Vocabulary Level E

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Vocabulary Level E

• Unit 7

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abhor

• DEF (v.) to regard with horror or loathing to
  hate deeply
• SYN detest, despise, abominate
• ANT admire, cherish, respect, relish
• WORD CONNECTION
• We abHOR HORrible people.

Cubs and White Sox ABHOR each other!
Most people ABHOR the horrific actions of Adolf
Hitler.
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amend

• DEF (v.) to change in a formal way to change
  for the better
• SYN modify, improve, correct
• WORD CONNECTION
• to MEND to FIX

We can add AMENDMENTS to the Constitution to
improve our society.
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buffet

• DEF (v.) to slap or cuff to strike repeatedly
  to drive or force with blows to force ones way
  with difficulty (n.) a slap or blow
• SYN (v.) to batter, thump, pummel

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chaos

• DEF (n.) great confusions, disorder
• SYN anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
• ANT order, regularity, tranquility

During a riot or after an earthquake there can be
much CHAOS.
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commodious

• DEF (adj.) roomy, spacious
• SYN comfortable, ample, capacious
• ANT cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient

THINK WIDE OPEN SPACES
The inside a limousine is very COMMODIOUS.
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corrosive

• DEF (adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike
  bitterly sarcastic
• SYN caustic, mordant, spiteful
• ANT bland, mild, amiable

Rust is corrosive to metal, like on this car.
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discern

• DEF (v.) to see clearly, recognize
• SYN perceive, detect, distinguish
• ANT overlook

In a line up, a witness is asked to DISCERN which
of the suspects is the guilty one.
A detective uses clues to DISCERN the truth.
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extant
The bald eagle is endangered, but it is still
EXTANT because of protective laws.

• DEF (adj.) still existing not
• exterminated, destroyed, or lost
• SYN surviving, in existence
• ANT extinct, defunct, vanished
• WORD CONNECTION
• EXtant EXists

These people are cancer survivors. They faced
illness, but are still EXTANT.
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implicate

• DEF (v.) to involve in to connect with or be
  related to
• SYN incriminate, entangle
• ANT absolve, exculpate
• WORD CONNECTION
• IMPLIcate to IMPLY that
• someone is involved
• Implicate to point the finger at someone

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inter

• DEF (v.) to bury, commit to the earth to
  consign to oblivion
• ANT unearth, exhume
• SILLY CONNECTION
• Voice with Southern Accent
• Im gonna put this seed INTER the ground! ?

When someone passes away, they are often INTERRED
in a cemetery.
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implicate abhor commodious

• SYNONYMS
• Its amazing! The bathroom of our new home is
  more comfortable than the living room in our old
  apartment!
• I wouldnt say that I detest housework, but I do
  avoid it whenever I can.
• The guilty expression on the suspects face
  clearly incriminated him in the murder and caused
  the police to be suspicious.

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chaos corrosive inter

• COMPLETING THE SENTENCES
• I usually love to garden, but this year I
  havent yet had a chance to ___________________
  my seeds and bulbs.
• Rebeccas _________________ personality had a
  destructive effect on the Book Club because
  nobody wanted to be mocked and ridiculed by her.
• In the ________________ after Hurricane Katrina
  many people were homeless and in need of basic
  necessities.

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amend discern extant buffet

• COMPLETING THE SENTENCES
• Because of the H1N1 flu outbreak, the grade
  school had to ______________ their attendance
  policy to allow for more absences per quarter.
• During the sudden thunderstorm, our small tent
  was severely _____________ by the wind and rain.
• It is sometimes hard to ______________ the
  difference between people who have ambition and
  people who are greedy.
• Although the panda bear is currently
  _______________, if no further protection
  measures are taken, it may be an extinct species
  very soon.

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martinet

• DEF (n.) a strict disciplinarian a stickler
  for the rules
• SYN taskmaster,
• slave driver

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obviate

• DEF (v.) to anticipate and prevent to remove,
  dispose of
• SYN preclude, forestall, ward off

Deodorant OBVIATES body odor.
Vaccinations OBVIATE illness. They PREVENT
people from getting sick.
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renegade

• DEF (n.) one who leaves a group a deserter,
  outlaw (adj.) traitorous unconventional,
  unorthodox
• SYN (n.) turncoat, defector
• ANT (n.) loyalist, patriot

Benedict Arnold was a RENEGADE. He turned into a
TRAITOR against the American revolutionaries.
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reprehensible

• DEF (adj.) deserving blame or punishment
• SYN objectionable, blameworthy
• ANT commendable, blameless

Hitlers REPREHENSIBLE deserved severe punishment.
Michael Vicks REPREHENSIBLE treatment of dogs
deserved punishment.
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somber

• DEF (adj.) dark, gloomy depressed or
  melancholy in spirit
• SYN mournful, dismal
• ANT bright, sunny, cheerful

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squalid

• DEF (adj.) filthy, wretched, debased
• SYN dingy, foul, vile
• ANT neat, exalted, lofty

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turbulent

• DEF (adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent stormy
• SYN tumultuous, unruly, agitated
• ANT calm, placid, tranquil, still
• WORD CONNECTION
• When an airplane experiences
• TURBULENCE, it is a
• BUMPY, TURBULENT
• flight.

Turbulent Skies
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vociferous

• DEF (adj.) loud and noisy compelling attention
• SYN clamorous, uproarious
• ANT quiet, soft-spoken, muted
• WORD CONNECTION
• We can be VOCIFEROUS
• when our VOICE is LOUD.

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voluminous
Voluminous (MASSIVE) Mountain

• DEF (adj.) of great size numerous
• writing or speaking at great lengths
• SYN bulky, massive, plentiful
• ANT meager, brief, succinct
• WORD CONNECTION
• Something VOLUMINOUS
• has a LARGE VOLUME.

Voluminous hair
An encyclopedia is a VOLUMINOUS reference tool.
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waive
Never mind

• DEF (v.) to do without, give up
• voluntarily to put off temporarily
• SYN decline, relinquish, forgo
• ANT claim, accept
• WORD CONNECTION
• Think
• to waive (wave) away
• with your hand