Units 2 & 3 Flashcards
Apprise
Acquaint, notify
Aegis
Auspices
Bibulous
Inebrious, alcoholic
Claque
Fan club, flatterers, hangers-on
Deracinate
Extirpate, eradicate, expunge
Eleemosynary
Philanthropic, beneficent
Indigenous
Endemic, domestic, homegrown
Lachrymose
Tearful, doleful, dolorous
Lexicon
Wordbook, glossary
Melee
Fracas, brawl, scuffle, donnybrook
Microcosm
Epitome, world in a little
Minuscule
Infinitesimal, insignificant
Obfuscate
Muddy the waters
Paternalism
Benevolence, solicitude, fatherliness
Polarize
Split, divide, alienate, estrange
Purview
Jurisdiction, orbit
Sanguine
Flushed, rosy
Solecism
Misusage, blunder, faux pas
Vassal
Menial, minion, servile, subservient
Verisimilitude
Realism, lifelikeness, authenticity
Ancillary
Subordinate, supplementary, auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory
Bowdlerize
Censor, purge, expurgate
Condescend
Deign
Cozen
Trick, cheat, swindle, dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle
Enclave
Island, subgroup
Forte
Gift, aptitude, speciality
Gratis
Free, on the house, freely
Icon
Symbol, emblem, idol
Interstice
Gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
Macrocosm
Cosmos, entirety
Mountebank
Trickster, swindler, charlatan, impostor, quack
Paean
Hymn, ode, anthem
Persiflage
Banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
Plethora
Over-fullness, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
Pragmatic
Down-to-earth, businesslike
Quizzical
Puzzled, mocking, odd, equivocal, peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
Rapacity
Avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
Schism
Rift, breach
Therapeutic
Beneficial, curative, salutary, salubrious
Virtuoso
Expert, master, prodigy, maestro