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Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 14
Unit 14 Definitions, synonyms, antonyms
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11th Grade
12/02/2012

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amenable
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(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsibility
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amenable (syn)
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agreeable, compliant, docile
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amenable (ant)
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unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant
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berate
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(v) to scold sharply
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berate (syn)
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chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
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berate (ant)
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praise, compliment, pat on the back
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carnage
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(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life
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carnage (syn)
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butchery, bloodbath, massacre
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credulous
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(adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived
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credulous (syn)
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gullible
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credulous (ant)
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dubious, skeptical
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criterion
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(n) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
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criterion (syn)
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yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon
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deplete
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(v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
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deplete (syn)
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exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
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deplete (ant)
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replenish, refill, restock, resupply
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expatiate
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(v) to expand on, write or talk at length in detail; to move about freely
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expatiate (syn)
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elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
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expatiate (ant)
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sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate
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extraneous
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(adj) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
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extraneous (syn)
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incidental, extrinsic
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extraneous (ant)
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intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane
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inception
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(n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
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inception (syn)
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commencement, inauguration, outset
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inception (ant)
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completion, conclusion, termination
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infirmity
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(n)a weakness, or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
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infirmity (syn)
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affliction, malady, defect
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jejune
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(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
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jejune (syn)
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vapid, insipid, puerile, childish
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jejune (ant)
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stimulating, mature
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obdurate
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(adj) stubborn, unyielding
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obdurate (syn)
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obstinate, adamant
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obdurate (ant)
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yielding, tractable, flexible
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potpourri
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(n) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general misture petals mixed with spices for scent
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potpourri (syn)
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hodgepodge, mélange, farrago, medley
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potpourri (ant)
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homogeneous or uniform group
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precocious
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(adj) showing unusually early development ( especially in talent and mental capacity)
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precocious (syn)
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forward, gifted, advanced
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precocious (ant)
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backward, retarded, slow
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sadistic
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(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
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sadistic (syn)
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brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish
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sadistic (ant)
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masochistic, clement, humane, merciful
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sententious
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(adj) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
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sententious (syn)
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aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
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sententious (ant)
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discursive, diffuse, episodic
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supplicate
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(v) to beg earnestly and humbly
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supplicate (syn)
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plead, petition, implore, entreat
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surfeit
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(n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; (v) to feed or supply with anything to excess
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surfeit (syn)
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(n) excess, glut; (v) cloy, satiate
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surfeit (ant)
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(n) death, paucity, lack
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tortuous
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(adj) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
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tortuous (syn)
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circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine
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tortuous (ant)
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direct, straight, straightforward
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turgid
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(adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
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turgid (syn)
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inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown
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turgid (ant)
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muted, understand, unadorned, austere
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