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vocab

english 1-2

QuestionAnswer
morally unrestrained licentious
ant: chaste; pure licentious
syn: immoral; lewd licentious
a coin collector numismatist
a scarcity, lack paucity
syn: insufficiency paucity
ant: abundance paucity
believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate fatalistic
to force one self into a situation uninvited obtrude
syn: impose; intrude obtrude
ant: extricate obtrude
dreamily thoughtful pensive
syn: reflective; meditative pensive
ant: silly;frivolous pensive
uninterested; listless lackadaisical
syn:spiritless, apathetic, languid lackadaisical
ant: enthusiastic, inspired lackadaisical
to turn away feelings or affections alienate
syn: estrange, set against alienate
ant: endear, unite alienate
in high spirits: exultantly proud and joyful elated
syn: overjoyed elated
ant: depressed elated
a witty saying expressing a single thought or observation epigram
syn: aphorism, bon mot, quip epigram
to combine amalgamate
syn: unite, blend, merge, consolidate amalgamate
ant: splinter, disunite amalgamate
mentally ill; insane demented
syn: deranged, insane demented
ant: sane demented
to sharpen hone
ant: dull hone
to besiege by encircling (as with an army); to harass beleaguer
syn: surround, annoy beleaguer
ant: evade beleaguer
to eat or swallow greedily gorge
no longer used or useful; very old antiquated
syn: obsolete, out-of-date, archaic antiquated
ant: modern antiquated
a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief from pain opiate
ant: stimulant opiate
an exaggerated portrayal of one's features caricature
syn; mockery, cartoon caricature
to waste time; to dawdle dally
syn: dawdle, loiter dally
ant: hasten, hurry dally
pertaining to or constituting a major crime felonious
syn: criminal felonious
Created by: gina_poynter
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