2nd 26 words (haggard-ungainly) Flashcards

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Haughty

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Chillingly proud and scornful
Synonyms: disdainful, supercilious, stuck up, snobby
Antonyms: meek, humble, unassuming, modest

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Haggard

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Thin, pale, and care worn as is result of worrying or suffering
Synonyms: drawn, gaunt, or worn down
Antonyms: healthy, glowing, radiant, beautiful, hearty

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Instigate

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To urge on; stir up; incite
Synonym: provoke, rite up
Antonyms: stop, quash, quell, squelch, calm down

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Imperative

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Necessary or urgent, expressing a command that is necessary or required
Synonyms: essential, indispensable, mandatory
Antonyms: nonessential, unnecessary, optional

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Judicious

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Using or showing good judgement; wise and sensible; being very careful in your thinking
Synonyms: thoughtful, prudent, astute
Antonyms: foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered

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Obliterate

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To blot out completely, destroy utterly
Synonyms: wipe out, erase,expunge, eradicate
Antonyms: keep, foster, promote, create

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Outlandish

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Strange, freakish, weird, foreign-looking, out-of-the-way, geographically remote, exceeding reasonable limits.
Synonyms: peculiar, bizarre, odd, unorthodox, unconventional
Antonyms: normal, regular, orthodox, conventional

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Proclaim

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To declare public ally or officially
Synonym: announce
Antonyms: keep, secret, conceal, cover up, contain

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Perturb

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To trouble make, uneasy, to disturb greatly, to throw into confusion
Synonyms: irritate, agitate, anger, upset
Antonyms: delight, make peace, glade, uplift, please

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Proximity

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Nearness or closeness
Synonym: beside
Antonyms: distant, remoteness, far away

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Rankle

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To cause anger, irritation or bitterness(to get under one’s skin)
Synonyms: irritate, vex, ire, nettle, gall
Antonyms: please, delightful, gratify, soothe

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Resolute

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Bold, determined and firm in setting out to do something
Synonyms: steadfast, unflinching, fixed, unmoving
Antonyms: weak, spineless, indecisive

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Rue

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To regret, to be sorry for; a feeling of regret
Synonyms: regret, lament
Antonyms: cherish, thankful, grateful

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Ruse

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An action designed to confuse or mislead; trick
Synonyms: strategize, subterfuge, dodge
Antonym: honesty

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Tedious

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Long and tiresome
Synonyms: boring, monotonous
Antonyms: stimulating, interesting, short and sweet

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Teem

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To become filled to overflowing; present in large qualities
Synonyms: abound, swarm, overflow
Antonyms: lacking, want

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Upbraid

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To tear into, blame, scold, find fault with
Synonyms: fall out, reprimand, criticize
Antonyms: pat on the back, praise

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Qualm

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A pang of conscious uneasiness, misgiving or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea
Synonyms: regret, second thought, doubt
Antonyms: confident, fearless

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Veer

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To change direction or course suddenly, turn aside, shift
Synonyms: swerve
Antonyms: straight, even course

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Vex

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To annoy, anger, exasperate
Synonyms: irritate, tick off, irk, distress
Antonyms: please, delight, soothe, calm, mollify

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Volatile

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Highly changeable, tending to become violent or explosive
Synonyms: unstable, erratic
Antonyms: stable, steady, calm, inert, dormant

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Vigil

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A watch kept over someone or something; any period of watchful attention
Synonyms: careful, watch
Antonyms: ignore

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Wallow

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To roll about in a lazy, helpless or clumsy way; to overindulge in
Synonyms: bask, delight in
Antonyms: none

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Wrangle

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To quarrel or argue in a noisy angry way; to wrestle
Synonyms: squabble, bicker
Antonyms: agree, conquer

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Trepidation

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Fear, fright, trembling
Synonyms: dread, anxiety, apprehension
Antonyms: confidence, self-assure, poise

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Ungainly

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Clumsy, awkward, unwieldy
Synonyms: graceless
Antonyms: nimble, agile, graceful