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Vocabulary List 12 (synonyms)
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English
9th Grade
01/19/2010

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Term
bolster (verb)
Definition
buttress, fortify, strengthen, support, brace, gird, prepare
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credible (adjective)
Definition
believable, conceivable, plausible, ostensible, reliable, veracious,
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incredulous (adjective)
Definition
disbelieving, skeptical, dubious, suspicious
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laconic (adjective)
Definition
terse, brief, concise, condensed, pithy, succinct
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incredible (adjective)
Definition
unbelievable, preposterous, absurd, apocryphal, astonishing, outrageous
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martyr (verb)
Definition
crucify, persecute, sacrifice
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perfunctory (adjective)
Definition
cursory, half-hearted, unenthusiastic, brusque, abrupt, curt, terse
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platitude (noun)
Definition
cliché, banality, bromide, stereotype, truism
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redundant (adjective)
Definition
superfluous, reiterative, repetitious, tautological
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resolve (noun)
Definition
purpose, motivation, desire, drive, will, resolution
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scapegoat (verb)
Definition
blame
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seclusion (noun)
Definition
isolation, solitude, reclusiveness, withdrawal, sequestration, segregation
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thematic (adjective)
Definition
topical
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trite
Definition
banal, hackneyed, shopworn, stereotyped, unimaginative, uninspired, unoriginal
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unequivocal (adjective)
Definition
categorical, definitive, explicit, patent, unambiguous, obvious, utter, absolute
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