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Voc from Cliff 3
voc and antonyms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| saturnine | heavy, dull, sullen, morose; opposite of mercurial |
| mercurial | quickly changing; opposite of saturnine |
| procrustean | tending to produce conformity by violent means |
| protean | extremely variable; changeable in shape or form |
| pyrric | consisting of two unaccented syllables |
| siren | one of several sea nymphs or a luring beautiful woman |
| arbitrary | despotic or tyrannical; opposite of legitimate |
| legitimate | genuine, real; opposite of arbitrary |
| despotic | autocratic, tyrannical |
| individual | single, one |
| organizational | being neat and tidy |
| random | not systematic |
| fractious | unruly or irritable; opposite of peaceable |
| peaceable | not argumentative or hostile; opposite of fractious |
| smooth | not rough |
| divisible | capable of being divided, without a remainder |
| fragile | easily breakable |
| refractory | stubbornly disobedient, hard to manage |
| forte | loud; opposite of piano (adj) |
| piano | soft; opposite of forte |
| weak | not strong |
| timid | shy |
| raucous | loud and unruly |
| ruly | not unruly |
| cameo | a medallion cut in relief with the carved figure standing out; opposite of intanglio |
| intaglio | incised carving; opposite of cameo |
| performance | an action on stage or public acting |
| canto | one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem |
| libretto | the text or words of an opera |
| opera | an extended dramatic composition |