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Vocabulary Workshop Level C unit 9
Unit 9 syn, ant, and POS
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English
7th Grade
04/10/2012

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Term
Apt
Definition

adj.

fit, liabe, proper, appropriate

Inapropriate, unlikely, slow

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Awry
Definition

adj./adv.

Askew, amiss, crooked

straight, symmetrical

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Bludgeon
Definition

n/v

n. cudgel, v. clobber, clout

Term
Capitulate
Definition

v.

surrender

 hold out, persist

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Chafe
Definition

n./v.

Irritate, scrape, abrade

soothe, mollify, please, elate

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Defile
Definition

v./n.

n. gorge, small canyon

v. walk in a single-fiel line, pollute, contaminate, descrate

cleanse, purify

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Dire
Definition

adj.

ominous, urgent, sinister, disasterous

favorable, benficial, auspicious

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Disarming
Definition

adj.

endearing, winning

alarming, troubling, disquieting

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Disgruntled
Definition

adj.

displeased, grumpy, surly

pleased, satisfied, content

Term
Encroach
Definition

v.

intrude, infringe

 

Term
Endow
Definition

v.

grant, bestow, present, bequeath

take away, deprive

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Fend
Definition

v.

stave off, cope

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Impunity
Definition

n. 

exemption form penalty, immunity

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Mien
Definition

n.

look, bearing, demeanor

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Penal
Definition

adj.

correctional, disciplinary

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Pertinent
Definition

adj.

relevant, germane, apropos

irrelevant, unrelated, immaterial

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Predominant
Definition

adj.

chief, major, paramount, prevalent

secondary, minor, subsidiary, rare 

 

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Prodigy
Definition

n.

freak, marvel, genius, wonder

dumbbell, dunce, dullard

Term
Recluse
Definition

n.

loner, hermit

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Renown
Definition

n.

reputation, prestige, celebrity

obscurity, notoriety, infamy

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