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to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry
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vocab unit 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry | cavort |
| Synonym Cavort | gambol |
| belife, mental acceptance | creedence |
| synonym creedence | credit, trust , confidence |
| Antonym Creedence | disibelief, skepticism, incredulity |
| to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate | decry |
| decry synonym | denounce, censure, devalue |
| decry antynoym | tout, commend, extol, laud, praise |
| to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false impression | dissemble |
| synonym dissemble | dissimulate, mask, feign |
| very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict | distraught |
| synonym distraught | distracted |
| distraught A | calm, collected |
| a formal statement of commendation; high praise | eulogy |
| eulogy s | panegyric, encomium, tribute |
| eulogy a | phillip, invective |
| to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke | evince |
| evince S | exhibit, manifest, occasion |
| to remove from a grave; to bring to light | exhume |
| exhume S | disinter, unearth, uncover |
| Exhume a | bury, inter |
| lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unrealiable | feckless |
| feckless A | competent, capable, effective |
| feckless S | feeble, incompetent, ineffectual |
| dark and gloomy, obscure, lacking in clarity and precision | murky |
| murky a | clear, transparent, lucid, limpid |
| murky s | dim cloudy |
| wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards | nefarious |
| nefarious A | virtuous. honorable, praiseworthy, merituous |
| nefarious S | iniquitious, reprehensive |
| stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative | piquant |
| piquant s | zestful, tangy |
| piquant a | bland, inspid, tasteless, mild |
| developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage fundamental, basic | primordial |
| primordial S | original, primal |
| nearness in place or time; | propinquity |
| propinquity A | remoteness, distance |
| propinquity S | similarity |
| real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic | substantive |
| substantive A | imaginary, unreal, meaningless |
| substantive S | firm, substantial, meaty |
| not usual or expected; not in character | unwonted |
| unwonted S | unusual, uncommon, unexpected, atyopical |
| unwonted A | usual, customary, typical |
| founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical | utopian |
| utopian S | idealistic |
| utopian A | realistic, pragmatic |
| language that is too wordy or inflated in rproportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression | verbiage |
| verbiage S | prolixity, diction, jargon |
| green in tint or color; immature in experiece or judgement | verdant |
| verdant S | artless, naive |
| verdant A | scorched, sere, barren |
| having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity | viscous |
| viscous S | sticky, thick |
| viscous A | watery, aqueous |
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