Vocab unit 7
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Abhor
- to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
- Synonyms: detest, despise
- Antonyms: Admire, cherish
- Sentence: Jack abhors him because he lied to Jack 2 years ago and stole Jack's money
Amend
- to change in a formal way; to change for the better
- Synonyms: modify, improve
- Antonyms: worsen
- Sentence: By previewing, listening and reviewing, the subject that you were poor with would be amended.
Buffet
- v. to slap or cuff, to drive or force with blows, to force one's way with difficulty
- n. a slap, blow
- Synonyms: sock, thump, pummel, toss about
- Antonyms: lose, pull, tap
- Sentence: During lunch time, we always go to the buffet that is in the school to have food.
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Chaos
- great confusion, disorder
- Synonyms: anarchy, turmoil
- Antonyms: order, regularity, tranquillity
- Sentence: According to the mythology, the world was in chaos before the God created it.
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Commodious
- roomy, spacious
- Synonyms: comfortable, ample, capacious
- Antonyms: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient
- Sentence: The new room for me is pretty commodious.
Corrosive
- eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic
- Synonyms: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiiteful
- Antonyms: bland, mild, benign, amiable
- Sentence: While we did the experiment, the teacher told us to stay away from that concentrated acid because they are corrosive.
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Discern
- to see clearly, recognize
- Synonyms: perceive, detect, distinguish
- Antonyms: overlook
- Sentence: a The archaeologists found some new antique, and they are trying to discern each of them.
Extant
- still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
- Synonyms: surviving, in existnce
- Antonyms: extinct, vanished
- Sentence: The police told the report that the fingerprint is the only extant evidence that they could find in the alibi.
Implicate
- to involve in; to connect with or be related to
- Synonyms: incriminate, entangle
- Antonyms: absolve, exculpate
- Sentence: For the Paris disaster, not only Paris people are involved in, but also everyone's heart are implicated.
Inter
- to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
- Synontms: entomb, plant, inhume
- Antonyms: unearth, exhume
- Sentence: These two people in the picture were trying to inter their treasure in order to protect them.
Martinet
- A strict disciplinarian; a sticker for the rules
- Synonyms: taskmaster, slave driver
- Antonyms:ommonalty, employee, follower, pawn,retinue, slavery
- Sentence: All the soldiers are martinet so that the military would be invulnerable.
OBVIATE
- To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
- Synonyms: preclude, forestall, ward off
- Antonyms: support, assist, aid
- Sentence: The sign on the picture is used to obviate the bike to go into this road.
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RENEGADE
- One who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
- Synonyms: turncoat, heretic
- Antonyms: loyalist, patriot
- Sentence: All the renegades are killed in the history because they were not loyalty.
REPREHENSIBLE
- Deserving blame or punishment
- Synonyms: objectionable, culpable
- Antonyms: commendable, blameless
- Sentence: To park the car everywhere is reprehensible because it may block the ways.
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SOMBER
- Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
- Synonyms: mournful, dismal
- Antonyms: bright, sunny
- Sentence: After the couple break out, 2 people would always be somber and would't want to eat.
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SQUALID
- Filthy, wretched, debased
- Synonyms: dingy, sordid, foul
- Antonyms: neat, spruce, exalted
- Sentence: The restaurant that I went last night was squalid, so I don't want to go there anymore.
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TURBULENT
- Disorderly, stormy, violent
- Synonyms: tumultuous, unruly, agitated
- Antonyms: calm, placid, tranquil, still
- Sentence: After the police killed 2 innocent people, the city became turbulent because they all want to get justice for that 2 people.
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VOCIFEROUS
- Loud and noisy; compelling attention
- Synonyms: clamorous, uproarious
- Antonyms: quiet, soft-spoken
- Sentence: When the Warrior got the championship of 2016, all the fans were vociferous in order to celebrate.
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VOLUMINOUS
- great size , numerous
- Synonyms: bulky, massive
- Antonyms: scant, meager
- Sentence: Voluminous of people were in the parade team, they all wanted the government to give them a peaceful city.
WAIVE
- To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily,defer
- Synonyms: decline, relinquish, forgo
- Antonyms: claim, accept
- Sentence: When the company went bankrupt, the building would always be waived.
