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Power_vocab_#2

lesson two vocabulary

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improvise v. 1 to do or make up with no preparation|In drama class I could not think of a skit so i had to improvise. 2 to fashion using only immediately available materials|When lost in the wilderness, an explorer must be able to improvise a shelter.
jostle| syn: manhandle v. to bump, push, or shove|The bully jostled and pushed around the little kid.
libel| n. syn: defamation ant: flattery| v. syn: insular; unrefined ant: praise; loud n the act of printing a false statement that harms someone reputation|A politician might create a libel to demote an opponent v. to defame someone by publishing false statements. The writer libeled his competitor by falsely criticizing him in an article.
mammoth| adj. syn: enourmous, immense ant: tiny, petite adj. huge| The mammoth computer was used to control the complex satellite. n. a large, hairy, extinct elephant| The mammoth had been trapped in ice for a million years.
paradox| syn: contradiction, impossibility n. a statement or situation that is true, but seems impossible| The prisoner used a paradox to destroy a robot in the futuristic story.
(1)provincial| syn: rustic ant: urban adj. rural, pertaining to the customs of of non-city dwellers| The provincial town had little recent technology
(2)provincial| syn insular, unrefined ant broad-minded adj. narrow in perspective; unsophisticated|The city dweller's provincial ideas brought criticism from more broad-minded people
realm| syn: world n. a domain; a field; a territory| The kings realm stretched across the land.
undermine| syn: sabotage; destabilize ant: bolster; strengthen v. to weaken by wearing a way the foundation or support|The citizens of the distopian society undermined the evil king
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