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English 111
  • Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
  • Level G, Unit 13
  • Hannah Burwell

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abstruse
  • (adj.) extremely difficult to understand
  • Synonyms esoteric, arcane, recondite, occult
  • Antonyms simple, straightforward

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affront
  • (n.) an open or intentional insult a slight
    (v.) to insult to ones face to face in
    defiance, confront
  • Synonyms (n.) offense (v.) offend
  • Antonym (n., v.) compliment, praise

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canard
  • (n.) a false rumor, fabricated story
  • Synonym hoax

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captious
  • (adj.) excessively ready to find fault given to
    petty criticism intending to trap, confuse, or
    show-up
  • Synonyms faultfinding nit-picking, carping
  • Antonym uncritical

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cognizant
  • (adj.) aware, knowledgeable, informed having
    jurisdiction
  • Synonyms conscious, acquainted
  • Antonyms unaware, unconscious, oblivious

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contrite
  • (adj.) regretful for some misdeed or sin plagued
    by a sense of guilt thoroughly penitent
  • Synonyms remorseful, rueful
  • Antonyms unrepentant, unapologetic, impenitent

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cynosure
  • (n.) the center of attraction, attention, or
    interest something that serves to guide or
    direct
  • Synonym focus

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decorous
  • (adj.) well behaved, dignified socially proper
  • Synonyms seemly, becoming, tasteful
  • Antonyms unseemly, unbecoming, improper,
    tasteless

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deign
  • (v.) to think it appropriate or suitable to ones
    dignity to do something to condescend
  • Synonyms deem, stoop

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desiccated
  • (adj.) thoroughly dried out divested of spirit
    or vitality arid and uninteresting
  • Synonyms dehydrated, shriveled, parched
  • Antonyms sodden, soggy, waterlogged, drenched

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efficacy
  • (n.) the power to produce a desired result
  • Synonyms effectiveness, potency, reliability
  • Antonyms ineffectiveness, impotence

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engender
  • (v.) to bring into existence, give rise to,
    produce to come into existence, assume form
  • Synonyms beget, generate, cause, form
  • Antonyms stop, deter

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ethereal
  • (adj.) light, airy, delicate highly refined
    suggesting what is heavenly (rather than
    earthbound)
  • Synonyms heavenly, celestial, gossamer
  • Antonyms infernal, hellish, thick, heavy

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facade
  • (n.) the front or face of the building a
    surfaced appearance (as opposed to what may lie
    behind)
  • Synonyms exterior, surface, mask, pretense
  • Antonym interior

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ghoulish
  • (adj.) revolting in an unnatural or morbid way
    suggestive of someone who robs graves or
    otherwise preys on the dead
  • Synonyms fiendish, barbarous, monstrous

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incongruous
  • (adj.) not in keeping, unsuitable, incompatible
  • Synonyms discordant, jarring
  • Antonyms compatible, harmonious, consistent

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machination
  • (n.) a crafty, scheming, or underhanded action
    designed to accomplish some (usually evil) end
  • Synonyms plot, scheme, maneuver

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mesmerize
  • (v.) to hypnotize, entrance to fascinate,
    enthrall, bewitch

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opprobrium
  • (n.) disgrace arising from shameful conduct
    contempt, reproach
  • Synonyms infamy, dishonor, odium, shame
  • Antonyms acclaim, honor, glory, renown

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putative
  • (adj.) generally regarded as such reputed,
    hypothesized, inferred
  • Synonym supposed, presumed
  • Antonyms known, corroborated, confirmed
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