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Unit 2 Flashcards

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Ameliorate

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VERB
SYN: amend, better, improve
ANT: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

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Aplomb

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NOUN
SYN: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
ANT: confusion, embarrassment, abashment.

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Bombastic

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ADJECTIVE
SYN:inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
ANT:unadorned, simple, plain, austere

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Callow

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ADJECTIVE
SYN: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
ANT: mature, grownup, polished, sophisticated

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Drivel

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NOUN & VERB
SYN: N) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot
V) Slaver

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Epitome

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NOUN

SYN: abstract, digest, model, archetype

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Exhort

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VERB
SYN: entreat, implore, adjure
ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate

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Ex officio

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ADJECTIVE & ADVERB

By virtue of holding a certain office

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Infringe

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VERB
SYN: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
ANT: stay in bounds

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Ingratite

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VERB
SYN: cozy up, curry favor with
ANT: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

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Interloper

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NOUN:
SYN: Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

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Intrinsic

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ADJECTIVE
SYN: immanent, organic
ANT: extrinsic

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Inveigh

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VERB
SYN: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol

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Lassitude

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NOUN
SYN: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
ANT; energy, vitality, animation, liveliness

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Millennium

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NOUN:
SYN: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
ANT: doomsday, day of judgement

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Occult

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ADJECTIVE & VERB & NOUN
SYN: (adj) supernatural, esoteric, abtruse, arcane
ANT: (adj) mundane, common, public, xoteric

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Permeate

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VERB:

to spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Precipitate

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VERB & ADJ & NOUN:
SYN: (v) provoke, produce, (adj) reckless, impetuous
ANT: (adj) wary, cautious, circumspect

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Stringent

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ADJECTIVE:
SYN: Stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
ANT: Lenient, mild, lax permissive

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Surmise

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VERB & NOUN

SYN: (v) infer, gather, (n) inference, presumption.

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