Vocab Unit 13
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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ANTIPATHY
- (N.) a strong dislike, hostile feeling
- S- hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood
- A- attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy
APPLICABLE
- (Adj.) capable of being applied; relevant, suitable
- S- appropriate, fit, apr, apposite
- A- inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant
ASSET
- (N.) something of value; a resource; an advantage
- S- property, possession, holding, endowment
- A- drawback, handicap, liability
BESET
- (V.) to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in
- (Adj.) harassed, troubled, studded (as with jewels)
- S- assail, harass, badger, pester, torment
COMPASSION
- (N.) sympathy for another's suffering; pity
- S- concern, commiseration, empathy
- A- indifference, callousness, heartlessness
DECORUM
- (N.) proper behavior, good taste; orderliness
- S- Seemliness, good form, propriety
- A- impropriety, bad form, bad taste
DURESS
- (N.) compulsion by threat; forcible confinement
- S- intimidation, coercion
- A- persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery
EXUBERANT
- (Adj.) high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained, excessive, abundant
- S- lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish
- A- depressed, despondent, sulky, restrained
FACSIMILE
- (N.) an exact copy
- S- replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone
- A- variation, modification, permutation
IMBIBE
- (V.) to drink, to take in, absorb
- S- swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest
- A- eject, emit, expel, discharge
IMPLACABLE
- (Adj.) not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding
- S- relentless, inexorable, unappeasable
- A- lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible
INFINITESIMAL
- (Adj.) so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute
- S- tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable
- A- vasr, immense, hube, infinite
INNOCUOUS
- (Adj.) harmless, inoffensive, insignificant
- S- feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipd
- A- harmful, dangerous, pernicious, toxic, virulent
MILITATE
- (V.) to have effect or force on or against someone or something, fight against
- S- counter, oppose, work against
PATENT
- (N.) exclusive rights over sn invention; copyright
- (V.) to arrange or obtain rights
- (Adj.) plain, open to view; copyrighted
- S-(n.) exclusive license; (adj.) evident
- A- (adj.) concealed, hidden, secret, clandestine
PROWESS
- (N.) distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability
- S- valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency
- A- cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude
SEDATE
- (Adj.) quiet, settled, sober
- (V.) to administer a tranquilizer
- S- (adj.) unruffled, composed, cool and collected
- A- (adj.) loud, brash, flashy, flamboyant, garish, flighty
STENTORIAN
- (Adj.) extremely loud
- S- thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting
- A- hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute
STIPULATE
- (V.) to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement
- S- specify, contract, provide for
ULTIMATUM
- (N.) a final proposal or statement of conditions
- S- final terms
