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Vocab 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| antipathy | n- an intense dislike |
| antipathy (syn/ant) | syn- aversion ant- affinity |
| elucidate | v- to make clear |
| elucidate *syn/ant) | syn- explain; clarify ant- obscure |
| imminent | adj- likely to happen; threatening |
| imminent (syn/ant) | syn- impending; approaching ant- distant; delayed |
| banal | adj- common; ordinary |
| banal (syn/ant) | syn- trivial; insipid ant- original; fresh |
| obdurate | adj- stubborn; hardhearted |
| obdurate (syn/ant) | syn- inflexible; obstinate ant- compliant; amenable |
| peruse | v- to read carefully; scrutinize |
| bedlam | n- a noisy uproar; a scene of wild confusion |
| bedlam (syn) | syn- mayhem; chaos |
| affluence | n- wealth; richness |
| affluence (syn) | syn- fortune |
| scurrilous | adj- coarsely abusive; vulgar |
| scurrilous (syn/ant) | syn- indecent ant- respectable |
| parody | n- a work which imitates another in a ridiculous manner |
| parody (syn) | syn- caricature; lampoon |
| sedulous | adj- hard working; diligent |
| sedulous (syn/ant) | syn- studious; assiduous ant- lazy; lax |
| onerous | adj- burdensome; heavy; hard to endure |
| onerous (syn) | syn- crushing; distressing |
| amoral | adj- lacking a sense of right and wrong |
| amoral (syn/ant) | syn- corrupt; evil ant- innocent; virtuous |
| eschew | v- to keep away from; to avoid; to shun |
| eschew (ant) | ant- to embrace; to welcome |
| denouement | n- an outcome; a result |
| denouement (syn) | syn- conclusion |