Units 4-6 Synonyms Flashcards

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exceptional, unusual, aberrant

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anomalus

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2
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innuendo, calumny

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aspersion

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3
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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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bizarre

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4
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tactless, ungracious

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brusque

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5
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wheedle, inveigle

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cajole

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6
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chastise, censure

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castigate

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7
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think up, concoct, fabricate

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contrive

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8
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rabble-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue

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9
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undeceive, enlighten

A

disabuse

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10
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languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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ennui

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11
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bond, restraint, bind, hamper

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fetter

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12
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evil, odious, outrageous

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heinous

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13
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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable

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immutable

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14
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revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous

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insurgent

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15
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delusions of grandeur

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megalomania

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16
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“no-show” job, cushy job, “plum”

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sinecure

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17
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furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed

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surreptitious

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18
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overstep, trespass

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transgress

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19
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transform, convert

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transmute

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20
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surrogate, secondhand

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vicarious

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21
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reprieve

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amnesty

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22
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home rule

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autonomy

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23
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taken for granted

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axiomatic

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24
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broadcast, trumpet

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blazon

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admonition, word to the wise
caveat
26
right, reasonable, evenhanded
equitable
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disentangle, extract
extricate
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pilfer, purloin, swipe
filch
29
sneer at, snicker at, scorn
flout
30
refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
fractious
31
principle, maxim
precept
32
salubrious, curative
salutary
33
searing, harsh, savage
scathing
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flog, beat; bane, plague, pestilence
scourge
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lugubrious, mortuary
sepulchral
36
narcotic, anesthetic
soporific
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highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
straitlaced
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impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
transient
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bulky, clumsy, impractical
unwieldy
40
lifeless, colorless
vapid
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genial, amicable, cordial
affable
42
augment, amplify, enhance, exalt
aggrandize
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formless, unstructured, inchoate
amorphous
44
model, prototype, epitome
archetype
45
ambience, atmosphere
aura
46
bootleg, unlawful
contraband
47
profoundly educated, well-read
erudite
48
filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy
gossamer
49
impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic
inscrutable
50
narrow-minded, parochial, provincial
insular
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unrecallable, unalterable
irrevocable
52
natural bent, proclivity, penchant
propensity
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petulant, irritable
querulous
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reason against, espostulate
remonstrate
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disavow, renounce
repudiate
56
springy, elastic
resilient
57
rumble, thunder, boom, echo
reverberate
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obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative
scurrilous
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assiduous, indefatigable
sedulous
60
inferior, cheesy
sleazy