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Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 3
Unit 3 Definitions, synonyms, antonyms
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9th Grade
10/03/2010

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abridge
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(v) to make shorter
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abridge (ant)
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(v)expand, enlarge, augment
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adherent
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(n)a follower, a supporter
(adj) attached, sticking to
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adherent (ant)
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(n)opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
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altercation
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(n)an angry argument
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altercation (ant)
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(n) agreement, accord
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cherubic
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(adj)resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, chubby face; sweet and innocent
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cherubic (ant)
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(adj) impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
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condone
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(v) to pardon or overlook
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condone (ant)
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(v) censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
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dissent
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(v) to disagree
(n) disagreement
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dissent (ant)
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(v)agree, concur
(n)unanimity, harmony
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eminent
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(adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting
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eminent (ant)
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(adj) obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble
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exorcise
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(v) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome
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fabricate
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(v)to make, manufacture, to make up, invent
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fabricate (ant)
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(v)take apart, undo, destroy, demolish
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irate
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(adj) angry
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irate (ant)
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(adj) calm, composed, cool, unruffled
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marauder
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(n) a raider, plunderer
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obesity
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(n) excessive fatness
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obesity (ant)
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(n)emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness
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pauper
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(n) extremely poor person
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pauper (ant)
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(n) millionaire, tycoon
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pilfer
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(v) to steal in small quatities
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rift
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(n)a split, break, breach
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rift (ant)
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(n) reconciliation
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semblance
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(n) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
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semblance (ant)
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(n) dissimilirity, contrast, total lack
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surmount
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(v) to overcome, rise above
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surmount (ant)
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(v) be vanquished, be defeated, succomb to
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terminate
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(v) to bring to an end
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terminate (ant)
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(v) begin, commence, initiate
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trite
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(adj) commonplace; overused, stale
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trite (ant)
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(adj) original, novel, fresh, innovative
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usurp
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(v) to seize and hold a position by force or without right
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abridge (syn)
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(v) shorten, condense, abbreviate
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adherent (syn)
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(n) disciple
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altercation (syn)
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(n)quarrel, dispute, squabble
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cherubic (syn)
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(adj)angelic, seraphic, beatific
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condone (syn)
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(v)ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to
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dissent (syn)
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(v) differ, dispute
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eminent (syn)
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(adj)illustrious, renowned
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exorcise (syn)
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(v) expel, dispel
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fabricate (syn)
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(v)put together, devise, contrive, concoct
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irate (syn)
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(adj) incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid
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maruader (syn)
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(n)looter, pirate, freebooter
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obesity (syn)
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(n)serious overweight, extreme corpulence
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pauper (n)
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(n)destitute person
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pilfer (syn)
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(v)filch, rob, swipe, purloin
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rift (syn)
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(n)crack, fissure, gap, cleft
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semblance (syn)
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(n)appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade
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surmount (syn)
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(v)conquer, triumph over
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terminate (syn)
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(v)conclude, finish, discontinue
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trite (syn)
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(adj)banal, hackneyed, corny
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usurp (syn)
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(v)seize illigally, commandeer, supplant
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