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Vocabulary Unit 7
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maverick(MAV uh rik)
  • Noun
  • Independent person
  • Individualist, independent thinker, nonconformist

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esoteric(es uh TER ik)
  • Adjective
  • Known or understood only by a select few
  • Synonyms secret, mysterious, difficult, deep,
    profound, abstruse

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undermine(un der MINE)
  • Verb
  • Weaken gradually injure or destroy secretly or
    underhandedly dig beneath or wear away from
    under
  • Synonyms weaken, disable, cripple, undercut,
    sabotage

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alleviate(uh LEE vee ate)
  • Verb
  • Relieve lessen or make more bearable (pain,
    evil, suffering)
  • Synonyms ease, lighten, reduce, mitigate

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bacchanal, bacchanalia(bak uh NAL) (bak uh NAIL
yuh)
  • Noun
  • Wild, drunken party
  • Synonyms party, feast, merrymaking,
    overindulgence, spree, orgy

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hedonist(HEE doh nist)
  • Noun
  • One who lives only for pleasure
  • Synonyms pleasure seeker, playboy, playgirl,
    jet-setter, sybarite

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nihilist(NY uh list, NEE uh list)
  • Noun
  • One who rejects all religious, moral, and
    traditional values, practices, and institutions
  • Synonyms doubter, disbeliever, pessimist,
    revolutionary, rebel, anarchist

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somnolent(SOM nuh lunt)
  • Adjective
  • Sleepy, drowsy causing sleep
  • Synonyms sleepy, drowsy, lulling, slumberous,
    soporific

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diatribe(DY uh tribe)
  • Noun
  • Violent, angry, bitter attack in words
  • Synonyms verbal abuse, denunciation, tirade

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tribulation(trib yuh LAY shun)
  • Noun
  • Great suffering, misery, or distress
  • Synonyms ordeal, trouble, sorrow, hardship,
    affliction
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