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Unit 10
Unit 10 Sadlier Oxford Level A 6th grade
| Word | Definition | Part of speech | synonym | antonym |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| abominable | arousing hatred; disgusting;detestable | adj | hateful, despicable, loathsome | praiseworthy, delightful, charming |
| bumbling | blundering and awkware; clumsiness | adj and noun | clumsy, stumbling | forceful, effective,skillful, adroit |
| consequence | a result, effect; importance | noun | outcome, significance | cause, source |
| delude | to fool, deceive, mislead | verb | trick hoodwink | (blank) |
| dole | to give out in small amounts; money, food or other given as charity | verb | ration, allot, distribute;handout | (blank) |
| engulf | to swallow up, overwhelm, consume | verb | envelop, encompass, immerse | (blank) |
| foil | to defeat; a think sheet of metal; a fencing sword | verb and noun | frustrate, thwart, counter; rapier | aid abet assist advance promote |
| formulate | to express definitely; to devisse, invent; | verb | define, articulate, fram, specify | (blank) |
| initiative | taking the first step | noun | leadership, enterprise | laziness, sloth,shiftlessness |
| memento | something that serves as a reminder | noun | remembrance, keepsake, souvenir | (blank) |
| nonconformist | a person who refuses to follow establised ways or ideas | noun and adj | maverick, individualist;, bohemian | traditionalist, conventionalist; traditional, conventional, conservative |
| null and void | without legal force or effect; no longer binding | adj | canceled, invalid, repealed, abolished | in effect, binding, valid |
| panorama | a wide unobstructed view | noun | vista, overview | (blank) |
| posterity | all of a person's offspring; future generations | noun | ancestry, ancesters, forebears, the past | (blank) |
| pry | to pull lose by force; be nosy | verb | snoop meddle | (blank) |
| refurbish | to brighten, freshen or polish; restore | verb | remodel, renew, spuce up | dilapidate, run down |
| resourceful | able to deal with all sorts of problems; clever | adj | inventive, ingenious, skillfull | (blank) |
| rigorous | sever, harsh, strict; thoroughly logical | adj | tough, trying, challenging, stringent | easy, lax, indulgent, undemanding |
| subsequent | coming after; followingin time, place or order | adj | following, later, next succeeding, ensuing | previous, prior, preceding |
| unerring | making no mistakes, faultless, changes in weather | adj | sure, certain, unfailing | faulty, fallible, unreliable |