Vocabulary Unit 3 Definitions Synonyms and Antonyms
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| abridge | (v) to make shorter
SYN: shorten, condense, abbreviate
ANT: expand, enlarge, augment
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| adherent | (n) a follower, supporter
(adj) attached, sticking to
SYN: (n) disciple
ANT: (n) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
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| altercation | (n) an angry argument
SYN: quarrel, dispute, squabble
ANT: agreement, accord
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| cherubic | (adj) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
SYN: angelic, seraphic, beatific
ANT: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
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| condone | (v) to pardon or overlook
SYN: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to
ANT: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
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| dissent | (v) to disagree
(n) disagreement
SYN: (v) differ, dispute
ANT: (v) agree, concur
(n) unanimity, harmony
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| eminent | (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
SYN: illustrious, renowned
ANT: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly; humble
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| exorcise | (v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
SYN: expel, dispel
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| fabricate | (v) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
SYN: put together, devise, contrive, concoct
ANT: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish
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| irate | (adj) angry
SYN: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid
ANT: calm, composed, cool, unruffled
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| marauder | (n) a raider, plunderer
SYN: looter, pirate, freebooter
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| obesity | (n) excessive fatness
SYN: serious overweight, extreme corpulence
ANT: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness
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| pauper | (n) an extremely poor person
SYN: destitute person
ANT: millionaire, tycoon
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| pilfer | (v)to steal in small quantities
SYN: filch, rob, swipe, purloin
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| rift | (n) a split, break, breach
SYN: crack, fissure, gap, cleft
ANT: reconciliation
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| semblance | (n) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
SYN: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade
ANT: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack
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| surmount | (v) to overcome, rise above
SYN: conquer, triumph over
ANT: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to
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| terminate | (v) to bring to an end
SYN: conclude, finish, discontinue
ANT: begin, commence, initiate
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| trite | (adj) commonplace; overused, stale
SYN: banal, hackneyed, corny
ANT: original, novel, fresh, innovative
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| usurp | (v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
SYN: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant
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