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21 Cards in this Set
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Vocabulary Unit 1
Jon Sams Mrs. Vassiliev |
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forsake
for sake |
(v.) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon
Syn: desert, disown Ant: keep, hold on to, stand by |
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gainful
gain ful |
(adj.) profitable; bringing in money or some special advantage
Syn: money making, paying Ant: unprofitable, unrewarding, nonpaying |
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immense
im mense |
(adj.) very large or great; beyond ordinary means of measurment
Syn: vast, enormous, immeasurable, gigantic Ant: small, tiny, minute, infinitesimal |
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inept
in ept |
(adj.) totaly without skill or appropriateness
Syn: clumsy, unskilled, bungling, incompetent Ant: skillful, accomplished, adroit |
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ingenious
in gen ious |
(adj.) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever
Syn: imaginative, inventive, resourceful Ant: unimaginative, unoriginal, uninventive |
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instantaneous
in stan ta ne ous |
(adj.) done in an instant; immediate
Syn: prompt, quick, speedy Ant: delayed, slow, gradual |
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irk
irk |
(v.) to annoy, trouble, make weary
Syn: bother, irritate, vex Ant: please, delight, cheer, gladden |
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libel
li bel |
(n.) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (v.) to write or publish such a statement
Syn: (n.) slur; (v.) smear, defame |
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oaf
oaf |
(n.) a stupid person; a big, clumsy, slow individual
Syn: bonehead, dunce, clod, lout |
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recede
re cede |
(v.) to go or move backward; to become more distant
Syn: retreat, go back, back up, ebb Ant: advance, come closer |
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repast
re past |
(n.) a meal, food
Syn: victuals |
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apparel
ap par el |
(n.) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration; (v.) to put clothes on, dress up
Syn: (n.) attire, garments; (v.) deck out Ant: v. undress, unclothe, strip, denude |
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besiege
be siege |
(v.) to attack by surrounding with military forces; to cause worry or trouble
Syn: blockade, encircle, pressure, hound |
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compress
com press |
(v.) to press together; to reduce in size or volume; (n.) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
Syn: (v.) condense, shrink, shorten Ant: (v.) expand, enlarge |
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denounce
de nounce |
(v.) to condemn openly; to accuse formally
Syn: criticize, censure Ant: hail, acclaim |
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dispatch
dis patch |
(v.) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill; (n.) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing
Syn: (v.) slay; n. report, communication Ant: (v.) recall, withold |
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douse
douse |
(v.) to plunge into a liquid, drench; to put out quickly, extinguish
Syn: submerge, soak, dunk, immerse Ant: dry out, dehydrate, kindle, ignite |
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expressly
ex press ly |
(adv.) plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose
Syn: clearly, pointed, explicitly Ant: implicitly, accidentally |
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famished
fam ished |
(adj., part.) suffering severly from hunger or from lack of something
Syn: hungry, starving, ravenous Ant: well fed, full, satisfied, satiated |
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misgiving
mis giv ing |
(n.) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty
Syn: worry, qualm, hesitation Ant: felling of confidence, assurance |