Vocab Review Units 4-6
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- immutable is to change as...
- irrevocable is to recall
- pickpocket is to filch as...
- scofflaw is to flout
- unwieldy is to handle as...
- fractious is to control
- asymmetrical is to balance as...
- amorphous is to shape
- aggrandize is to build up as...
- retrench is to cut back
- caveat is to warn as...
- precept is to teach
- erudite is to knowledge as...
- dexterous is to kill
- sneak thief is to surreptitious as..
- maven is to scurrilous
- ennui is to bored as...
- ardor is to excited
- affable is to aloof as...
- courteous is to brusque
- sleazy is to unfavorable as...
- salutary is to favorable
- produce is to farming as...
- contraband is to smuggling
- merriment is to festive as...
- gloom is to sepulchral
- straitlaced is to conventionality as...
- bizarre is to unconventionality
- extricate is to embroil as...
- repudiate is to avow
- resilent is to recoil as...
- buoyant is to float
- alcohol is to soporific as...
- coffee is to stimulant
- sleazy is to quality as...
- shoddy is to workmanship
- a brusque reply
- curt
- a propensity to boast
- tendency
- forced to retrench
- economize
- amorphous structures
- formless
- sepulchral tones
- ghostly
- an aura of respectability
- atomosphere
- contrive to see us
- scheme
- accept as axiomatic
- self-evident
- transmute his experiences into fiction
- transform
- a group of fractious students
- unruly
- filched a pair of sneakers
- stole
- a resilient spirit
- buoyant
- an anomalous position
- abnormal
- vouchsafe a reply
- grant
- castigate the students
- rebuke
- disabused her listeners
- set straight
- flout accepted standards
- disregard
- seek vicarious thrills
- substitute
- a ship filled with contraband
- ilegal imports
- straitlaced standards of behavior
- stuffy
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repudiate a treaty
antonym - accept
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state of ennui
antonym - excitement
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a soporific report
antonym - stimulating
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erudite comments
antonym - uninformed
-
spread aspersions
antonym - praise
-
a decidedly insular viewpoint
antonym - cosmopolitan
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a state of autonomy
antonym - dependence
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a vapid moving picture
antonym - meaningful
-
an affable companion
antonym - unfriendly
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an irrevocable decision
antonym - reversible
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tried to aggrandize her social position
antonym - diminish
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attitudes that fetter the mind
antonym - liberate
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a sleazy waterfront hotel
antonym - classy
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a heinous act
antonym - noble
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a surreptitious meeting
antonym - open
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transient joys
antonym - permanent
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his querulous tone
antonym - agreeable
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wore a bizarre costume
antonym - ordinary
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his scathing comments
antonym - complimentary
- "I must admit that, though far from generous, this settlement is eminently________ and fairminded," she replied
- equitable
- the harder I struggled to_________ myself from the quicksand, the deeper I seemed to sink into it
- extricate
- I will not permit anyone to either coerce or _____ me into doing something that I know in my heart is wrong
- cajole
- If he applied the same _______ attention to his schoolwork that he does to baseball, he would be an outstanding student
- sedulous
- Of all the________ that were taught to you by your parents, which one do you consider the most important?
- precepts
- What can we _________ from his stubborn refusal to tell us where he was at the time of the crime?
- infer
- The package was so _______ that I had to ask the custodian to help me place it in the car
- unwieldly
- In the American Revolution, the British forces represented the established government, while the Colonials were the________
- insurgents
- Far from doing you any harm, a summer spent working on a farm will have a(n)_________ influence, both physically and psychologically
- salutary
- Though she is not displeased with her own accomplishments, she seems to derive a good deal of ________ delight from those of her son.
- vicarious