Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 9 Flashcards
(20 cards)
detest, abhor, dislike hate, execrate
abominate (V)
illness, disease, trouble, hardship, infirmity, tribulation, adversity, difficulty
affiliation (n)
alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving
animate (adj)
continual, habitual, incurable, persistent, inveterate, recurrent, protracted
chronic (adj)
capitalize, manipulate, abuse, ise, utilize, profit from, mine
exploit (V)
visualize, create, conceive, think, conjecture, envision, fantasize
fancy (V)
chop, drop, prostrate, level, slash, hew, down
fell (V)
friendly, outgoing, extrovert, social, convivial, cordial, sociable
gregarious (adj)
harmless, inoffensive, bland, insipid, innocent, safe
innocuous
confine, detach, disengage, remove, quarantine, segregate, sequester
isolate (V)
confident, assertive, absolute, certain, sure, decisive, firm
positive (adj)
expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch
precipitate (V)
opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable
propitious (adj)
assumption, premise, supposition suspicion, guess, posit
presumption (n)
preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent
prior (adj)
excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded
redundant (adj)
blueprint, design, game plan, procedure, method, scheme, scenario
strategy (n)
ad interim, provisional, contingent, dependent, conditional, indefinite
tentative (adj)
arrogance, pride, conceit, narcissism, ostentation, egotism, self-admiration
vanity (n)
skilled, trained experienced, steady, seasoned, disciplined, sophisticated
veteran (adj)
