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Vocabulary - Grade 6 - Lesson 4- Synonyms
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| acquit | to declare not guilty, free from blame, exonerate, dismiss |
| deem | to think, believe; to consider, have an opinion; judge, regard |
| devastate | to destroy, lay waste, leave in ruins; to wreck, desolate |
| discredit | to throw doubt upon, cause to be distrusted, to damage in reputation; disparage |
| elusive | difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand; slippery, wily, fleeting, puzzling, baffling |
| generate | to bring into existence; to be the cause of; create, produce, beget |
| idolize | worship as an idol, to love very much; adore, revere |
| ingratitude | a lack of thankfulness; thanklessness, ungratefulness |
| keepsake | something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir, reminder, momento |
| mortal | a being that must eventually die; causing death, fatal; human, fleeting, extreme |
| ovation | an enthusiastic, public welcome; an outburst of applause; cheers, bravos, hurrahs |
| petty | unimportant, trivial, narrow-minded, secondary in rank; minor; insignificant, piddling |
| plight | a sorry condition or state; to pledge, promise solemnly |
| repent | to feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do; regret |
| reverie | a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought; fantasy, meditation |
| revocation | an act or instance of calling back; an annulment, cancellation; repeal, withdrawal |
| scan | to examine closely; to look over quickly but thoroughly; to analyze the rhythm of a poem; study, glance at, skim, survey |
| strand | a beach or shore; a string of wire, hair, etc. ; to drive or run aground, to leave in a hopeless position; fiber, thread, abandon, maroon |
| strife | bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle; conflict, discord, turmoil |
| topple | to fall forward; to overturn, bring about the downfall of; unseat, upset, tumble |
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