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KD lesson 4

WordDefinitionSynonymAntonym
Aberration n.- deviation from expected course difference, abnormality, turning point average, regularity, sameness
Affectation n.- show, pretense, display artificiality artlessness
compliance n.- act of request or demand agreement, docility defiance, disagreement, disobedience, dissent, noncompliance, nonconformity
Derivative adj.- adopted from others acquired, ancestral, caused, cognate, connate, copied, derivate inventive, new, original, primary, unborrowed, underivative
Discern v.- to perceive with eyes or intellect detect, recognize, differentiate, discover, descry, behold, ascertain disregard, miss, neglect, overlook
Effusive adj.- unrestrained or excessive emotional expression gushing, demonstrative, enthusiastic, extravagant, exuberant constrained, reserved, restrained, taciturn
Evanesce v.- to dissipate or disappear like vapor disappear appear
Heretic n.- person who holds contraversial opinion contradiction agreement
impassive adj.- not subject to emotion aloof, apathetic, callous, cold, collected, dispassionate caring, concerned, interested, passionate
Incongruous adj.- lacking in harmony, in disagreement absurd, conflicting, contradictory, discordant, disparate reasonable, rational, agreeable
Blithe adj.- carefree and lighthearted happy, cheerful, gladsome, animated, carefree, jaunty, mirthful depressed, downhearted, miserable, sorrowful
Interlocutor n.- one that takes part in conversation formally talker listener
Jaunt n.- short trip or excursion outing, expedition, adventure consistency
Mince v.- to pronounce effectedly to cut or chop dice, divide, grind, hack, hash, whack, crumble, chip, cut reattach
Odious adj.- hateful hateful, abhorrent, abominable, creep lovable, admirable, appealing
Pliant adj.- easily bent and changed pliable, modifiable, malleable inflexible, intractable, unadaptable, rigid
Presumptuous adj.- going beyond wha'ts right or proper self-confident, arrogant, cheeky, conceited modest, humble
Rhetoric n.- art or study of using language effectively wordiness, address, bombast, discourse, oration inarticulate
Veneer n.- thin surface layer glued to base of material pretence, appearance, coating, disguise, covering, gloss interior
Wax v.- to gradually increase in size, number, strength, and intensity enlarge, augment, build, develop decrease
Created by: mangiethemango
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