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Vocab Unit 5 Level B
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level B
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| anecdote | (n)a short account of an incident in someone's life (syn) tale, story, sketch, vignette, yarn |
| consolidate | (v) to combine, unite; to make solid or firm (syn) strengthen, firm up, merge (ant) scatter, disperse, dissipate, separate |
| counterfeit | (n) an imitation designed to deceive; (adj) not genuine, fake (v) to make an illegal copy (syn) (adj) false, phony, bogus (ant) (adj) genuine, real, authentic |
| docile | (adj) easily taught, led, or managed; obedient (syn) manageable, teachable, pliant (ant) unruly, wayward, intractable, disobedient |
| dominate | (v) to rule over by strength or power, control; to tower over, command, due to height (syn) control, govern, overlook |
| entreat | (v) to beg, implore, ask earnestly (syn) plead, beseech (ant) clamor for |
| fallible | (adj) capable of being wrong, mistaken, or inaccurate (syn) imperfect, errant (ant) foolproof, unfailing, flawless |
| fickle | (adj) liable to change very rapidly, erratic; marked by a lack of constancy or steadiness, inconsistent (syn) capricious, inconstant, faithless (ant) constant, steady, invariable |
| fugitive | (n) one who flees or runs away; (adj) fleeting, lasting a very short time; wandering; difficult to grasp (syn)(n) runaway, deserter; (adj) elusive (ant) (adj) lasting, enduring, permanent |
| grimy | (adj) very dirty, covered with dirt or soot (syn) filthy, sooty, soiled, dirt-encrusted (ant) spotless, immaculate |
| iota | (n) a very small part or quantity (syn) speck, dab, jot, bit, smidgen (ant) flood, deluge, avalanche, glut |
| maul | (v) to beat or knock about, handle roughly;to mangle; (n) a heavy hammer(syn) (v) to rough up, manhandle, batter |
| potential | (adj) possible, able to happen; (n) something that can develop or become a reality (syn)(n) possibility, capability (ant) (adj) actual, real, unlikely, impossible |
| radiant | (adj) shining, bright giving forth light or energy (syn) glowing, brilliant, dazzling, resplendent (ant)dull, tarnished, lackluster |
| rural | (adj) relating to farm areas and life in the country (syn) countrified, rustic (ant) urban, metropolitan, citified |
| substantial | (adj) large, important; major, significant; prosperous; not imaginary, material (syn) considerable, tangible, big (ant) minor, insignificant, negligible |
| tactful | (adj) skilled in handling difficult situations or people, polite (syn) skillful, diplomatic, discreet (ant) clumsy, gauche, boorish, indiscreet |
| tamper | (v) to interfere with; to meddle rashly or foolishly with; to handle in a secret and improper way (syn) monkey with, fool with, mess with |
| ultimate | (adj) last, final; most important or extreme; eventual; basic, fundamental (syn) farthest, furthest, terminal (ant) first, initial, most immediate, nearest |
| uncertainty | (n) doubt, the state of being unsure (syn) doubtfulness, unsureness, hesitation (ant) sureness, certainty, confidence |
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