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Vocab Unit 15

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ABRASIVE

  • Causing irritation, substance used to smooth or polish, harsh
  • Chafing, grating, rasping
  • Smooth, polished
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ACCLIMATE

  • To adapt to a new climate, environment or situation
  • Accustom, learn the ropes
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CHAGRIN

  • Irritation or humiliation caused by disappointment or frustration, to cause such a feeling
  • Vexation, mortification, abash
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COMPLACENT

  • Self satisfied, overly content
  • Smug,unconcerned
  • Discontented
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CONCUR

  • To express agreement, approve
  • Agree, assent
  • Disagree, differ
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DEFAMATION

  • Slander or libel
  • Vilification, calumny
  • Salute, tribute
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EXPLICATE

  • To make plain or clear, explain, to interpret
  • Elucidate, untangle
  • Confuse, bewilder
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FRACAS

  • A noisy quarrel or brawl
  • Row, altercation, rhubarb
  • Agreement, accord
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GROTESQUE

  • Unnatural, distorted, bizarre
  • Fantastic, outlandish
  • Appealing, attractive
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PANDEMONIUM

  • A wild uproar, din or commotion
  • Chaos, bedlam
  • Order, calm
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RAUCOUD

  • Disagreeably, harsh sounding, disorderly
  • Boisterous, clamorous
  • Placid, tranquil
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RECEPTIVE

  • Open and responsive to ideas or suggestions
  • Open minded, tolerant
  • Narrow minded, intolerant
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RENOUNCE

  • To give up or resign something
  • Repudiate, disown
  • Retain, secure
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REPRESS

  • To hold back, to put down or check by force
  • Subdue, curb
  • Liberate, set loose
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RETICENT

  • Not inclined to speak, reserved, reluctant
  • Taciturn, close mouthed
  • Talkative, garrulous
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SAVORY

  • Tasty, appetizing, pungent or salty, inoffensive, respectable
  • Delectable, flavorful
  • Distasteful, unpalatable
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SOMNOLENT

  • Sleepy, drowsy, inducing sleep
  • Groggy, soporific
  • Alert, lively, wide awake
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VEHEMENT

  • Intense, forceful, powerful
  • Emphatic, vigorous
  • Subdued, lukewarm
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VOLUBLE

  • Characterized by a ready flow of words, glib, fluent
  • Loquacious, garrulous
  • Reticent, terse
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ZEALOUS

  • Eager, earnest, devoted
  • Ardent, fervent, devout
  • Reluctant, unwilling, averse
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Brendan Trapper