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Vocab Unit 14 Level C
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level C
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| amplify | (v) to make stronger, larger, greater, louder, or the like (syn) increase, augment, fill out, supplement (ant) lessen, diminish, abbreviate, shorten |
| armistice | (n) a temporary peace, halt in fighting (syn) cease-fire, truce |
| arrogant | (adj) haughty, too convinced of one's own importance (syn) high-handed, overbearing, presumptuous (ant) meek, humble, modest, unassuming |
| bland | (adj) gentle, soothing, mild; lacking interest or taste (syn) dull, insipid (ant) harsh, irritating, pungent, spicy, piquant |
| disclaim | (v) to deny interest in or connection with; to give up all claim to (syn) disavow, disown, repudiate (ant) admit, acknowledge, avow, confess |
| epoch | (n) a distinct period of time, era, age |
| estrange | (v) to drift apart or become unfriendly; to cause such a separation; to remove or keep at a distance (syn) part company, alienate (ant) bring together, reunite, reconcile |
| gratify | (v) to please, satisfy, to indulge or humor (syn) delight (ant) disappoint, dissatisfy, frustrate, thwart |
| infinite | (adj) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless, (n., preceded by the) an incalculable number, the concept of infinity; (cap. I) a name for God (syn) (adj) unlimited, boundless, (ant) (adj) limited, restricted, measurable |
| irascible | (adj) easily made angry, hot-tempered (syn) irritable, quarrelsome, cantankerous (ant) even-tempered |
| kindred | (n) a person's relatives; a family relationship; (adj) related by blood; like similar (syn)(n) kin, relations (ant) (adj) unlike, dissimilar, contrasting |
| naive | (adj) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of worldly knowledge and experience (syn) green, wet behind the ears (ant) sophisticated, knowing, urbane, suave, blasé |
| niche | (n) a decorative recess in a wall; a suitable place or position for a person or thing (syn) nook, alcove |
| obliterate | (v) to blot out completely, destroy, utterly (syn) wipe out, erase, expunge, efface (ant) foster, promote, create |
| ramshackle | (adj) appearing ready to collapse, loose and shaky (syn) rickety, unsteady, run-down, dilapidated (ant) well built, well maintained, shipshape, trim |
| ransack | (v) to search or examine thoroughly; to rob, plunder (syn) rummage, scour (ant) spot-check |
| rote | (n) unthinking routine or repetition, a fixed or mechanical way of doing something, (adj) based on a mechanical routine |
| solvent | (adj) able to meet one's financial obligations; having the power to dissolve other substances (n) a liquid used to dissolve other substances; something that solves, explains, eliminates or softens (syn) financially sound, in the black (ant) bankrupt, flat broke, in the red |
| tedious | (adj) long and tiresome (syn) boring, monotonous (ant) stimulating, interesting, short and sweet |
| vendor | (n) a person who sells something (syn) peddler, hawker, dealer, merchant (ant) buyer, purchaser, customer |
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Bethel Lutheran |
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