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Unit 7

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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show (adj.) svere or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor. syn: forbidding, rigorous, puritanical, ascetic, unadorned, subdued. Ant: mild, indulgent, luxurious, flamboyant.  
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show (adj.) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring benefits, doing good. Syn: humanitarian, magnanimous, charitable. Ant: selfish, cruel, harmful, deleterious.  
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show (adj.) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse. Syn: corpselike, wasted, haggard, emaciated, ghastly. Ant: robust, portly, rosy, the picture of health.  
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Concoct   show
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Crass   show
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Debase   show
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show (v.) to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute. Syn: profane, defile, violate. Ant: revere, honor, venerate, consecrate.  
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show (v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of. Syn: upset, rattle, ruffle, faze, perturb. Ant: relax, calm, put at ease.  
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show (adj.) grand in an impressive or stately way; marked by pompous affection or grandeur, absurdly exaggerated. Syn: majestic, bombastic, highfalutin. Ant: simple. modest, unaffected, humble.  
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show (adj.) trifling, unimportant. Syn: trivial, negligible, petty, paltry. Ant: important, essential, crucial, vital.  
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Infraction   show
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Mitigate   show
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show (v.) to rob of goods by open force (as in war), plunder; (n.) the act of looting; booty. Syn: (v.) ravage, sack, loot; (n.) booty.  
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Prate   show
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show (adj.) very careful and exact, attentive to fine points or etiquette or propiety. Syn: precise, scrupulous, exacting, fussy, finicky. Ant: careless, negligent, lax, perfunctory.  
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show (adj.) inspiring fear or awe; illustrious, eminent. Syn: formidable, fearsome, awesome, august. Ant: laughable, risible, contemptible.  
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Reprove   show
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Restitution   show
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show (adj.) strong and sturdy; brave; resolute; (n.) a brave, strong person; a strong supporter; one who takes an uncompromising position. Syn: sturdy, stout, intrepid, valiant; (n.) mainstay. Ant: (adj.) weak, infirm, irresolute, vacillating.  
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show (adj.) open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected. Syn: defenseless, exposed, unguarded. Ant: invincible, protected, safe, secure.  
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