Unit 9 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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assign, allot

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Syn. Allocate

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Intensive, fervent, avid

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Syn. Ardent

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Phlegmatic, indifferent, stolid, apathetic

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Ant. Ardent

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Industrious, unremitting, sedulous

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Assiduous

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Lackadaisical, shiftless

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Ant. assiduous (persistent, attentive, diligent)

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impetuous, brazen

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Syn. Brash

(prone to act in hasty manners)

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Impulsive, fickle, mercurial

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capricious

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discipline, censure

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chatise

to inflict physical punishment as means of correction; scorld severely

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ample, profuse, bountiful

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Syn. Copious

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inadequate, meager, scanty, concise

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Ant. copious

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commend

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Ant. Chatise

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12
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veer, swerve

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Syn. Deviate

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conform to, abide by, orthodox

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Ant. Deviate

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whithered, shriveled

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Syn. emaciated

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plump, corpulent

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Ant. emaciated

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mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament

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misshapen

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unblemished

19
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compensation, reparation

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indemnity

payment for danmage or loss

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intimation

21
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intelligible

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murky, opaque

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heartrending, melancholy

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poignant

deeply affecting, touching; sharp taste

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vapid, insipid

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Ant. poignant

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animosity, enmity, bitterness
rancor
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goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
Ant of rancor
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pretentious, superficial, fatuous
Sophomoric
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judicious, knowledgeable
ant of sophomoric
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unpremediatated, impromptu
Spontaneous
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premeditated, contrived
Ant. spontaneous