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vocabulart
unit 10-12
| word | definition | synonyms | antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| bellow | make sound like bull; loud angry roar | yell, bawl, holler, howl | whisper, murmer |
| dilapidated | falling apart or ruined, run-down | in disrepair, deteriorated, gone to seed | shipshape, trim |
| dismantle | to take apart; to strip of something | disassemble | put together, assemble, construct |
| futile | not successful, failing to have any result; useless; unimportant, frivolous | fruitless, vain, ineffective | successful, effective |
| grueling | very tiring, calling for an extreme effort | exhausting, punishing, taxing | easy effortless |
| hospitable | offering friendly or generous treatment to guests; open to anything new or strange | gracious, cordial, courteous | unfriendly, cold icy chilly |
| lavish | overly generous, extravagant; abundant; to spend or give freely or without limit | excessive, profuse | stingy, meager; begrudge, stint, deny |
| notorious | widely known because of bad conduct | disgraceful, infamous, disreputable | unknown, obscure, respectable |
| shirk | to avoid or get out of doing work, neglect a duty, to sneak, slink | duck, sidestep | fulfill, perform, shoulder, take on |
| surplus | an amount beyond what is required, excess; more than what is expected or needed | glut, surfeit, overage | shortage, lack, dearth paucity |
| adequate | sufficient, enough | satisfactory, sufficing | insufficient |
| ajar | partly open | (blank) | closed tight, shut, open wide |
| dialogue | a conversation between two or more people; an interchange of opinions and ideas, free discussion | exchange of ideas | monologue, soliloquy |
| havoc | very great destruction, ruin, great confusion and disorder | devastation, harm disarray | peace and quiet, calm, order |
| implore | to beg earnestly for | entreat, beseech, pray | demand forcefully, clamor for |
| infamous | very wicked; disgraceful, shameful | scandalouss, villainous, flagrant, heinous | glorious, splendid, illustrious, praiseworthy |
| innumerable | too many to count, without number | countless, beyond reckoning | countable, few in number |
| narrative | a story, detailed report; having the quality or the nature of a story | tale, chronicle | (blank) |
| pact | an agreement, treaty | compact, alliance, deal | (blank) |
| vindictive | bearing a grudge, feeling or showing a strong tendenccy toward revenge | vengeful, spiteful, malicious | forgiving, relenting |
| abound | to be plentiful, be filled | burst with, overflow with, teem with | lack, want |
| braggart | a boaster, boastful in a loud annoying way | bigmouth, blowhard | (blank) |
| clarification | the act of making clear or understandable, and explanation | elucidation, explication | (blank) |
| leisurely | unhurried, taking plenty of time; in an easygoing or unhurried way | slow or relaxed | hasty , hurried, rushed, hectic |
| nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place | roving, roaming, vagrant, migratory, itinerant | stationary, settled, rooted, fixed |
| quest | a search, hunt; to search, seek, ask | pursuit, venture | (blank) |
| random | by chance, not planned or prearranged; irregular | haphazard, arbitrary | deliberate, planned, systematic |
| reinforce | to make stronger with new materials or support | strengthen, bolster, prop up, support | weaken, undermine, sap, impair |
| status | a person's condition or position in the eyes of the law; relative rank or standing, especially in society; prestige | situation, recognition | (blank) |
| turmoil | a state of great confusion or disorder; mental strain or agitation | upheaval, tumult, chaos | peace and quiet, order |
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