Vocab Unit 3 Level H Flashcards
(adj) subordinate or supplementary
SYN: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory
ANT: central, key, primary, principle, main
ancillary
(v) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film)
SYN: censor, purge, expurgate
bowdlerize
(v) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
SYN: deign
Condescend
(v) to trick; to cheat or swindle
SYN: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle
Cozen
(n) an enclosed district, region, or an area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
SYN: island, subgroup
Enclave
(n) a persons strong point; what a person does best
SYN: gift, aptitude, specialty
ANT: weakness, shortcoming, foible
Forte
(adj) free (adv) without charge
SYN: on the house, freely
ANT: for a price
Gratis
(n) a representation or image of a scared personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
SYN: emblem, idol
Icon
(n) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things
SYN: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
Interstice
(n) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something
SYN: cosmos, entirety
ANT: model, miniature, microcosm
Macrocosm
(n) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan
SYN: imposter, quack
ANT: sucker, dupe, mark, pigeon
Mounterbank
(n) a song or phrase, joy, or triumph
SYN: hymn, ode, anthem
ANT: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody
Paean
(n) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing
SYN: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
Persiflage
(n) over-fullness; superabundance; superfluity
SYN: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess
ANT: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity
Plethora
(adj) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinions
SYN: down to earth, businesslike
ANT: idealistic, impractical, visionary
Pragmatic
