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UNIT 13 VOCAB
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ANTIPATHY
- Def:(n.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
- Syn: hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
- Ant: attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy
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APPLICABLE
- Def:(adj.) capable of being applied; relevant, suitable
- Syn: appropriate, fit, apt, opposite
- Ant: inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant
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ASSET
- Def:(n.) something of value; a resource; an advantage
- Syn: property, possession, holding, endowment
- Ant: drawback, handicap, liability
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BESET
- Def:(v.) to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in; (adj., part.)
- Syn:(v.) assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
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COMPASSION
- Def:(n.) sympathy for another's suffering; pity
- Syn: concern, commiseration. Empathy
- Ant: indifference, callousness, heartlessness
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DECORUM
- Def:(n.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness
- Syn: seemliness, good form, propriety
- Ant: impropriety, bad form, bad taste
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DURESS
- Def:(n.) compulsion by threat; forcible confinement
- Syn: intimidation, coercion
- Ant: persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery
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EXUBERANT
- Def:(adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained;excessive, abundant
- Syn: lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
- Ant: depressed, despondent, sulky, restrained
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FACSIMILE
- Def:(n.) an exact copy
- Syn: replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone
- Ant: variation, modification, permutation
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IMBIBE
- Def:(v.) to drink; to take in, absorb
- Syn: swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest
- Ant: eject, emit, expel, discharge
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IMPLACABLE
- Def:(adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
- Syn: relentless, inexorable, unappeasable
- Ant: lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible
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INFINITESIMAL
- Def:(adj.) so small as almost to be immeasurable; minute
- Syn: tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable,
- Ant: vast, immense, huge, infinite
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INNOCUOUS
- Def:(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant
- Syn: feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid
- Ant: harmful, dangerous, pernicious, toxic, virulent
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MILITATE
- Def:(v.) to effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
- Syn: counter, oppose, work against
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PATENT
- Def:(n.) exclusive rights over an invention; copyright;(v.) to arrange or obtain such rights;(adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted
- Syn:(n.) exclusive license;(adj.) evident
- Ant:(adj.) concealed, hidden, secret, clandestine
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PROWESS
- Def:(n.) distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
- Syn: valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency
- Ant: cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude
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SEDATE
- Def:(adj.) quiet, settled, sober;(v.) to administer a tranquilizer
- Syn:(adj.) unruffled, composed, cool and collected
- Ant:(adj.) loud, brash, flashy, flamboyant, garish, flighty
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STENTORIAN
- Def:(adj.) extremely loud
- Syn: thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting
- Ant: hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute
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STIPULATE
- Def:(v.) to arrange specifically; to require a condition of agreement
- Syn: specify, contract, provide for
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