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Unit 7-9 Flashcards

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Beneficent adj

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Performing acts of kindness or charity; doing good
+ humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable
- selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious

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Cadaverous adj

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Pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse
+ corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly
- robust, portly, rosy

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Concoct v

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To prepare by combing ingredients, make up as a dish
To devise, invent, fabricate
+ create, fashion, rustle up

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Crass adj

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Coarse, unfeeling, stupid
+ crude, vulgar, tasteless, oafish, obtuse
- refiend, elegant, tasetful, brilliant, polished

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Debase v

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To lower in character, quality, value
To degrade, adulterate, deteriorate
+ cheapen, copprt, demean, depreciate
- elevate, uplift, enhance, improve

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Desecrate v

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Treat irreverently, to contaminate, pollute
+ profane, defile, violate
- revere, honor. Venerate, consecrate

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Disconcert v

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To confuse, to disturb the composure of
+ unset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb
- relax, calm, put at ease

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Grandiose adj

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Grand in an impressive or stately way 
Pompous affectation or grandeur
Absurdly exaggerated 
\+ majestic, bombastic, highfalutin
- simple, modest, unaffected, humble
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Inconsequential adj

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Trifling. Unimportant
+ trivial, negligible, petty, paltry
- important, essential, crucial , vital

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Infraction n

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A breaking of a law or obligation

+ violation, transgression, breach, offense

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Mitigate adj

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To make milder or softer, to moderate in intensity
+ lessen, relieve, alleviate, diminish
- aggravate, intensify, exacerbate

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Pillage v n

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To rob goods by open force (in war) , plunder

+ ravage, sack, loot, (n) booty

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Prate v

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To talk a great deal in a aimless/foolish fahsion
+ prattle, blab, palaver
- come to the points

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Punctilious adj

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Very careful and extact, attentive to fine points of etiquette and propriety
+ precise, sceupulous, exacting, finicky
- careless, negligent, perfunctory

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Redoubtable adj

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Inspring fear or awe, illustrous, eminent
+ formiddable, fearsome, awesome, august
- comtemptible, risible, laughable

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Reprove v

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To find fault, scold, rebuke
+ chode, chastise, upbraid, reproach
- praise, commend, laud, pat on the back

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Restitution n

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The act of restoring or someone or sth to the rightful owner
Making good on a loss/damage
+ compensation, reimbursement, redress, Restoration

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Stalwart adj n

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Strong sturdy, brave. Resolute
- strong supporter
+ sturdy, stout. Intrepid, vallant
- weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating

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Vulnerable adj

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Open to attck, capable of being wounded or damaged, unprotected
+unguarde, defenseless, exposed
- invincible, secured

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Acrimonious adj

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Stinging, bitter in temper or tone
+ bitting, caustic. Rancorous, hostile, peevish
- gentle, warm, mild, friendly, cordial

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Bovine adj

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Resembling a cow or ox, sluggish, unresponsive
+ stolid, dull, slow, stupid
- alert, sharp, brit, keen , quick

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Consternation n

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Dismay, confusion
+ shock, amazement, bewilderment, dismay
- calm, composure, aplomb

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Corpulent adj

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Fat, having a large, bulky body
+ overweighted, heavy, obese, stout, portly
- slenderlean, lean, emaciated

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Disavow v

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To deny responsibility, connection with
+ disown, abjure, retract
- acknowledge, admit, certify, grant

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Disspassionate adj
Impartial, calm, free from emtions + unbiased, disinterested, cool, detached - engaed,biased
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Dissention n
Disagreement, sharp difference of opinion + strife, discord, contention - agreement, accord, harmony
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Dissipate v
To cause to disappear, to scatter, to spend foolishly, extravagant in pursuit of pleasure + disperse, strew, diffuse, waste - converse, husband, gather ,..
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Expurgate v
To remove passges or words from a written text To cleanse, purify + purge, censor, bowdleriZe
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Gauntlet n
An armored or protected glove A challenge Ordeal + dare, provocation, trial, punishment
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Hypothetical adj
+ assumed, conjectural | - real, tested, substantiated
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Ignoble adj
Mean, low, base + inferior, unworthy, sordid - admirable, praiseworthy, noble
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Impugn v
To call into question To attack as false + challenge, dispute, question - confirm, prove, validate, verify
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Intemperate adj
Immoderate, lacking self control, inclement + excessive, extreme, unrestrained, inordinate - moderate, restrained, cool and collected
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Odium n
Lhatred, contempt Disgrace or infamy resulting from hateful conduct + abhorrence. Opprobrium. Shame, ignominy - esteem, admiration, approbation
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Perfidy n
Faithlessness, treachery + betrayal, treason, duplicity - loyalty, steadfastness
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Relegate v
``` To place in a. Lower postion To assign, refer To banish + transfer, consign, demore, exile - promote, elecate, advance, recall ```
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Squeamish adj
Inclined in nausea Easily shocked or upset Excessively fastidious or refined + naeseated, quesy, delicate, oversensitive, priggish
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Subservient adj
``` Subordinate in capacity or role Submissively obedient Serving to promote some end + servile, obsequious, secondary - primary, principal, domineering ```
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Susceptible adj
+ vulnerable, receptive, impressionable | - resistant, immune
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Abate v
``` To make less in amount, degree To subside, become less To nullify, deduct + diminish, subside - intensify, magnify, wax ```
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Adulation n
Praise or excessive flattery + adoration. Idolization - ridicule, derision, scorn, odium
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Anathema n
Object of intense dislike A curse or strong denunciation + malediction, abomination, imprecation - benediction, blessing
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Astute adj
Shrewd, crafty. Showing practical wisdom + shrewd, acute, sagacious. - obtuse, dumb
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Avarice n
Greedy desire for wealth | + cupidity , rapacity, acquisitiveness
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Culpable adj
Deserving blame, worthy of condemnation + guilty, delinquent, peccant, blameworthy - blameless. Innocent, laudable, meritorious
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Dilatory adj
Tednding to delay or procrastinate, not prompt + postpone, slow, laggard, tardy - prompt, punctual, expeditious
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Egregious adj
Conspicuous, standing out from the mass (used in unfavorable tense) + glaring, flagrant, blatant - unnoticeable, paltry, piddling
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Equivocate v
To speak or act in a way that allows for more than one interpretation Deliberately vague or ambiguous + palter, hedge - to speak one's mind plainly
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Evanescent adj
Vanishing, soon passing away, light and airy + epemeral, trasient, transitory - everlasting, imperishable
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Irresolute adj
Unable to make up one's mind, hesitating + indecisive, vacillating, wavering - dtermined
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Nebulous adj
Cloudlike, not transparent Vague, confused + hazy, murkly, vague, opague, indeterminate - definite, distinct, clear, sharply focused
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Novice v
Beginner + neophyte, tyro, trainee, apprentice - veteran, past master, expert
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Penury n
Extreme poverty, barrenness, insufficiency + destitution, indigence - affluence, adudance, opulence
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Pretentious adj
+ inflated, ostentatious | - modest, unassuming
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Recapitulate v
To review a series of fact To sum up + review, summarize, go over
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Resuscitate v
To revive. Bring back to consciousness or existence | + revitalize, reanimate, restore, reactivate
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Slovenly adj
Untidy, dirty, careless + unkempt, slatternly, slipshod, lax - neat, tidy, meticulous
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Supposition n
Sth is asummed or taken for granted without conclusive evidence + assumption, presumption
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Torpid adj
Inactive, sluggish, dull + lethargic, otiose, Languid - energetic. Dynamic, vigorous
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Austere (adj)
- severe, stern in manner - wwithout adornment - simple, plain + rigorous, ascetic, unadorned, subdued... - Mils, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant

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