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Vocab Unit 13

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Antipathy (n.)

  • A strong dislike, hostile feeling
  • Synonyms: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
  • Antonyms: attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy

Applicable (adj.)

  • Capable of being applied; relevant, suitable
  • Synonyms: appropriate, fit, apt, apposite
  • Antonyms: innapropriatee, unsuitable, irrelevant
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Asset (n.)

  • Something of value; a reasource; an advantage
  • Synonyms: property, possession, holding, endowment
  • Antonyms: drawback, handicap, liability

Beset (v.)

  • (v.) To attack from all sides; to surround, hem in; (adj., part.)
  • Synonyms: (v.) assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
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Compassion (n.)

  • Sympathy of another's suffering; pity
  • Synonyms: concern, commiseration, empathy
  • Antonyms: indifference, callousness, heartlessness
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Decorum (n.)

  • Proper behavior, good taste; orderliness
  • Synonyms: seemliness, good form, propriety
  • Antonyms: impropriety, bad form, bad taste

Duress (n.)

  • Compulsion by threat; forcible confinement
  • Synonyms: intimidation, coercion
  • Antonyms: persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery
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Exuberant (adj.)

  • High-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained, excessive, abundant
  • Synonyms: lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
  • Antonyms: depressed, despodent, sulky, restrained

Facsimile (n.)

  • An exaxt copy
  • Synonyms: replice, duplicate, reproduction, clone
  • Antonyms: variation modification, permutation
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Imbibe (v.)

  • To drink; to take im, absorb
  • Synonyms: swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest
  • Antonyms: eject, emit, expel, discharge

Implacable (adj.)

  • Not to bsatisfies or pacified; unyielding
  • Synonyms: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable
  • Antonyms: lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible

Infinitesimal (adj.)

  • So small as to be almost immeasurable; minute
  • Synonyms: tiny, miniscule, microscopic, unnoticeable
  • Antonyms: vast, immense, huge, infinite
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Innocuous (adj.)

  • Harmless, inoffensive; insignificant
  • Synonyms: feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid
  • Antonyms: harmful, dangerous, permicious, toxic, virulent
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Miliate (v.)

  • To have effect or force on or against someone kr something, fight against,
  • Synonyms: counter, oppose, work against
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Patent (n.) (v.) (adj.)

  • (N) exclusive rights over an invention; copyrigh; (v.) to arrange or ontain such right; (adj.) plain, open to view,; colurign
  • Synonyms: (n.) exclusive license; (adj.) evident
  • Antonyms: (adj.) concealed, hidded , seceret, clandestine
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Prowess (n.)

  • Distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
  • Synonyms: valor, courage, heroism,mmastery, proficiency
  • Antonyms: cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude
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Sedate (adj.) (v.)

  • (adj.) quiet, settled, sober; (v.) to administer a tranquilizer
  • Synonyms: (adj.) unruffled, composed, cool and collected
  • Antonyms: (adj.) loud, brash, flashy, flamboyent, garish, flighty
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Stentorian (adj.)

  • Extremely loud
  • Synonyms: thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting
  • Antonyms: hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute
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Stipulate (v.)

  • To arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement
  • Synonyms: specify, contract, provide for

Ultimatum (n.)

  • A final proposal or statement of conditions
  • Synonym: final terms