Ib English 11 Vocabulary: Chapter 3

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Define alienate

Back 1

to cause hostility or indifference where love, friendliness, or interest formerly existed

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Define allege

Back 2

to claim that something is true but without offering any proof

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Define allude

Back 3

to refer to indirectly

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Define ambience

Back 4

The surrounding or pervading atmosphere; teh tone and spirit of an enviornment

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Define ambivalent

Back 5

wavering or uncertain because of an inability to make a choice between two contradictory feelings or viewpoints in regard to a person, a thing, or a course of action

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Define amnesty

Back 6

An official pardon granted to offenders against the government, especially for political offenses

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Define anachronism

Back 7

the misplacing of an object or event in a period to which it cannot possibly belong; antyhgin out of its proper time frame

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Define anarchy

Back 8

Absence of govermental authority; general political and social disorder

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Define anathema

Back 9

a. a curse or strong denunciation
b. the person or thing curse; more generally, any object of intense dislike

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Define anecdote

Back 10

A brief account of some interesting or amusing incident, especially one containing beiographical or historical details

Front 11

Syllabicate alienate.
Part of Speech?

Back 11

al'-ye-nat or a'-le-e-nat
Verb

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Syllabicate allege.
Part of Speech?

Back 12

al-lege'
Verb

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Syllabicate allude.
Part of Speech?

Back 13

e-lood' or al-yood'
Verb

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Syllabicate ambience.
Part of Speech?

Back 14

am'-bi-ence
Noun

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Syllabicate ambivalent.
Part of Speech?

Back 15

am-biv'-e-lent
Adjective

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Syllabicate amnesty
Part of Speech?

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am'-nes-te
Noun

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Syllabicate anachronism
Part of Speech?

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a-nach'-ro-nism
Noun

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Syllabicate anarchy
Part of Speech?

Back 18

an'-ar-chy
Noun

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Syllabicate anathema
Part of Speech?

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a-nath-e-ma
Noun

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Syllabicate anarchy
Part of Speech?

Back 20

an'-ec-dote
Noun

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alienate
Give 2 Synonyms
Give 2 Antonyms

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S:estrange, disaffect, antagonize

A:befreind,captivate

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allege
Give 2 Synonyms
Give 2 Antonyms

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S:claim, contend;declare, assert, affirm, avow, asserverate,aver

A:deny

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allude
Give 2 Synonyms
Give 2 Antonyms

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S:hint at, suggest, insinuate, intimate

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ambience
Give 2 Synonyms
Give 2 Antonyms

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S:surroundings, mileu, seeting; character, flavor

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Amnesty
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S:immunity,remmision, absolution

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Ambivalent
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S:contradictory, opposing, conflicting, equivocal, vacilating

A:defnite, firm, unwavering, steady; clear-cute, unequivocal

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Anachronism
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S: incongruity, inconsistency, contradiction; throwback

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Anarchy
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S: disorder, chaos, lawlessness, pandemonium, turmoil

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Anathema
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S:malediction, execration, imprecation;abomination

A:blessing, benediction, eulogy, encomium; bless, glorify, praise, extol, cherish

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Anecdote
Synonyms
Antonyms

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S:tale,story, vignette, sketch,narrative, reminiscence, memoire; episode, storyteller, raconteur

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Etymology alienate

Back 31

alienare, alienatus (Latin), "estrange," from alius (Latin),"other"

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Etymology allege

Back 32

ad(Latin), "to;toward" +legare (Latin), "depute, grant, bequeath"

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Etymology allude

Back 33

ad(Latin), "to" + ludere (Latin), "play"

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Etymology ambience

Back 34

ambi(Latin),"around" + iens (Latin), "going," from ire (Latin), "go"

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Etymology ambivalent

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Ambivalenz, a German word coined by Sigmund Freud from ambi (Latin), "both" + valens, valentis (Latin), "worth"

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Etymology amnesty

Back 36

a (Greek, "not" mnastai (Greek), "remember"

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Etymology anachronism

Back 37

ana (Greek), "backwards" + chronos (Greek), "time"

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Etymology anarchy

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anarchia (Greek) "anarchy," from an (Greek), "without" + archos (Greek), "ruler"

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Etymology anathema

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anathema (Late Latin), "a curse," from anathema(Greek), "a votive offering"

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Etymology anecdote

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Anekdota (Greek),"unpublished things," from (Greek),"not" + ek (Greek), "out" + dotos (Greek), "given"