Lessons 9 Flashcards
detest, abhor, dislike, hate, execrate
abominate (v)
illness, disease, trouble, hardship, infirmity, tribulation, adversity, difficulty
affliction (n)
alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving
animate (adj)
continual, habitual, incurable, persistent, inveterate, recurrent, protracted
chronic (adj)
capitalize, manipulate, abuse, use, utilize, profit from, mine (v)
exploit (v)
visualize, create, conceive, think, conjecture, envision, fantasize
fancy (v)
chop, drop, prostrate, level, slash, hew, down (v)
fell (v)
friendly, outgoing, extrovert, social convivial, cordial, sociable
gregarious (adj)
harmless, inoffensive, bland, insipid, inoffensive, innocent, safe
innocuous (adj)
confine, detach, disengage, remove, quarantine, segregate, sequester
isolate (v)
confident, assertive, absolute, certain, sure, decisive, firm
positive (adj)
expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch
precipitate (v)
assumption, premise, supposition suspicion, guess, posit
presumption (n)
preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent
prior (adj)
opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable
propitious (adj)
excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded
redundant (adj)
blueprint, design, game, plan, procedure, method, scheme, scenario
strategy (n)
ad interim, provisional, contingent, dependent, conditional, indefinite
tentative (adj)
arrogance, pride, conceit, narcissism, ostentation, egotism, self-admiration
vanity (n)