Unit 7 Voc Flashcards

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(n) a state of being temporarily inactive, suspended or set aside

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Abeyance

synonyms : postponement, suspension

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(adj) having opposite and conflicting feelings about someone or something

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Ambivalent

synonyms: ambiguous, of two minds
antonyms: unequivocal, unambiguous, clear-cut

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(v) to set upon from all sides; to surround with an army: to trouble, harass

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Beleaguer:
synonyms: besiege, encircle, pester

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(n) full freedom from authority to act at one’s own discretion

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Carte Blanche

synonym: blank check

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(n) a sudden, violent, or devastating upheaval; a surging flood, deluge

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Cataclysm

synonyms: disaster, catastrophe

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(v) to corrupt morally, seduce; to indulge in dissipation; (n) an act or occasion of dissipation or vice

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Debauch

synonyms: carouse, (n) orgy
antonyms: elevate, uplift, purify

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(n) dazzling or conspicuous success or acclaim; great brilliance (of performance or achievement)

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Eclat

synonyms: celebrity
antonyms: dullness, insipidity, mediocrity

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(adj) overly demanding or hard to please: excessively careful in regard to details:

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Fastidious

synonyms: precise, exacting, finicky
antonyms: careless, sloppy, messy, untidy, slovenly

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(v) to jump or skip about playfully

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Gambol

synonyms: frolic, romp, cavort, caper
antonyms: lumber, plod

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(v) to soak or stain thoroughly; to fill the mind

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Imbue

synonyms: infuse, inculcate
antonyms: remove, expunge, eradicate, erase

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(adj) just beginning; not fully shaped or formed

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Inchoate

synonyms: incipient, embryonic
antonyms: mature developed, complete

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(n) a malicious satire; (v) to satirize, ridicule

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Lampoon

synonyms: burlesque (v) parody
antonyms: compliment, flattery

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(adj) capable of being formed into different shapes; capable of being altered, adapted, or influences

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Malleable

synonyms: pliable, impressionable, adaptable
antonyms: rigid, inflexible, unyielding, intractable

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(n) an agent or force inflicting vengeance or punishment; retribution itself; an unbeatable evil

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Nemesis

synonyms: comeuppance, avenger
antonyms: guardian angel, ally, patron

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(v) to make a choice or decision

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Opt

synonyms: choose, select, decide

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(adj) lacking in, hostile to, or smugly indifferent to cultural and artistic values or refinement; (n) such a person

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Philistine
synonyms: (adj) boorish, lowbrow, (n) pedant
antonyms (adj) refined, cultivated (n) highbrow

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(adj) involving or characteristic of clever rouges or adventurers

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Picaresque

synonyms: roguish, rascally, rakish

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(adj) Nauseated or uneasy, causing nausea or uneasiness; troubled

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Queasy

synonyms: unsettled
antonyms: calm, untroubled, confident

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(adj) stubborn, hard or difficult to manage; not responsive to treatment or cure

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Refractory

synonyms: unruly, disobedient, willful, mulish,
antonyms: docile, tractable, obedient

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(n) the ability to say and do the right thing in any situation; social competence

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Savoir-faire

synonyms: tact, finesse, suavity, sophistication
antonyms: tactlessness, gaucherie, boorishness