Vocabulary # 4 Flashcards

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Fallow

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Inactive, unproductive
Syn: idle, barren
Ant: fertile, productive

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Elude

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To escape notice, to get away from
Syn: avoid, evade, lose
Ant: attract

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Blight

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Anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation
Syn: affliction, disease
Ant: enhancement

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Obsequy

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A funeral rite or ceremony

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Denizen

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An occupant, an inhabitant
Syn: resident
Ant: emigrant, alien

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Fealty

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Obligated loyalty, or faithfulness
Syn: devotion, fidelity, allegiance
Ant: disloyalty, treachery

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Entice

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To attract by offering reward or pleasure
Syn: tempt, lure
Ant: discourage

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Gratify

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To please
Syn: satisfy, indulge
Ant: displease, disappoint

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Laggard

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A slow person, especially one who falls behind
Syn: straggler, dawdler
Ant: leader

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Gambit

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A maneuver or action used to gain an advantage
Syn: strategy, play, maneuver
Ant: blunder

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Root Chroma means

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Color

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Prefix Mono means

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One

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Prefix Poly means

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Many

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Root Morph means

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Form or shape

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