ant: plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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INCITE

  • Verb
  • To rouse, stir up, urge on
  • Syn: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
  • Ant: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother
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INFLUX

  • Noun
  • A coming in, inflow
  • Syn: inpouring, inrush, invasion
  • Ant: outpouring, exodus, departure
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PALLOR

  • Noun
  • An extreme or unnatural paleness
  • Syn: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness
  • Ant: flush, blush, rosiness, bloom
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PEDIGREE

  • Noun
  • A list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something
  • Syn: lineage, ancestry, genealogy
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PRECIPITOUS

  • Adjective
  • Very steep
  • Syn: sheer, abrupt, sharp
  • Ant: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental
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PROFUSE

  • Adjective
  • Very abundant; given or flowing freely
  • Syn: extravegant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
  • Ant: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
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RECONCILE

  • Verb
  • To restore to friendship; to settle; to resign
  • Syn: unite, conciliate, mend fences
  • Ant: antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between
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SHACKLE

  • Verb, noun
  • (V) to put into chains; (n) a chain, fetter
  • Syn: manacle, slave, handcuffs, bonds, irons
  • Ant: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
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THREADBARE

  • Adjective
  • Shabby, old and worn
  • Syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite
  • Ant: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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