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Vocab. Unit 11
Sadlier Oxford Level D
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| brevity | shortness |
| comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
| concise | expressing much in few words |
| demure | sober or serious in manner; modest |
| depreciation | a lessening in value, a belittling |
| deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
| brevity | syn: terseness, pithiness ant: verbosity, prolixity |
| concise | syn: pithy ant: verbose, prolix |
| demure | syn: diffident, sedate, seemly, decorous |
| deteriorate | syn: degenerate, debase |
| divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
| enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
| forestall | to prevent by acting first |
| garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
| proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
| quaver | to shake, tremble; to trill |
| recoil | to spring back, shrink; to act of springing back |
| divulge | syn: impart |
| enlightened | syn: cultivated ant: benighted |
| forestall | syn: thwart, preclude |
| garble | ant: elucidate |
| proponent | syn: exponent |
| quaver | syn: palpitate, trill |
| recoup | to make up for, regain |
| reek | an unpleasant smell; to give off a strong impression |
| relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| squander | to spend foolishly, waste |
| staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
| statute | a law |
| recoup | ant: default |
| relentless | syn: umremitting |
| rivulet | syn: rill |
| squander | syn: dissipate |
| statute | syn: enactment |