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Vocab Unit 15 S D
Jenkins Vocabulary Unit 15 Synonyms 9th grade Level D
Question | Answer |
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Abase | lower, humiliate, prostrate, demean |
Actuate | trigger, incite, instigate |
Avert | stop, deflect, ward off, preclude |
Boorish | vulgar, crude, uncouth, ill mannered, gauche |
Brunt | blow, shock |
Combatant | solider, disputant, warrior, hostile, battling |
Dormant | resting, still, quiescent |
Dubious | questionable, suspect, unsettled, undecided |
Harangue | rant, lecture, tirade, diatribe |
Harry | badger, pester, hound, pillage, ravage |
Impenitent | remorseless, unrepentant, incorrigible |
Knave | rascal, rogue, scoundrel, miscreant |
Legion | multitude, host, throng, division, regiment |
Liberality | largesse, magnanimity, broad mindedness |
Plaintiff | complainant, accuser |
Probe | explore, scrutinize, inquiry, detector |
Protract | prolong, extend, elongate, spin out |
Quarry | prey, game, victim, excavation, pit, mine |
Spurn | turn down, reject, decline, snub, repudiate |
Subterfuge | dodge, blind, ruse, deception, artifice |