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Vocabulary Unit 3 Flashcards

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Ancillary

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(adj). subordinate or supplementary

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Virtuoso

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(n). a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj). masterly or brilliant

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Virtuoso Synonym

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expert
prodigy
maestro

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Virtuoso Antonym

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amateur
beginner
novice
(adj). mediocre

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Therapeutic

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(adj). having the power to heal or cure; beneficial

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Rapacity

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(n). inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one’s desires by force, extortion, or plunder

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Quizzical

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(adj). puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal

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Quizzical Synonym

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peculiar
perplexed
mystified
derisive

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Quizzical Antonym

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unequivocal
crystal-clear
unambiguous

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Rapacity Synonym

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avarice
cupidity
voraciousness

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Rapacity Antonym

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liberality
generosity
altruism

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Therapeutic Synonym

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salutary

salubrious

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Therapeutic Antonym

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harmful
injurious
deleterious

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Pragmatic

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(adj). concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one’s opinions

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Pragmatic Synonym

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down-to-earth, businesslike

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Pragmatic Antonym

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idealistic, impractical, visionary

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Paean

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(n). a song of praise, joy, or triumph

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Paean Synonym

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ode

anthem

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Paean Antonym

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dirge
elegy
threnody

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Persiflage

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(n). lighthearted joking, talk, or writing

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Persiflage Synonym

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banter
jesting
badinage

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Plethora

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(n). overfullness; superabundance; superfluity

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Plethora Synonym

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surplus
surfeit
glut
excess

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Plethora Antonym

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shortage
paucity
dearth
scarcity

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Macrocosm

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(n). the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something

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Macrocosm Synonym

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cosmos

entirety

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Macrocosm Antonym

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model
miniature
microcosm

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Mountebank

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(n). a trickster or swindler; a charlatan

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Mountebank Synonym

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impostor

quack

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Mountebank Antonym

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dupe
“mark”
“pigeon”

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Icon

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(n). a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion

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Icon Synonym

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emblem

idol

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Interstice

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(n). a small, narrow space between things or parts of things

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Interstice Synonym

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gap
slot
crevice
interval
lacuna
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Bowdlerize

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(v). to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)

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Bowdlerize Synonym

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purge

expurgate

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Condescend

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(v). to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner

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Condescend Synonym

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talk down to

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Cozen

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(v). to trick; to cheat or swindle

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Cozen Synonym

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dupe
deceive
beguile
inveigle

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Enclave

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(n). an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character

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Enclave Synonym

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island

subgroup

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Forte

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(n). a person’s strong point; what a person does best

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Forte Synonym

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gift
aptitude
specialty

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Forte Antonym

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weakness

foible

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Gratis

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(adj). free; (adv). without charge

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Gratis Synonym

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(adj). on the house

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Ancillary Synonym

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auxiliary

accessory

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Ancillary Antonym

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central, key, primary, principal, main

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Schism

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(n). a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

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Synonym of Schism

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Antonym of Schism

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reconciliation

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