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Vocab workshop unit 3
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English
8th Grade
10/16/2012

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Term
Abridge
Definition

verb

to make shorter

Syn: shorten, condense, abbreviate

Ant: expand, enlarge, augment

Term
Adherent
Definition

noun/adjective

n) a follower, supporter

adj) attached, sticking to

Syn: n) disciple

Ant: n) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor

Term
Altercation
Definition

noun

an angry argument

Syn: quarrel, dispute, squabble

Ant: agreement, accord

Term

Cherubic

 

Definition

Adjective

Resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

Syn: angelic, seraphic, beatific

Ant: impish, fiemdish, diabolic, devlish

Term
Condone
Definition

verb

to pardon or overlook

Syn: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to

Ant: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate

Term
Dissent
Definition

verb/noun

v) to disagree

n) disagreement

Syn: v) differ, dispute

Ant: v) agree, concur n) unanimity, harmony

Term
Eminent
Definition

adjective

famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting

Syn: illustrious, renowned

Ant: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble

Term
Exorcise
Definition

verb

to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

Syn: expel, dispel

Term
Fabricate
Definition

verb

to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

Syn: put together, devise, contrive, concoct

Ant: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish

Term
Irate
Definition

adjective

angry

Syn: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid

Ant: calm, composed, cool, unruffled

 

Term
Marauder
Definition

noun

a raider, plunderer

Syn: looter, pirate, freebooter

Term
Obesity
Definition

noun

excessive fatness

Syn: serious overweight, extreme corpulence

Ant: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness

 

Term
Pauper
Definition

noun

an extremely poor person

Syn: destitute person

Ant: millionaire, tycoon

Term
Pilfer
Definition

verb

to steal in small quantitiesSyn: filch, rob, swipe, purloin

Term
Rift
Definition

noun

a split, break, breach

Syn: cracck, fissure, gap, cleft

Ant: reconciliation

Term
Semblance
Definition

noun

a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

Syn: apperance, air, aura, veneer, facade

Ant: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack

Term
Surmount
Definition

verb

to overcome, rise above

Syn: conquer, triumph over

Ant: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to

Term
Terminate
Definition

verb

to bring to an end

Syn: conclude, finish, discontinue

Ant: begin, commence, initiate

Term
Trite
Definition

adjective

commonplace; overused, stale

Syn: banal, hackneyed, corny

Ant: original, novel, fresh, innovative

Term
Usurp
Definition

verb

to seize and hold a position by force or without right

Syn: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant

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