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9th Grade

Unit 3 Words 1-20

TermDefinition
Abridge [v] To make shorter Syn: shorten, condense, abbreviate Ant: Expand, enlarge, augment
Adherent [n.] A follower, Supporter; [Adj.] attached, sticking to Syn: disciple Ant: opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
Altercation [n] an angry argument Syn: quarrel, dispute, squabble Ant: agreement, accord
Cherubic [adj] resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, chubby face; sweet and innocent Syn: angelic, seraphic, beatific Ant: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
Condone [v] to pardon or overlook Syn: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to Ant: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
Dissent [v] to disagree; [n] disagreement Syn: differ, dispute Ant: agree, concur; harmony
Eminent [adj] famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting Syn: illustrious, renowned Ant: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble
Exorcise [v] to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive Syn: expel, dispel
Fabricate [v]to make, manufacture; to makeup, invent Syn: put together, devise, contrive, concoct Ant: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish
Irate [adj] angry Syn: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid Ant: calm, composed, cool, unruffled
Marauder [n] a raider, plunderer Syn: looter, pirate, freebooter
Obesity [n] Excessive fatness Syn: serious overweight, extreme corpulence Ant: emaciation gauntness, scrawniness
Pauper [n] an extremely poor person Syn: destitute person Ant: millionaire, tycoon
Pilfer [v] To steal in small quantities Syn: filch, rob, swipe, purloin
Rift [n] A split, break, breach Syn: crack, fissure, gap, cleft Ant: reconciliation
Semblance [n] a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition Syn: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade Ant: dissimilarity, contrast
Surmount [v] To overcome, rise above Syn: conquer, triumph over Ant: be vanquished, be defeated, and succumb to
Terminate [v] To bring to an end Syn: conclude, finish, discontinue Ant: begin, commence, initiate
Trite [adj] Commonplace; overused, stale Syn: banal, hackneyed, corny Ant: original, novel, fresh, innovative
Usurp [v] To seize and hold a position by force or without right Syn: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant
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