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Vocab Lesson 3

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Amity Noun Friendship Syn: Peacefulness; harmony Ant: disagreement; hostility The four girls were always at each other's sides, but eventually their amity faded.
Cater Verb To supply what is needed or desired, especially support or food Syn: Provide; contribute Ant: Neglect; reject Sam used to cater at birthday parties with pizzas, but he moved on to fancier events like weddings with fillet mignon.
Guise Noun A false appearance Syn: semblance The actors in commercials put on friendly guises to sell the products more effectively.
Inconsequential Adjective Of little or no importance Syn: unnecessary; unrelated Ant: appropriate; important It would be inconsequential to ask my mom to drive, because I am 12 and she would never let me.
Jubilant Adjective Joyous, especially because of success Syn: elated; happy Ant: depressed; disappointed The jubilant children walked out of the exam, knowing that they all got A's.
Placate Verb To calm; to pacify Syn: appease; satisfy Ant: enrage; anger My mom wants me to placate my sister when she is crying over the TV rather than get the remote and continue watching.
Preclude Verb To prevent Syn: appease; satisfy Ant: allow; permit To preclude getting sick, wash your hands often.
Repress Verb To hold back or put down with force; to suppress Syn: restrain; stifle Ant: release; permit She tried to repress the memory of when her dog died
Saturate Verb To fill or soak to capacity Syn: drench; permeate; infuse Ant: desiccate; sear; parch To saturate her thirst, Jane drank five cups of water
Slake Verb 1. To satisfy; to quench 2. To make less intense 1. syn: fulfill; please 2. syn: abate; mitigate; diminish ant: intensify; amplify 2. People use anesthetics to slake their pain in surgery
Sortie Noun 1. a flight of a combat aircraft on a mission 2. an armed attack, especially against surrounding enemy forces 2. syn: maneuver; assult The enemy army couldn't see the planes in the sortie because it was dark and rainy
Succumb Verb To submit reluctantly; to yield Syn: give in; surrender Ant: withstand; resist He succumbed to the pain in his leg after his surgery
Tranquil Adjective Calm; peaceful Syn: placid; serene Ant: bustling; busy Cabins in the mountains are very isolated and tranquil
Venomous Adjective 1. poisonous 2. intentionally harmful; malevolent 1. Syn: toxic; lethal Ant: harmless; innocuous; safe 2. Syn: malicious; spiteful; cruel Ant: benevolent; benign; kind The venomous snake bit the man and killed him
Wrest Verb To obtain through force, usually by twisting and turning violently Syn: wring; wrench Susan wrested the book out Patrick's hands so she could read it
Created by: duckapus
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