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Unit 10 Synonyms
H Vocabulary Workshop New Edition
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12th Grade
05/12/2010
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acumen
 Definition
S: perspicacity, shrewdness, acuity
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adjudicate
 Definition
S: arbitrate, referee, mediate
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anachronism
 Definition
S: chronological error
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apocryphal
 Definition
S: fictitious, mythical, spurious, bogus
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disparity
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S: discrepancy, incongruity
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dissimulate
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S: dissemble, pretend, misrepresent
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empirical
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S: observed, experiential, pragmatic
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flamboyant
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S: showy, ostentatious, florid
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fulsome
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S: inordinate, repulsive
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immolate
 Definition
S: slay, kill
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imperceptible
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S: minimal, undetectable
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lackey
 Definition
S: footman, toady, flunky, hanger-on
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liaison
 Definition
S: intermediary, channel
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monolithic
 Definition
S: undifferentiated, massive, dense
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mot juste
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S: right word
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patrician
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S: aristocrat, peer, noble; highborn
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propitiate
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S: placate, mollify
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sublimate
 Definition
S: rechannel, elevate
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