Chpt 7-9 English Vocab

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abhor

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to regard with horror or loathing
to hate deeply
ant: admire cherish respect relish

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amend

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to change in a formal way
to change for the better
ant: modify improve correct

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buffet

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to slap or cuff
to strike repeatedly
to drive or force with blows
a slap/blow

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chaos

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great confusion/ disorder
ant: order regularity tranquility

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commodious

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room spacious
ant: cramped clautrophobic insufficient

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corrosive

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eating away gradually acidlike bitterly sarcastic
ant: bland mild benign amiable

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discern

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to see clearly recognize
ant: overlook

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extant

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still existing not exterminated destroyed or lost
ant: extinct defunct vanished

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implicate

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to involve in to connect with or be related to
ant: absolve exculpate

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inter

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to bury commit to the earth to consign oblivion
ant: unearth exhume

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian a stickler for the rules

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obviate

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to anticipate and prevent to remove dispose of

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renegade

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one who leaves a group a deserter outlaw/ triatorous unconventional unorthodox
ant: loyalist/ patriot

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reprehensible

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deserving of blame of punishment
ant: commendable blameless meritorious

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somber

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dark gloomy depressed or melancholy in spirit
ant: bright sunny lighthearted cheerful juanty

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squalid

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filthy wretched debased
ant: neat spruce exalted lofty

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turbulent

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disorderly riotous violent stormy
ant: calm placid tranquil still

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vociferous

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loud and noisy compelling attention
ant: quiet soft spoken muted subdued

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voluminous

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of great size numerous writing or speaking at great length
ant: scant meager brief succinct

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waive

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to do without give up voluntarily to put off temporarily defer
ant: claim accept

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animosity

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strong dislike bitter hostility
ant: affection fondness rapport amity

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apathy

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a lack of feeling emotion or interest
ant: enthusiasm fervor ardor concern

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apprehensive

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fearful or anxious especially about the future
ant: unworried assured confident certain

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commend

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to praise express approval to present as worthy of attention to commit to the care of
ant: abhor loathe

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compatible

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able to get along or work well together capable of use with some other model or system
ant: mismatched incongruous antagonistic

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condolence

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an expression of sympathy

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consecrate

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to make sacred hallow to set apart for a special purpose
ant: desecrate defile profane dishonor

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decrepit

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old and feeble worn out ruined
ant: vigorous robust sturdy

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ingenuous

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innocent simple frank sincere
ant:artful crafty worldly sophistocated

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multifarious

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having great variety numerous and diverse
ant: unvaried uniform homogenous

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obsolete

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out of date no longer in use
ant: current up to date brand new

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omnivorous

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eating every kind of food eagerly taking in everything having a wide variety of tastes

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parsimonious

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stingy miserly meager poor small
ant: generous openhanded

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quandary

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a state or perplexity or doubt

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recalcitrant

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stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority
ant: obedient docile cooperative compliant

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reprisal

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an injury done in return for injury

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revel

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to take great pleasure in a wild celebration\
ant: abhor loath

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stultify

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to make ineffective or useless cripple to have a dulling affect on

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suave

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smoothly agreeable or polite pleasing to the senses
ant: crude clumsy unpolished oafish loutish

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allocate

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to set apart or designate for a special purpose

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ardent

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very entusiastic impassioned
ant: indifferent stolid apathetic
phlegmatic

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assiduous

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persisten attentive diligent
ant: lazy lacksidazical shiftless

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brash

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prone to act in a hasty manner
ant: prudent wart cautious circumspect

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capricious

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subject to whims or passing fancies
ant: constant steady steadfast unwavering

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chastise

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to inflict physical punishment as a mean of correction to scold severely
ant: commend reward

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copious

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abundant plentiful wordy verbose
ant: inadequate meager scanty concise

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deviate

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to turn aside to stray from the norm one who departs from the norm heterodox unconventional
ant: conform to abide by orthodox

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emaciated

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unnaturally thin

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exult

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to rejoice greatly

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gnarled

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knotted twisted lumpy
ant: smooth unblemished straight

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indemnity

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a payment for damage or loss

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inkling

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a hint or vague notion

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limpid

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clear transparent readily understood
ant: clouded murky opaque

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omnipotent

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almighty having unlimited power or authority
ant: powerless impotent feeble weak

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palatable

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agreeable to the taste of one's sensibilities suitable for consumption
ant: inedible distasteful disagreeable

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poignant

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deeply affecting touching keen sharp in taste or smell

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rancor

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bitter resentful or ill will
ant: goodwill harmony rapport amity

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sophomoric

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immature and overconfident
ant: mature judicious sage knowlegable

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spontaneous

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arising naturally not planned or engineered in advance
ant: premediated planned contrived rehearse