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Vocabulary Unit 13--Level E
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| antipathy | a strong dislike, hostile feeling (syn) hostility, enmity, aversion, bad blood (ant) attraction, appeal, allure, sympathy |
| applicable | capable of being applied; relevant, suitable (syn) appropiate, fit, apt, apposite (ant) inappropiate, unsuitable, irrelevent |
| asset | something of value; a resource; an advantage (syn) property, possession, holding, endowment (ant) drawback, handicap, liability |
| beset | to attack from all sides; to surround, hem in; harrassed, troubled; studded (as with jewels) (syn) assail, harass, badger, perster, torment |
| compassion | sympathy for another's suffering; pity (syn) concern, commiseraton, empathy 9ant) indiffference, callousness, heartlessness |
| decorum | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness (syn) seemliness, good form, propriety (ant) impropriety, bad form, bad taste |
| duress | compulsion by threat; forcible confinement (syn) intimidation, coercion (ant) persuasion, coaxing, sweet talk, cajolery |
| exuberant | high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant (syn) lively, ebullient, irrepressible, lavish (ant) depressed, despondent, sulky, retrained |
| facsimile | an exact copy (syn) replica, duplicate, reproduction, clone (ant) variation, modification, permutation |
| imbibe | to drink; to take in, absorb (syn) swallow, gulp, quaff, assimilate, digest (ant) eject, emit, expel, discharge |
| implacable | not to be satisfied or pacified; unyielding (Syn) relentless, inexorable, unappeasable (ant) lenient, indulgent, permissive, flexible |
| infinitesimal | so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute (syn) tiny, minuscule, microscopic, unnoticeable (ant) vast, immense, huge, infinite |
| innocuous | harmless, inoffensive; insignificant (syn) feeble, impotent, unobjectionable, insipid (ant) harmful, dangerous, pernicious, toxic, virulent |
| militate | to have effect or force on or against someone or something (syn) counter, oppose, work against |
| patent | exclusive rights over an invention; copyright; to arrange or obtain such rights; plain, open to view; copyrighted (syn) exclusive, license, evident (ant) concealed, hidden, secret, clandestine |
| prowess | distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability (syn) valor, courage, heroism, mastery, proficiency (ant) cowardice, incompetence, ineptitude |
| sedate | quiet; settled; sober; to administrate an tranquilizer (syn) unruffled, composed, cool and collected (ant) loud, brash, flashy, flamboyant, garish, flighty |
| stentorian | extremely loud (syn) thundering, booming, deafening, earsplitting (ant) hushed, inaudible, whispered, mute |
| stipulate | to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement (syn) specify, contract, provide for |
| ultimatum | a final proposal or statement of conditions (syn) final terms |
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