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Vocab Unit 11

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1.

APPRECIABLE

  • Adjective
  • Sufficient to be noticed or measured
  • I noticed the appreciable sticker on his black jacket.
  • Syn: perceptible, detectable, considerable
  • Ant: slight, trivial, inconsequential, negligible
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AUTOCRATIC

  • Adjective
  • Absolute in power or authority
  • Some parts of the world are under autocratic control of a dictator.
  • Syn: domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, bossy
  • Ant: democratic, egalitarian, lenient, permissive, indulgent
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3.

BLANCH

  • Verb
  • To remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil
  • When I found out that Syracuse lost, my face blanched.
  • Syn: bleach, drain, wash out, go white
  • Ant: color, dye, infuse, blush, flush
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4.

BLASPHEMY

  • Noun
  • An act, utterance, or writing showing something contempt for something sacred.
  • Jesus of Nazareth was accused of false teachings, rebellion, and blasphemy.
  • Syn: curse, profanity, sacrilege, imprecation
  • Ant: reverence, veneration, devotion, respect
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5.

BRAWNY

  • Adjective
  • Strong, muscular
  • Yaya Touré is considered one of the most brawny players in the EPL.
  • Syn: broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly
  • Ant: slight, frail, delicate, puny
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CONCERTED

  • Adjective
  • Planned or performed in cooperation with others
  • Syracuse fans and Duke fans alike participated in a concerted food drive during March Madness.
  • Syn: joint, cooperative, combined, consolidated,
  • Ant: unorganized, unilateral, diffused
7.

CONTEND

  • Verb
  • To fight, struggle; to compete; to argue
  • Michigan and Ohio State contend like no other teams when they play against each other.
  • Syn: battle, dispute, vie, maintain, assert
  • Ant: yield, acquiesce, submit, relinquish
8.

HUMANE

  • Adjective
  • Kind, merciful
  • Jesus was perhaps one of the most humane person of all time.
  • Syn: sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted
  • Ant: cruel, merciless, unfeeling, brutal, heartless
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9.

ILLUSTRIOUS

  • Adjective
  • Very famous, distinguished
  • Shakespeare is illustrious for his brilliant plays and words.
  • Syn: eminent, renowned, prominent, celebrated
  • Ant: unknown, obscure, nameless, anonymous
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10.

INTOLERABLE

  • Adjective
  • Unbearable
  • During soccer tryouts, sometimes the conditions were intolerable for sprints.
  • Syn: insufferable, unendurable, outrageous
  • Ant: enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing
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IRREVERANT

  • Adjective
  • Disrespectful
  • Jug was given to Jimmie for being irreverent during class.
  • Syn: profane, impious, sacrilegious, flippant
  • Ant: awed, respectful, devout, pious, deferential
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12.

LABORIOUS

  • Adjective
  • Not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking
  • Climbing the mountain was laborious due to the conditions.
  • Syn: arduous, difficult, strenuous, wearisome
  • Ant: easy, effortless, facile
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13.

LITHE

  • Adjective
  • Bending easily, limber
  • Most people that take gymnastics are quite lithe.
  • Syn: supple, flexible, pliant, lies some
  • Ant: stiff, rigid, inflexible, taut
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14.

MALTREAT

  • Verb
  • To abuse, use roughly or crudely
  • Sid maltreated his toys and then they fought back.
  • Syn: misuse, mistreat, harm, aggrieve
  • Ant: coddle, pamper, indulge
15.

PONDER

  • Verb
  • To consider carefully, reflect on
  • Sometimes, I ponder of my future and what I'll do.
  • Syn: think over, ruminate, contemplate
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16.

SUBVERSIVE

  • Adjective, noun
  • (Adj) intended to undermine or overthrow; (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system
  • The French people were subversive toward Louis 16th and Mary Antoinette.
  • Syn: treasonous, traitorous, a revolutionary
  • Ant: patriotic, loyal, true-blue
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SYNTHETIC

  • Adjective
  • (Adj) made or put together by people; (n) something artificial
  • I prefer synthetic materials rather than materials made from machines.
  • Syn: artificial, ersatz
  • Ant: natural, genuine
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TEMPERATE

  • Adjective
  • Poisonous; spiteful, mean
  • Cobras are the most venomous creatures in the animal kingdom.
  • Syn: nasty, malicious, virulent, malevolent
  • Ant: harmless, innocuous, benign
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WILY

  • Adjective
  • Sly, shrewd, cunning
  • The wily Wile-E coyote always tries to capture the roadrunner.
  • Syn: clever, tricky, artful, foxy, cagey
  • Ant: dull-witted, dense, artless, straightforward

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