Vocab 4 Flashcards

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Fallow

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Inactive; unproductive

Syn: idle, barren

Ant: fertile, productive

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Elude

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To escape notice; to get away from

Syn: avoid, evade, lose

Ant: attract

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Blight

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Anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation

Syn: affliction, disease
Any: enhancement

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Obsequy

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A funeral rite or ceremony

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Denizen

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An occupant; inhabitant

Syn: resident
Ant: emigrant, alien

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Fealty

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Obligated loyalty or faithfulness
Syn:devotion, fidelity, allegiance

Ant: disloyalty, treachery

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Entice

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To attract by offering reward or pleasure

Syn: tempt, lure
Ant: discourage

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Gratify

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To please

Syn:satisfy, judge
Ant: displease, disappoint

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Laggard

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A slow person, especially one who falls behind

Syn: straggler, dawdler
Ant: leader

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Gambit

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Maneuver or action used to gain an advantage

Syn: strategy, ploy, maneuver
Ant: blunder

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