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Unit 6 Vocab

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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ABASHED

  • Adjective
  • Antonyms: unembarrassed, unshamed
  • I was abashed when I got embarrased today at school.
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ALOOF

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: distant, cold
  • Antonyms: involved, sociable
  • The animal was aloof from the rest because it was endangered.
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ANGUISHED

  • Noun, Verb
  • Synonyms: misery, woe, torment
  • Antonyms: joy, delight, peace of mind
  • The man who had cancer was in anguish.
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ARTICULATE

  • Verb, adjective
  • Synonyms: expound, eloquent
  • Antonyms: tongue-tied, mumbled
  • He articulated the speech perefectly and clearly.
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BASK

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: wallow, revel
  • He basked in the flowers because it was spring season.
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DEFECT

  • Noun, verb
  • The defect in our plan was hard to fix.
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FINESSE

  • Noun, verb
  • Synonyms: delicacy, subtlety
  • Antonyms: clumisiness, awkwardness
  • He had great finesse when it came to soccer.
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FLAUNT

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: showoff, parade
  • Antonyms: hide, downplay
  • After he scored the goal, he flaunted in front of everyone.
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FORTHRIGHT

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: candid, blunt
  • Antonyms: indirect, evasive, deceitful, two-faced
  • The forthright photo was taken at the right point.
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GENIAL

  • Adjective
  • Synonyms: friendly, amiable
  • Antonyms: cold, unfriendly, unsociable
  • The new genial person at school became friends with everyone.
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INSTILL

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: implant, infuse, inculcate
  • Antonyms: root out, eradicate, extirpate
  • He instilled the idea to the judge that he was innocnet.
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OSTRACIZE

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: cast out, expel, blackball
  • Antonyms: fraternize eith, associate with
  • It is never good to ostracize someone of a different race.
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PREMONITION

  • Noun
  • Synonym: presentiment
  • I had a premonition of something that will happen in the future.
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PSEUDONYM

  • Noun
  • Synonym: nom de plume
  • The author had a pseudonym to keep his identity hidden.
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PURGE

  • Verb, noum
  • Synonyms: cleanse, purify
  • Antonyms: pollute, contaminate, defile
  • We will purge the car and make it look spotless.
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REHABILITATE

  • Verb
  • Synonyms: reclaim, rebuild, reforom
  • We rehabilitated our house and it looks new.
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REPERCUSSION

  • Noun
  • Antonyms: cause, source
  • The repercussion of doing something is almost always good.
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RETENTIVE

  • Adjective
  • Antonyms: porous, forgetive
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SCAPEGOAT

  • Synonym: whipping boy
  • The teacher's pet is our scapegoat, he always gets out of trouble.

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