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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 (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; 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 | (n.) an incalculable number (adj.) exceedingly great, inexhaustible, without limit, endless (SYN) unlimited, boundless (ANT) 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) kin, relations (ANT)unlike, dissimilar, contrasting |
| naive | (n.) innocent, unsophisticated, showing lack of wordly knowledge and experience (SYN) green, wet behind the ears (ANT) sophisticated, knowing, urbane, suave, blase' |
| 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.) apppearing 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, eliminats 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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