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Unit 8 Vocab
| Definition/Synonyms/Antonyms | Word/Part of Speach/Any Notes |
|---|---|
| Wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty/S/ opulence//A/ poverty, want, destitution, scarcity | Affluence /n/ |
| Unpaid or overdue due debts;an unfinished duty/S/ in default, in the red, late, overdue/ | Arrears /n/ Always used pluraly/ |
| A steep, narrow waterfall;something falling or rushing forth in quantity;to flow downward/S/ plunge, rush, tumble//A/drip, drop;triclke, ooze | Cascade/v/n/ |
| to shrink back or hide in fear or submissivness/S/ flinch, duck, cower, fawn //A/ strut, swagger | Cringe/v/ |
| Cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims/S/ grumpy, grouchy, crabby, dissagreeable//A/social, friendly, agreeable, amiable | Crotchery/adj/ |
| The size, shape, or arrangement of something/S/layout, design | Format/n/ |
| Not movable; not moving/S/fixed,stationary, unmoving, rooted//A/ movable, portable, nimble,agile | Immobile/adj/ |
| blocked so that nothing can go through/S/closed, impenatrable//A/unblocked, clear, open, fit for travel | Impassable/adj/ |
| somethingnew, a change; the act of introducing a new method, idea,device, etc./S/novelity. modernization, new wrinkle | Innovation/n/ |
| good-humored, in high spirits; merry/S/jolly, cheerful,festive//A/ gloomy, morse, melancholy, cheerless | Jovial/adj/ |
| a handcuff, anything that chains or confines;to chain or restrain/S/ put in chains, fetter//A/ unchain, set free, emancipate, release | Manacle/n/ Ussually used plrally/ |
| warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, the army, or military life/S/ military, hostile, bellicose//A/peace-loving, peacable, pacific, unwarlike | Martial/adj/ |
| the smallest possible amount; the lowest permissable or possible/S/least//A/jmaximum; highest, most | Minimum/n/adj/ |
| quick and skillful in movement, agile; clever/S/ lively, keen, flexible//A/ awkward, clumsy, stiff, in flexible | Nimble/adj/ |
| the beginning, start(usually of something violent) ; an attack or assault/S/ outset, commencement//A/conclusion, close, end | Onset/n/ |
| something that divides;the act of dividing something into parts or sections;to divide or subdivide into parts or shares | Partition/n/v/ |
| Likely to decay or spoil/S/ short-lived, fleeting//A/ long-lasting, durable, undying, permanent | Perishable/adj/ |
| to find and bring back, get back; to put right, make good/S/recover, regain, fetch, remedy, rectify | Retrieve/v/ |
| appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm/S/frightening, menacing, ominous//A/cheering, encouraging, reassuring, bening | Sinister/adj/ |
| tightly drawn; tense; neat, in good order/S/ tight, strained, orderly, shipshape//A/loose, slack, drooping, meesy, sloppy | Taut/adj/ |
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Mega Matt
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