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Unit 11 Vocab

Published on Feb 06, 2016

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APPEASE

  • Verb
  • Sym: pacify,mollify,propitiate
  • Ant: enrage,provoke, irritate
  • To appease the crying toddler the mother gave her candy
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BELATED

  • Adjective
  • Sym:behind schedule
  • Ant:early, ahead of time
  • His belated christmas present arrived in February
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3.

CALAMITOUS

  • Adjective
  • Sym:diststrous,catastrophic, ruinos, fatal
  • Ant:fortunate,beneficial, salutary
  • The calamitous earthquake resulted no deaths but the were many injures
4.

CITE

  • Sym: Refer to, enumerate, subpoena
  • Ant: ignore, disregard
  • VERB
  • Our teacher us told site any infomation we get from the internet
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CONVENTIONAL

  • Adjective
  • Sym:ordinary, commonplace, orthodox
  • Ant:outlandish, bizarre, unorthodox
  • The convectional way its not always the right way.
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DECOY

  • Verb//Noun
  • Sym: (v)entice,entrap;(n) attraction, bait
  • Ant:sending away, discouraging
  • Mike Spo , the hunter, used duck decoys to draw ducks to his blind
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DELVE

  • Verb
  • Sym:probe,investigate
  • Ant:send away,forget, pullout
  • The scientist contined to delve Through The dirt Looking for Bones
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ENSUE

  • Verb
  • Sym:result
  • Ant:precede, come before
  • The failed test ensued me to miss the party
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GALLANTRY

  • Noun
  • Sym: bravery, chivalry, daring
  • Ant: cowardice,boorishness
  • The soldiers gallantry led him To Earn the Bronze Metal
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IMPART

  • Verb
  • Sym: Transmit, bestow, grant
  • Ant: withhold, keepback, conceal
  • The wise sensei imparted all of His Knowledge to His Students
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JUDICIOUS

  • Adjectives
  • Sym: thoughtful,prudent, shrewd, astute
  • Ant:foolish,thoughtless, ill-considered
  • So judges are not as judicious as others
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MEDIATE

  • Verb, adjective
  • Sym: (v) arbitrate, umpire, referee
  • Ant:no mediator
  • A person should all ways mediate an argument so it does not escalade
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MILLIEU

  • Noun
  • Sym: surrounding,setting,environment
  • Ant:no setting
  • This milieu is known for its humidity
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OUTLANDISH

  • Adjective
  • Sym:bizarre, odd,unorthodox,unconventional
  • Ant: conventional, orthodox, staid, sober
  • The outlandish military tactics used by the U.S. Gives them edge
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OVERBEARING

  • Adjective
  • Sym:high-handed, overriding
  • Ant: meek,unassuming ,self-effacing
  • The overbearing dog jumped over the fence and chased after the tennis ball
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PERT

  • Adjective
  • Sym:vivacious, impudent,fresh
  • Ant:sullen,gloomy,peevish
  • The pert puppies destroyed all the couches in the house
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QUIRK

  • Noun
  • Sym:peculiarly,oddity,eccentricity
  • Ant: veer, slow turn,
  • The quirks of the bowling ball made it go in the gutter
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REGALE

  • Verb
  • Sym:divert
  • Ant:to starve,fast
  • During thanksgiving many people regale and lounge throughout the day
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SHIFTLESS

  • Adjective
  • Sym:careless,sloppy
  • Ant:hardworking,ambitious
  • My dog is anything but shiftless, he is constantly running around the house
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TAINT

  • Noun
  • Sym:(n)blot (v)soil,tarnished, pollute
  • Ant: decotaminate,cleanse
  • The shirt was tainted by the spill of the paint cans

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