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Abeka Vocab 11th Grade List 8
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11th Grade
02/23/2015

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alacrity
Definition
Synonyms: briskness, promptness, readiness
Antonyms: charity, generosity, liberality, openhandedness
Related form: Cupid
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cupidity
Definition
Synonyms: acquisitibeness, avarice, greed, rapacity
Antonyms: charity, generosity, liberality, openhandedness
Related form: Cupid
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dexterity
Definition
Synonyms: adroitness, deftness, facility, skillfulness; cleverness, sharp-wittedness
Antonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, maladroitness, unskillfulness; slow-wittedness
Related form: dexterous (adj.)
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duplicity
Definition
Synonyms: cunning, deceit, dissimulation, guile
Antonyms: forthrightness, straightforwardness
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fallacy
Definition
Synonyms: delusion, misconception; casuistry, sophism
Antonyms: logic, surety, truth
Related form: fallacious (adj.)
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felicity
Definition
Synonyms: beatitude, blessedness, bliss
Antonyms: distress, misery, unhappiness
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felicity
Definition
Synonyms: aptness, seemliness, suitableness
Antonyms: inappropriateness, ineptness, unsuitability
Related forms: felicitous (adj.), felicitate (v.), felicific (adj.)
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gluttony
Definition
Synonyms: greediness, rapacity, ravenousness, voraciousness
Antonyms: abstemiousness, abstinence, temperance
Related forms: glutton (n.), gluttonous (adj.), gluttonize (v.)
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levity
Definition
Synonyms: flightiness, flippancy, foolishness, light-mindedness, lightness
Antonyms: earnestness, gravity, seriiousness, soberness
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magnanimity
Definition
Synonyms: forbearance, forgiveness, toleration
Antonyms: ignobleness, meanness, selfishness, vindictiveness
REelated forms: magnanimous (adj.), magnanimously (adv.)
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probity
Definition
Synonyms: honesty, honor, integrity, rectitude
Antonyms: deceitfulness, dishonesty, mendacity
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propensity
Definition
Synonyms: bent, disposition, leaning, proclivity, proneness
Antonyms: antipathy, aversion,disinclination, repugnance
Term
sagacity
Definition
Synonyms: acumen, astuteness, judiciousness, shrewdness
Antonyms: dullness, obtuseness, stupidity
Related forms: sagacious (adj.), sagaciously (adv.)
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