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Vocab Unit 13

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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AD INFINITUM

  • Adverb
  • Endlessly
  • Syn: forever, unceasingly, incessantly, ceaselessly
  • Ant: succintly, concisely, tersely, briefly
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APPORTION

  • Verb
  • To divide and give out shares
  • Syn: distribute, allot, parcel out, allocate
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BONA FIDE

  • Adjective
  • Genuine; sincere
  • Syn: authentic, indisputable, legitamite, certified
  • Ant: false, fake, bogus, spurious, counterfeit
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BUOYANT

  • Adjective
  • Able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful, hopeful
  • Syn: blithe, jaunty, lighthearted, animated
  • Ant: downcast, depressed, gloomy, morose
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CLIQUE

  • Noun
  • A small, exclusive group of people
  • Syn: inner circle, coterie
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CONCEDE

  • Verb
  • To admit as true; to yield, submit
  • Syn: acknowledge, grant, allow, assent
  • Ant: contest, dispute, gainsay, challenge
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CONGENIAL

  • Adjective
  • Getting on well eith others; agreeable, pleasant
  • Syn: freindly, sociable, amiable, compatible
  • Ant: disagreeable, surly, cold, standoffish
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LOFTY

  • Adjective
  • Very high; noble
  • Syn: elevated, towering, exalted, grand
  • Ant: base, petty, low, sordid, despicable
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MIGRATION

  • Noun
  • A movement from one country or region to another
  • Syn: population shift, mass movement
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PERCIEVE

  • Verb
  • To be aware of through the senses, observe; to grasp mentally
  • Syn: notice, discern, understand
  • Ant: miss, overlook, be blind to
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PERVERSE

  • Adjective
  • Inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away frrom what is good or proper
  • Syn: obstinate, contrary, mulish, wayward
  • Ant: tractable, docile, amenable, yielding
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PRELUDE

  • Noun
  • An introduction; that which comes before or leads off
  • Syn: preface, overture, prologue, "curtain-raiser"
  • Ant: epilogue, postlude, aftermath
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RANCID

  • Adjective
  • Stale, spoiled
  • Syn: foul, rank, fetid, sour, rotten, putrid
  • Ant: wholesome, fresh
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RUSTIC

  • Adjective, noun
  • (Adj) country-like; simple, plain; awkward; (n) one who lives in the country
  • Syn: rough, unsophisticated, countrified
  • Ant: citified, urban, sophisticated, suave
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SEVER

  • Verb
  • To seperate, divide into parts
  • Syn: cut off, amputate, break off, dissolve
  • Ant: join, unite, weld together
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SORDID

  • Adjective
  • Wretchedly poor; run-down; mean or selfish
  • Syn: filthy, squalid, base, vile, seedy, sleazy
  • Ant: pure, noble, opulent, lavish
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UNTENABLE

  • Adjective
  • Not capable of being held or defended; impossible to maintain
  • Syn: indefensable, insupportable, groundless
  • Ant: irrefutable, impregnable, incontestable
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VERSATILE

  • Adjective
  • Able to do many things well; capable of many uses
  • Syn: adaptable, handy, all around, many-sided
  • Ant: limited, specialized, restricted
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VINDICATE

  • Verb
  • To clear from hint or charge of wrongdoing; to defend successfully against opposition; to justify
  • Syn: acquit, absolve, exonerate, advocate
  • Ant: implicate, incriminate, condemn, convict
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WANE

  • Verb
  • To lose size, strength, or power
  • Syn: diminish, decline, subside, dwindle
  • Ant: grow, wax, amplify, balloon, increase
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