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Vocab Unit 14 Level D
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level D
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| annex | (v) to add to, to incorporate (n) an attachment or addition (syn) join, acquire, appropriate, procure |
| cleave | (v) to cut or split open; to cling to (syn) cever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp |
| cordial | (adj) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery (n) a liqueur (syn) hospitable, affable, warm, convival (ant) gruff, unfriendly, unsociable |
| cornerstone | (n) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element (syn) foundation, base, underpinning, support |
| debacle | (n) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure (syn) disaster, fiasco, calamity (ant) success, triumph, victory, coup |
| devitalize | (v) to make weak or lifeless (syn) enfeeble, sap, enervate (ant) enliven, stimulate, energize, excite |
| embroil | (v) to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion (syn) entangle, ensnarl (ant) disentangle, separate, disconnect |
| exonerate | (v) to clear from a charge or accusation (syn) absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate (ant) implicate, incriminate, inculpate |
| glib | (adj) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere (syn) superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile (ant) halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward |
| haphazard | (adj) by chance, not planned; lacking order (syn) random, accidental, slapdash (ant) deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous |
| improvise | (v) to compose or perform without preparation; to construct (syn) ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize (ant) plan, rehearse, practice, prepare |
| incite | (v) to rouse, stir up, urge on (syn) spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt (ant) check, curb, impede, restrain, smother |
| influx | (n) a coming in, inflow (syn) inpouring, inrush, invasion (ant) outpouring, exodus, departure |
| pallor | (n) an extreme or unnatural paleness (syn) wanness, lividness, bloodlessness (ant) flush, blush, rosiness, bloom |
| pedigree | (n) a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something (syn) lineage, ancestry, genealogy |
| precipitous | (adj) very steep (syn) sheer, abrupt, sharp (ant) gradual, shallow, graded, incremental |
| profuse | (adj) very abundant; given or flowing freely (syn) extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous (ant) sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient |
| reconcile | (v) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign oneself (syn) unite, conciliate, mend, fences (ant) antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge betweem |
| shackle | (v) to put into chains (n) a chain or fetter (syn-v) manacle, enslave (syn-n) handcuffs, irons, bonds (ant-v) free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate |
| threadbare | (adj) shabby, old and worn (syn) frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite (ant) luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous |
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