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Unit 14

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ANNEX

  • Def,v,to add to,attach, to incorporate,n, an attachment or addition
  • Syn,v, join, acquire, appropriate, procure

CLEAVE

  • Def, to cut or split open, to cling to
  • Syn, sever, halve, sunder,adhere,clasp
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CORDIAL

  • Def,adj, in a friendly manner, hearty, cheery,n, a liqueur
  • Ant,adj, gruff,unfriendly,unsociable
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CORNERSTONE

  • Def,the starting point of a building, a fundamental principle or element
  • Syn, foundation,base,underpinning,support
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DEBACLE

  • Def, an overwhelming defeat,rout,a complete collapse or failure
  • Syn,disaster,fiasco,calamity
  • Ant,success,triumph,victory,coup
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DEVITALIZED

  • Def, to make weak or lifeless
  • Syn, enfeeble,sap,enerverate
  • Ant,enliven,stimulate,energize,excite
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EMBROIL

  • Def, to involve in a conflict or difficulty,to throw into confusion
  • Syn, entangle,ensnarl
  • Ant, disentangle, seperate, disconnect

EXONERATE

  • Def, to clear from charge kr accusation
  • Syn,absolve,acquit,vindicate,exculpate
  • Ant, implicate,incriminate,inculpate
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GLIB

  • Def, ready and fluent in speech, thoughtless, insincere
  • Syn, superficial,pat,oily,unctuous,facil
  • Ant, halting,tongue-tied, speechless, awkward
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HAPHAZARD

  • Def, by chance, not planed, lacking order
  • Syn,random, accidental, slapdash
  • Ant,deliberate, purposely,orderly, meticulous
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IMPROVISE

  • Def,to compose or perform without preparation,to construct from available materiablse
  • Syn, adlib,play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
  • Ant, plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
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INCITE

  • Def, to rouse, stir up, urge on
  • Syn, spur, kindle,provoke,instigate,prompt
  • Ant, check, curb, impede, restrain, smother

INFLUX

  • Def, a coming in,inflow
  • Syn,inpouring,inrush,invasion
  • Ant, outpouring, exodus, departure
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PALLOR

  • Def, an extreme or unnatural paleness
  • Syn, waness,lividness,bloodlessness
  • Ant, flush,blush,rosiness,bloom
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PEDIGREE

  • Def, a list of ancestors, family tree, the history or origins of something
  • Syn,lineage,ancestry,genealogy
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PRECIPITOUS

  • Def, very steep
  • Syn,sheer, abrupt, sharp
  • Ant, gradual, shallow, graded, incamental
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PROFUSE

  • Def,very abundant, given or flowing freely
  • Syn, extravagant,lavish, bounteous, plenteous
  • Ant, sparse, scanty, meager,insuffficent

RECONCILE

  • Def, to restore to friendship,to settle, to resign
  • Syn, unite, concilate, mend fences
  • Ant, antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between
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SHACKLE

  • Def, to put in chains,a chain fetter
  • Syn, manicle, enslave, handcuffs,bonds,irons
  • Ant,free,unfetter,emacipate,liberate
Photo by Leo Reynolds

THREADBARE

  • Def, shabby,old, worn
  • Syn, frayed,seedy,ragged, shopworn trite
  • Ant, luxurious, plush,costly, sumptuous
Photo by EssjayNZ