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Vocab Syn.
Unit 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| uninteresting | vapid, adj |
| tiresome | vapid, adj |
| insipid | vapid, adj |
| cumbersome | unwieldy, adj |
| bulky | unwieldy, adj |
| impermanent | transient, adj |
| fleeting | transient, adj |
| ephemeral | transient, adj |
| prudish | straitlaced, adj |
| puritanical | straitlaced, adj |
| funereal | sepulchral, adj |
| gloomy | sepulchral, adj |
| dismal | sepulchral, adj |
| doleful | sepulchral, adj |
| soporific | adj |
| bane | scourge, n |
| plague | scourge, n |
| pestilence | scourge, n |
| searing | scathing, adj |
| harsh | scathing, adj |
| beneficial | salutary, adj |
| wholesome | salutary, adj |
| salubrious | salutary, adj |
| rule | precept, n |
| principle | precept, n |
| maxim | precept, n |
| troublesome | fractious, adj |
| unruly | fractious, adj |
| quarrelsome | fractious, adj |
| contrary | fractious, adj |
| refractory | fractious, adj |
| recalcitrant | fractious, adj |
| mock | flout, v |
| scoff | flout, v |
| scorn | flout, v |
| steal | filch, v |
| pilfer | filch, v |
| purloin | filch, v |
| swipe | filch, v |
| disentangle | extricate, v |
| extract | extricate, v |
| fair | equitable, adj |
| reasonable | equitable, adj |
| warning | caveat, n |
| caution | caveat, n |
| admonition | caveat, n |
| adorn | blazon, v |
| embellish | blazon, v |
| broadcast | blazon, v |
| sef-evident | axiomatic, adj |
| self-government | autonomy, n |
| pardon | amnesty, n |