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Vocab Need to know
Word | Definition | Synonym | Antonym | Part of Speech |
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admonish | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of duty | warn, call on the carpet | praise, pat on the back | verb |
cumbersome | clumsy, hard to handle;slow-moving | unwiedly, ponderous | manageable, easy to handle | adjective |
diffuse | to spread or scatter freely or widely | disperse | concentrate | |
dilemma | a difficult or perplexing situation or problem | predicament, quandary, pickle, bind | cinch | |
predispose | to incline beforehand | make susceptible to | immunize against, shield from | |
spasmodic | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent | irregular, occasional | steady, continuous, chronic | |
unbridled | uncontrolled, lacking in restraint | unrestrained, unchecked | restrained, held in check, muted | |
comely | having a pleasing appearance | good-looking, attractive, bonny | plain, homely, ugly, repulsive | |
compensate | to make up for; to repay for services | pay back, reimberse, recompense | fail to reward, stiff | |
dissolute | loose in one's morals or behavior | dissipated, debauched, immoral, corrupt | virtuous, chaste, moral, seemly, proper | |
erratic | not regular or consistant; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable | irregular, inconsistant, unpredictable | steady, consistant, dependable | |
expulsion | the process of driving or forcing out | ejection, ouster, eviction | admittance, admission | |
fient | a deliberately deceptive moment; a pretense | trick, ruse, subterfuge, dodge, bluff | ||
proliferate | to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly | multiply, mushroom, burgeon | decrease, dimish, dwindle, slack off | |
subjugate | to conquer by force, bring under complete control | subdue, vanquish, master | be conquered, submit, surrender | |
tantalize | to tease, torment by teasing | tempt, lead on, make one's mouth water | (blank)satisfy, fulfill, gratify | |
adherent | a follower, supporter | disciple | opponent, adversary, critic, detractor | |
marauder | a raider, plunderer | looter, pirate, freebooter | (blank) | |
rift | a split, breack, breach | crack, fissure, gap, cleft | reconciliation | |
semblance | a likeness; and owtward appearance; an apparition | appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade | dissimilarity, contrast, total lack | |
surmount | to overcome, rise above | conquer, triumph over | be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to | |
usurp | to sieze and hold a position by force or without | sieze illegally, commandeer, supplant | (blank) |