Unit 7 Synonyms Flashcards

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penniless, poverty-stricken, destitute

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indigent

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fanciful, imaginary, specious, spurious

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illusory

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persistent, stubborn, dogged, determined

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pertinacious

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paltry, inconsequential, piddling, trifling

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picayune

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a person who despises people

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misanthrope

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to adorn, ornament, decorate, garnish

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embellish

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fleeting, transient, evanescent, transitory

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ephemeral

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to protest, object to

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demur

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a doorsill; the outset, commencement

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threshold

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fortunate, happy; apposite, well-put

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felicitous

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apparel, attire, clothing, garments

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raiments

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excessive, exorbitant, extravagant

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inordinate

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beastlike, animal; depraved, loathsome

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bestial

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a clique, set, cricle

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coterie

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gaudy, flashy, tawdry, glaring

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garish

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sneaky, clandestine, covert, surreptitious

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furtive

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a person’s “opposite number”

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counterpart

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gall, chutzpah, nerve, impertinence, cheek

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effrontery

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to lesson, reduce, alleviate, moderate

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allay

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fun-loving, jovial, genial, merri

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convivial

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to cast off, discard, dump, junk, abandon

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jettison

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a phantom, specter, ghost

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wraith