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Eng 10-12 Synonyms
Stack #179746
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus | apocryphal |
| observed, experiential, pragmatic | empirical |
| a discrepancy, incongruity, difference | disparity |
| minimal, slight, undetectable | imperceptible |
| an aristocrat, peer, noble, highborn | patrician |
| to rechannel, redirect, to elevate | sublimate |
| insight, perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity | acumen |
| showy, ostentatious, ornate, florid | flamboyant |
| to dissemble, pretend, to misrepresent | dissimulate |
| a footman; a toady, flunky, hanger-on | lackey |
| to appease; to placate, to mollify | propitiate |
| excessive, inordinate, repulsive | fulsome |
| to sacrifice, to slay; kill | immolate |
| to arbitrate, referee, mediate | adjudicte |
| an intermediary, channel, contact | liasion |
| undifferentiated, massive, dense | monolithic |
| total repudiation of the "establishment" | nihilism |
| thus, so | sic |
| the right word | mot juste |
| a chronological error | anachronism |
| a fine point; nicety | punctilio |
| fanciful; impractical, utopian | quixotic |
| doleful, melancholy, dismal, dolorous | lugubrious |
| hazardous, perilous, risky, dangerous | parlous |
| a deadlock, stand-off, stalemate | impasse |
| elation, bliss, ecstasy, rapture | euphoria |
| unanimity, concord, accord, harmony | consensus |
| a schism, division, bifurcation | dichotomy |
| a blood feud, rivalry | vendetta |
| gllomy, grotesque; sinister, eerie | gothic |
| gushy; lavish, demonstrative | effusive |
| a renegade, defector, turncoat | apostate |
| a story-teller; anecdotist | raconteur |
| swagger, bluster, braggadacio | bravado |
| a fen, marsh, bog, morass | quagmire |
| an aura, charisma | mystique |
| a necessity, requisite, desideratum | sine qua non |
| a change; transformation; make-over | metamorphosis |
| to contract; squeeze; to curb, restrain | constrict |
| an illogical inference, unsound conclusion | non sequitur |
| a medley, patchwork, melange, potpourri | pastiche |
| a seer, oracle; to bode, foreshadow | augur |
| to dupe, swindle, cheat, defraud,cozen | bilk |
| inane, insipid, fatuous, void, empty | vacuous |
| a caprice, whim, quirk | vagary |
| a fanatic; extremist | zealot |
| egotism, conceit, vanity, amour-propre | narcissism |
| practicable, workable, feasible | viable |
| relevany, pertinent, pat, material, germane | apposite |
| to encroach, horn in, affect | impinge |
| perilous, risky, dubious, ticklish | precarious |
| comical, daffy; a buffoon, clown | zany |
| to enervate, sap, exhaust, enfeeble | enervate |
| tightfisted, penny-pinching, mean | niggardly |
| odious, abominable, reprehensible | execrable |
| a maze, tangle; a mystery, enigma | labyrinth |
| a bond, tie, affinity, understanding | rapport |
| magnetism, appeal, charm, mystique | charisma |
| practical, functional, pragmatic | utilitarian |
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