Junior Final Vocab

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abet

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(e bet')

(v) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

Antonyms: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

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accrue

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(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

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acrimonious

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(adj) stinging, bitter in temper or tone

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adamant

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(anj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n) an exremely hard substance

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an inhabitant, resident; one who frequesnts a place

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denizen

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austere

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(adj) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor

Synonyms: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascentic, unadorned, subdued

Antonyms: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

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adulation

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praise or flattery; idolization

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annotation

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(n.) a critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

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beneficent

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(adj) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good

Synonyms: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable

Antonyms: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

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berate

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(bi rat')

(v) to scold sharply

Synonyms: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand

Antonyms: praise, compliment, pat on the back

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brouhaha

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(n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; and uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

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likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or condititons

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contingent

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bedlam

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(n.) a state or scene of uproar and confusion

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blatant

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(blat' ent)

(adj) noise in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, espoecailly in an unfavorable sense

Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud

Antonyms: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

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bulwark

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(n) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v) to provide such defense or protection

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cadaverous

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(adj) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse

Synonyms: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly

Antonyms: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health

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consternation

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(n) dismay, confusion

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to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion

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foist

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broach

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(broch)

(v) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the waterl to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

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choleric

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(adj) easily made angry, bad-tempered

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concoct

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(v) to prepare by combining ingredients, make up (as a dish); to devise, invent, fabricate

Synonyms: create, fashion, rustle up

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contiguous

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side by side touching near

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covert

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(adj.) hidden, disguised, purposefully kept a secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

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credulous

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(krej' e les)

(adj) too ready to believe, easily decieved

Synonyms: gullible

Antonyms: dubious, skeptical

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to confirm, make more certain

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corroborate

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avarice

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a greedy disire; cupidity

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buttress

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(be' tres)

(v) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure

Synonyms: (v) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up

Antonyms: (v) undermine, weaken, impair

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cloy

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(v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgene, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit

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crass

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(adj) coarse, unfeeling; stupid

Synonyms: crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse

Antonyms: refined, elegant, tasteful, polished, brilliant

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crtierion

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(kri tir' e en)

(n) a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

Synonyms: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

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debonair

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(adj.) pleasant, curteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

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carousal

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(ke rau' zel)

(n) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)

Synonyms: drinking boul, drunken revel, binge

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debase

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(v) to lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade, adulterate; to cuase to deteriorate

Synonyms: cheapen, corrupt, demean, depreciate

Antonyms:elevate, uplift, improve, enhance

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deleterious

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harmful injurious

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deplete

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(di plet')

(v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Synonyms: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt

Antonyms: replenish, refill, restock, resupply

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dun

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(v.) to demand insistenly, especially in payment of a debt; (n.) a creditor; (adk.) dark, dull, drab, dingy

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to scatter widely

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disseminate

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collate

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(ko' lat)

(v) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

Synonyms: sort out, corss-check, rearrange

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deference

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(n) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked b submission, as to a superior

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dilatory

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tending to delay or procrastinate; stalling

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dissension

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(n) disagreement, sharp difference of opinion

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effacious

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(adj.) effective, producing results

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expatiate

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(ek spa' she at)

(v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

Synonyms: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam

Antonyms: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

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highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy

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florid

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conoisseur

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(kan e ser')

(n) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements, especially in one of the fine arts

Synonyms: authority, savant, pundit

Antonyms: igoramus, philistine, yahoo

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definitive

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(adj) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done

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extraneous

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(ek stra' ne es)

(adj) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

Synonyms: incidental, extrinsic

Antonyms: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

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demeanor

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(n) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien

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disconsolate

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(dis kan' se lat)

(adj) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Synonyms: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortlesss

Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

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equivocate

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to speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interperatation; to talk from both sides of one's mouth

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gist

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(n.) the essential part, the main point, or essence

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grandiose

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(adj) grand in an impressive or stately way, marked by pompous affectation or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated

Synonyms: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin

Antonyms: simple, modest, unaffected, humble

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inception

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(in sep' shen)

(n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

Synonyms: commencement, inauguration, outset

Antonyms: completion, conclusion, termination

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enigmatic

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(adj) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

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gauntlet

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(n) an armored or protective glove; a challenge; two lines of men armed with weapons with which to beat a person forced to run between them; an ordeal

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inconsequential

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(adj) trifling, unimportant

Synonyms: trival, negligible, petty, paltry

Antonyms: important, essential, crucial, vital

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infirmity

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(in ferm' e te)

(n) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral)

Synonyms: afflication, malady, defect

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equanamity

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(n.) calmness, composure, refusal to panic

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forment

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(fo ment')

(v) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm

Synonyms: instigate, incite, stir up

Antonyms: quell, quash, squelch, suppress

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implicit

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implied understood

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infraction

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(n) a breaking of a law or obligation

Synonyms: violation, transgression, breach, offense

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irresolute

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unable to make up one's mind; indecisive

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jejune

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(ji jun')

(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immatuve, juvenile

Synonyms: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish

Antonyms: stimulating, mature

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deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit

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specious

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grisly

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(griz' le)

(adj) frightful, horrible, ghastly

Synonyms: gruesome, gory, hideous

Antonyms: pleasent, delightful, attractive

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ignoble

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(adj) mean, low, base

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imperious

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(adj.) overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate, pressing, compelling

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mawkish

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(adj)excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor

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mitigate

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(v)to make milder or softer, to moderate in force or intensity

Synonyms: lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish

Antonyms: aggravate, intensify, irritate, exacerbate

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obdurate

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(ab' dyu ret)

(adj) stubborn, unyielding

Synonyms: obstinate, adament

Antonyms: yielding, tractable, flexible

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herculean

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(her kyu le' an)

(adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Synonyms: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal

Antonyms: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

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invective

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(n.) a strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language; (adj.) abusive, vituperative

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mollify

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(v)to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity

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novice

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one who is just a beginner; neophyte

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pillage

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(v) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n) the act of looting; booty

Synonyms:(v) ravage, sack, loot; (n) booty

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potpourri

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(po pu re')

(n) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

Synonyms: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

Antonyms: homogeneous or uniform group

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impassive

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(im pas' iv)

(adj) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

Synonyms: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible

Antonyms: emotional, passionate, excitable

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motley

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(adj.) showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors; (n.) a jester's costume; a jester

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onus

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(n) something that is heavey or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame

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prate

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(v) to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion

Synonyms: chatter, prattle, blab, blabber, palaver

Antonyms: come to the point, not waist words

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munificent

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(adj.) extremely generous, lavish

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odium

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(n) hatred, contempt; disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct

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pretentious

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done for show; ostentatious

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redoubtable

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(adj) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent

Synonym: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august

Antonyms: laughable, risible, comtemptible

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sadistic

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(se dis' tik)

(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

Synonyms: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish

Antonyms: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

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to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; harden or make unfeeling

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sear

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perfidy

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(n) faithlessness, treachery

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politic

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prudent shrewdly

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procrastinate

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(v.) to delay, put off until later

ex. Molly procrastinates when she waits until the night before the test to study her vocab.

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profligate

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(adj) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending

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reprove

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(v) to find fault with, scold, rebuke

Synonyms: chide, chastise, upraid, reproach

Antonyms: praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

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sententious

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(sen ten' shes)

(adj) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

Synonyms: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic

Antontms: discursive, diffuse, episodic

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nonplussed

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(nan plest')

(adj, part) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

Synonyms: perplexed, baffled, stumped, flabbergasted

Antonyms: poised, confident, assured

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provocative

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(v.) tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

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remit

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(v) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

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restitution

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(n) the act of restoring someone or something to the rightful owner or to a former state or position; making good on a loss or damage

Synonyms: compensation, reimbursement, redress, restoration

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supplicate

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(sep' le kat)

(v) to beg earnestly and humbly

Synonyms: plead, petition, implore, entreat

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opportune

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(ap ar tun')

(adj) suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occuring at an appropriate time

Synonyms: timely, appropriate, felicitous

Antonyms: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate

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punctillious

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(adj) very careful and exact, attentive to find points of etiquette or propriety

Synonyms: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky

Antonyms: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory

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requisite

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(adj) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable

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slovenly

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untidy; dirty; unkempt

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squeamish

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(adj) inclined to cause nausea; easily shocked up upset; excessively fastidious or refined

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surfeit

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(ser' fet)

(n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v) to feed or supply with anything to excess

Synonyms: (n) excess, glut; (v) cloy, satiate

Antonyms: (n) dearth, paucity, lack

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to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly

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inculcated

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an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred

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heresy

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prolific

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(pro lif' ik)

(adj) abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

Synonyms: fruitful, fecund, proliferous

Antonyms: barrne, unproductive, sterile, sparse

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redundant

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extra access more than needed

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reprobate

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(n.) a depraved, vicious, or unprinicipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) wicked, corrupt, or unprincipled; (v.) to disapprove of, condemn

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sartorial

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(adj)of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)

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stalwart

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(adj) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n) a brave, stong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position

Synonyms:(adj)sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant;(n)mainstay

Antonyms:(adj) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

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extremely harmful; deadly, fatal

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pernicious

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sanctimonious

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making a show of virtue

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sedentary

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(adj.) characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

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susceptible

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(adj) open to; easily influenced; lacking in resistance

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thwart

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(v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

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scintillating

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sparking twinkling

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leaping, dumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; a projection or bulge, a land from that projects upward or outward

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salient