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VOCAB MP3 UNIT2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Grad/gress | Go, step |
| Graduate (verb) | successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or high school. move up to (a more advanced level or position). Syn:Progress,Ant:Regress Arrange in a series or according to a scale Syn:Order,group,categorize Ant:Disperse,disorder,scatter |
| Graduate (Noun) | a person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate academic degree a graduated cup, tube, flask, or measuring glass, used especially by chemists and pharmacists. |
| Agressive | Adj Definitions: ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression Synonyms: hostile, pugnacious, combative Antonyms: calm, meek, friendly, peaceful |
| Digress | Verb Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing Synonyms(Verb): deviate, diverge Antonyms(Verb): stay, be direct |
| Digression | Noun Digression: a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing Synonyms (Noun): deviation, divergence Antonyms (Noun): conformity, directness |
| Transgress | Verb Definitions: infringe or go beyond the bounds of (a moral principle or other established standard of behavior). Synonyms: Misbehave, err, violate Antonyms: Behave, Obey |
| Ist | Dealer, doer |
| Chauvinist | Noun Definition: a person displaying excessive or prejudiced support for their own cause or group, in particular a man prejudiced against women Synonyms: sexist, misogynist, male supremacist Antonyms: feminist, egalitarian |
| Misogynist | Noun Definition: a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women Synonyms: chauvinist, sexist, male supremacist Antonyms: feminist, egalitarian, misandrist (hater of men) |
| Seismologist | Noun Definition: a scientist who specializes in the study of earthquakes Synonyms: none Antonyms: none |
| Sophist | Noun Definition: a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in ancient Greece, associated in popular thought with moral skepticism and specious reasoning. Synonyms: teacher Antonyms: antisophist |
| Ped | foot |
| Impediment | Noun Definition: a hindrance or obstruction in doing something Synonyms: obstruction, obstacle, handicap, encumbrance, limitation Antonyms: benefit |
| Expedient (adj) | Definitions: Adj: (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral Synonyms: Adj:advantageous,beneficial,pragmatic Antonyms: Adj:inexpedient, ill-advised |
| Expedient (Noun) | Noun: a means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but considered improper or immoral Synonym: Noun: method, plot, tactic, scheme, stratagem, ruse Ant: Noun: permanent |
| Pedestrian | Noun/Adj Def (N) Person walking along a road or in an area Syn: Walker, stroller, wayfarer Ant: Driver Def(Adj) Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull Syn: Ordinary, unexciting, monotonous, commonplace Ant: inspired, exciting |
| Pedantic | Adj Definition: Pedantic means "like a pedant," someone who's too concerned with literal accuracy or formality. Synonyms: bookish, overscrupulous, formalist, punctilious, fastidious Antonyms: plain, simple |
| Pedagogue | Noun Definition: a teacher, especially a strict or pedantic one Synonyms: teacher, tutor, academic, professor, guru Antonyms: pupil, student |
| Pediatrician | Noun Definition: a medical practitioner specializing in children and their diseases. Synonyms: none- similar is doctor but not as specific Antonyms: none |
| Port | Carry |
| Portmanteau | Noun 1.Large trunk/suitcase, made of leather, opening to equal parts 2. a word blending that sounds and combining the meanings of two others (motel, brunch) Syn (1): Suitcase Syn (2) Compounds, blend/word Ant (both): none |
| Portable | Adj Definition: able to be easily carried or moved, especially because being of a lighter and smaller version than usual Synonyms: transportable, conveyable, portative Antonyms: inconvenient, cumbersome |
| Portly | Adj Definition: having a stout body; somewhat fat (used especially of a man) of a stately or dignified appearance and manner Synonyms: paunchy, roly-poly, podgy Antonyms: slim, thin |
| Deport | Verb Definition: expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having committed a crime Synonyms: banish, evict, oust, extradite Antonyms: admit, import |
| Export | Verb/noun Definition: Verb: send (goods or services) to another country for sale Noun: a commodity, article, or service sold abroad. Synonyms: V: transport N: commodity Antonyms: V: import, admit, retain N: import |
| Import (verb) | Verb Definition: V: bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale Synonyms: V: bring Antonyms: Export, deport |
| Important (nouns 1 and 2) | N: 1. article or service brought in from abroad for sale 2. the meaning or significance, especially when not stated "the import of her message is clear". Synonyms: N 2: gist, importance,essence Antonyms: N1 export deport, N2 Triviality, insignificance |
| Portfolio | Noun Definition: 1. a large, thin, flat case for loose sheets of paper such as drawings or maps. 2. a range of investments held by a person or organization Synonyms: None Antonyms: None |
| Reporter | Noun Definition: a person who reports, especially one employed to report news or conduct interviews for newspapers or broadcasts Synonyms: journalist, newscaster, blogger, newspaperman/woman Antonyms: None |
| Transportation | Noun Definition: the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported Synonyms: shipment, conveyance, carriage Antonyms: motionless, stagnation |
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