Unit 12 Vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| clangor | a loud ringing sound (v) to make a loud ringing noise | (n) din, clamor, uproar | (n) silence, stillness, peace and quiet
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| contiguous | side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time | abutting, next door to | detached, apart, distant, remote
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| cupidity | an eager desire for some; greed | avarice, rapacity, craving, lust | contentment, satiety, gratification
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| deleterious | harmful, injurious | detrimental, destructive, pernicious,damaging | helpful, beneficial, harmless, innocuous
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| enhance | to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability | improve, elevate | diminish, degrade
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| enthrall | to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison | fascinate, attract | bore to tears, repel
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| extenuate | to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuse | moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay | intensify, magnified, worsen, exacerbate
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| implicite | implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in | inferred, tacit, unspoken, unconditional | explicit, expressed, stated, revealed
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| incisive | sharp,keen, penetrating (with suggestion of decisive and effectiveness) | acute, cutting, percertive |
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| inimical | tending to cause harm or obstruct developments,; being oppositional or adverse | unfriendly, hostile, antagonistic, contrary | friendly, hospitable, kind
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| ostentacious | marked by conspicuous or pretentious display,showy | flashy, overdone, affected, flamboyant | modest, plain, simple, demure, retiring
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| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection | ideal, paradigm, model, good example |
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| politic | prudent, shrewdly, conceived and developed; artful, expedient | tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspected | unwise, injudicious, imprudent, rash
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| prosaic | dull lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic, not poetic | literal, pedestrian, | remarkable, poetic
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| redundant | extra, excess, more than is needed, wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush | unnecessary, superfluous, verbose, prolix | terse, laconic, scarce, inadequate
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| sanctimonious | making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou | heartfelt, sincere, humble
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| scintillating | sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) | stimulating, glittering | dull, boring, insipid
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| winsome | charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting a childlike charm and innocence) | winning, delightful, prepossing | unattractive, unappealing, repulsive
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| absolve | to clear from blame, responsibility or guilt | acquit, exonerate vindicate, excuse, pardon | condemn,convict, incriminate, inculpate
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| caricature | a representation, such as a drawing, that exaggerates a subjects characteristic features; (v) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way | (n) cartoon, burlesque, lampoon |
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If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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