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Vocab section 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abhor | To regard with horror or loathing, to hate deeply. Detest, abominate |
| Amend | To change in a formal way, to change for the better. Modify, improve |
| Buffet | To slap or cuff repeatedly. A slap or blow. Batter, sock, pummel |
| Chaos | Great confusion, disorder. Anarchy, turmoil. Antonym: tranquility |
| Commodious | Roomy, spacious. Ample, capacious. Antonyms: cramped, insufficient |
| Corrosive | Eating away gradually, acidlike, bitterly sarcastic. Caustic, mordant, acidulous. Antonyms: bland, benign, amiable |
| Discern | To see clearly, recognize. percieve, distinguish. Antonym: overlook |
| Implicate | to involve in, to connect with. incriminate, entangle. Antonym: absolve, exculpate |
| Inter | to bury, commit to the earth, consign to oblivion. Antonym:Exhume,unearth |
| Martinet | A strict disciplinarian, stickler for the rules. Taskmaster, slave driver |
| Obviate | to anticipate and prevent, to dispose of. Forestall, ward off |
| Renegade | one who leaves a group/traitorous. turncoat, heretic. Antonym:loyalist |
| Reprehensible | deserving blame or punishment. Culpable, odious. Antonym: meritorious |
| Somber | dark, gloomy. Dismal. Antonym: Cheerful, jaunty |
| Squalid | Filthy, wretched, debased. Dingy, sordid, abject. Antonym: exalted, lofty |
| Turbulent | riotous, violent, stormy. Tumultous, unruly. Antonym: placid, still |
| Vociferous | loud and noisy, compelling attention. Clamorous, uproarious. Antonym: muted, subdued |
| Voluminous | of great size, numerous. Copious, plentiful. Antonym: meager, scant, succinct. |
| Waive | to do without, give up voluntarily. Relinquish, forgo. Antonym: claim, accept |
| extant | still existing, not destroyed or lost. surviving. Antonym: defunct |