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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ACQUIESCE
- To accept without protest; to agree or submit
- Synonym: comply with, accede, consent, yield
- antonyms: esist, protest
ALLURE
- To entice, tempt; to be attractive to; a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm
- Synonyms: beguile, tantalize, temptation, enticement
- Antonyms:repel, turn off, repellent
ASKEW
- Twisted to one side,crooked; disapprovingly
- Synonyms: Awry, lopsided, cockeyed
- Antonyms:Straight, symmetrical
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BLITHE
- Cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned
- Synonym:carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
- Antonyms: glum, morose, despondent, depressed
CONTENTIOUS
- Quarrelsome, inclined to argue
- Synonyms: argumentative, disputatious combative
- Antonyms: agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
COVET
- To desire something belonging to another
- Synonyms: crave, yearn for, hunger for
- Antonyms: disdain, scorn, despise
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CRESTFALLEN
- Discouraged, dejected, downcast
- Synonyms: despondent, disconsolate
- Antonyms: elated, cheerful, self-satisfied, cocky
DISHEVELED
- Rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder
- Synonyms: untidy, dis arranged, tousled
- Antonyms: tidy, well-groomed
EXPONENT
- One who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; (math)the power to which a number, symbol. Or expression is to be raised
- Synonyms: defender, champion, interpreter
- Antonyms: critic, adversary, fault finder, detractor
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GARRULOUS
- Given to much talking, tediously chatty
- Synonyms: talkative, loquacious
- Antonyms: reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic
INSUPERABLE
- Incapable of being overcome
- Synonyms: invincible, insurmountable
- Antonyms: surmountable, conquerable
LAMENTABLE
- To be regretted or pitied
- Synonyms: deplorable, regrettable,distressing
- Antonyms: praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
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MISNOMER
- An unsuitable or misleading name
- Synonyms: misnamed get, malapropism
PROFESS
- To affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
- Synonyms: assert, proclaim, purport
- Antonyms: disclaim, disavow, repudiate
RESPITE
- A period of relief or rest
- Synonyms: interval, intermission, lull, breather
RETRIBUTION
- A payment; a deserved punishment
- Synonyms: recompense, requires, just deserts
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SINUOUS
- Winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
- Synonyms: twisting, convoluted, supple
- Antonyms: direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
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SONOROUS
- Full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
- Synonyms: resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
- Antonyms: tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
VANGUARD
- The foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
- Synonyms: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
- Antonyms: rear guard, stragglers, laggards
WASTREL
- A wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
- Synonyms: loafer, idler, profligate
- Antonyms: skinflint, tightwad
