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Vocab lesson 16
Building an enriched vocabulary
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English
11th Grade
02/07/2008

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Term
Exodus
Definition
Noun

S: flight, escape, migration, emigra*

A: arrival, influx, immigration
Term
Exotic
Definition
Adjective

S: foreign, alien, strikingly extraordinary

A: native, indigenous, ordinary, indemic
Term
Expedient
Definition
Adjective and noun

S: Convenient, opportune; devise, scheme, design, stratagem, stopgap

A: unserviceable, unsuitable
Term
Exploit
Definition
Verb and noun

S: capitilize on, use to the greatest advantage; coup, feat, heroics
Term
Expound
Definition
Verb

S: clarify, elucidate, delineate

A: summarize, abstract, synopsize
Term
Fabricate
Definition
Verb

S: produce, devise, manufacture, concoct, contrive
Term
Facetious
Definition
Adjective

S: waggish, whimsical, joking, frivolous, droll

A: serious, grave, solemn, earnest, sober
Term
facsimile
Definition
Noun and adjective

S: replica, duplicate
Term
Fallacy
Definition
Noun

S: defect, flaw, fault, solecism
Term
fathom
Definition
Noun and Verb

S: delve, penetrate, grasp, comprehend, divine

unite of length
Term
fatuous
Definition
Adjective

S: inane, nonsensical, laughable, vacuous, vapid, ludicrous, wacky

A:sensible, intelligent, perceptive, incisive
Term
Feasible
Definition
Adjective

s: practical, usable, realistic

A: impossible, unworkable, impractical
Term
Feign
Definition
Verb
S: fake, sham, simulate
Term
felicitous
Definition
Adjective

s: suitable, apropos, graceful, seemly, agreeable

A: graceless, awkward, inept, unsuitable
Term
Fetish
Definition
Noun

S:charm, amulet, talisman; fixation, obsession, compulsion
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