CHAPTER22 Flashcards

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adored

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・to regard with the utmost esteem, love
・verb
・His students adored him.
Synonyms
・idolize, reverence, revere
Antonyms
・abhor
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boom

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・to progress, grow, flourish
・noun
・This year was a boom in the shiping industry.
Synonyms
・proper, thrive, develop
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bulging

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・sticking out in a rounded shape, especially because something is very full or too tight
・noun
・What's that bulge in your shirt pocket?
Synonyms
・produce, project, stick out
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capture

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・to succeed in recprding, showing, or describing a situation or feeling, using words or pictures
・verb
・We captured cicadas with a net.
Synonyms
・catch, arrest, snare, apprehend
Antonyms
・release
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cartoon

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・a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical
・noun
・He draw cartoons

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comic

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・a type of book ormagazine that tells a story using rows of pictures
・noun
・He often buy comic books.

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costume

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・a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make the person look like something else, such as an animal or famous person
・noun
・American Indian dancers in colorful costumes.

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crude

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・not developed to a high standard; made without any detail or with little skill
・adjective
・They were dressed in crude garments made of animal skins.
Synonyms
・unfinished, coarse, clumsy,rude
Antonyms
・refined

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deteriorate

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・to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value
・verb
・She is studying the deterioration of coral growth in the Florida.
・degenerate, decline, worsen

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endowed

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・naturally having a good feature or quality
・verb
・India is well endowed with a large variety of fruits.
Synonyms
・invest, clothe, endue

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evil

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・morally wrong or bad
・adjective
・He leads an evil life.
Synonyms
・sinful, depraved, vicious, corrupt
Antonyms
・righteous
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fantastic

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・extremely good, attractive, enjoyable
・adjective
・You look fantastic.

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harsh

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・something that is unpleasure or uncomfortable; difficult to live in
・adjective
・The prisoners had to endure harsh living conditions and near starvation.
Synonyms
・brusque, hard, unfeeling, unkind

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innocent

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・free from legal or specific wrong; guiltless
・adjective
・She was found innocent of the murder charges.
Synonyms
・guiltless

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mask

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・something that covers all or oart of your face, to hide it or protect it
・noun
・we wore masks at the party so that no one would know who we were.

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naive

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・having or showing a lack of experience, judgement, or information
・adjective
・It's naive of you to believe that.
Synonyms
・simple, unaffected, unsuspecting
Antonyms
・sophisticated, artful
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perpetual

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・continuing or enduring forever
・adjective
・She has a perpetual twinkle in her eye.
Synonyms
・permanent, enduring
Antonyms
・temporary, discontinuous
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serialized

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・to publish in serial form
・verb
・The comic is serialized.

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sketch

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・a simple, quickly made drawing that does not show much detail
・noun
・The artist drew a sketch of the women’s face.

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solely

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・as the only one or ones
・adverb
・Tom was solely responsible for the loss.

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stark

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・unpleasantly clear and impossible to avoid
・adjective
・It is a stark rocky landscape.

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unlike

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・different, dissimilar, or unequal
・adjective
・The twins are completely unlike.

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mortal

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・not able to live forever
・adjective
・We are mortal.
Synonyms
・fatal
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wardrobe

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・a piece of furniture for holding clothes, now usually a tall upright case fitted with hooks,shelves
・noun
・This is a new spring wardrobe.