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vocab workshop c
unit 4 synonyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| solicitous | concerned, anxious |
| muster | to assemble, mobilize, marshal; roster, inventory |
| prone | lying face down, prostrate; liable, apt |
| oust | to expel, eject |
| frivolous | silly, foolish, inane; petty trifling |
| recourse | something a person can turn to for help |
| bolster | to strengthen, reinforce, buttress; to validate |
| ornate | fancy, elaborate, flashy, flamboyant |
| staid | sedate, sober, prim |
| residue | a remnant; the remains, leavings |
| blase | bored, indifferent, apathetic |
| nonentity | a nobody |
| sustain | to nourish, foster; to maintain; to undergo |
| promontory | a cliff, headland |
| annul | to cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify |
| obsess | to preoccupy, monopolize one's mind |
| porous | leaky, permeable |
| deplore | to lament, bemoan, bewail |
| qualm | a regret, second thought, scruple |
| peruse | to study, pore over, scrutinize |