Sadlier Oxford Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 9
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- Acme
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n. the highest point
s. summit, top, peak, pinnacle
a. low point, bottom, nadir - Attribute
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v. to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
s. ascribe - belittle
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v. to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to in a way that suggests lack of importance or value
s. minimize, underrate, disparage
a. exaggerate, magnify, overestimate - Convey
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v. to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to transfer ownership or title to
s. carry, send, impart - Doctrine
- n. a belief, principle, or teaching; a system of such beliefs or principles; a formulation of such beliefs or principles
- excise
- n. an indirect tax on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of a commodity or service
- exotic
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adj. foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual
s. strange, alien, picturesque, colorful
a. native, indigenous, familiar, commonplace - haggard
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adj. thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking
s. drawn, gaunt, wasted
a. healthy, glowing, radiant, hale and hearty - jaunty
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adj. lively, easy, and carefree in manner; smart or trim in appearance
s. unconcerned, lighthearted
a. downcast dejected, glum - juncture
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n. a joining together; the point at which two things are joined; any important point in time
s. union, seam, joint, turning - menial
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n. a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks
n. underling, scullion, servant
a. boos master - parry
- n. a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- predatory
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adj. preying on, plundering, or piratical
s. looting, pillaging, ravenous, rapacious - ravage
- n. ruinous damage, destruction
- stance
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n. a way of holding the body; an attitutde or position on an issue
s. posture, bearing - tawdry
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adj. showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
s. loud, garish, gaudy, tacky, vulgar
a. refined, tateful, subdued, muted - turncoat
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n. a person who switches to an opposing side or party
traitor, quisling, deserter, renegade
a. loyalist, diehard - unassuming
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adj. not putting on airs, unpretentious; modest
a. conceited, pretentious, self-important - wallow
- n. a wet, muddy, or dusty area used by animals as a sort of bath; a state or molar or physical collapse
- waver
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v. to move to and fro, become unsteady; to show lack of firmness or decision
s. hesitate, falter
a. stand firm, be resolute - abut
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v. to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up
s. border on, bolster - attire
- v. to dress, adorn, or bedeck
- avail
- n. use, benefit, or value
- crony
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n. a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy
a. enemy, rival - cryptic
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adj. puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic
a. crystal clear, unambiguous - divergent
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adj. going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant
s. not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional
a. merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional - enmity
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n. hatred, ill-will
s. hostility, animosity, antagonism
a. friendship, amity - fervent
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adj. very earnest, emothional, passionate; extremely hot
enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching
a. blase, apathetic, restrained, emotionless - gaunt
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adj. thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren
s. lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones
a. plump, chubby, stout, corpulent - infiltrate
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v. to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily
s. slip into, creep into, penetrate - nullify
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v. to make of no value or consequence, cancel, whipe out
s. invalidate, annul
a. confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction - perceptible
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adj.capable of bein grasped by the senses or mind
s. noticeable, discernible, observable
a. invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible - plummet
- n. a weight fastened to a line
- proclaim
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v. to declare publicly or officially
s. announce, promulgate
a. conceal, cover up - proxy
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n. an agent, substitutie; a written permission allowing one person to act in another's place
s. deputy, representative - rankle
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v. to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grwos worse with time)
s. irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall
a. please, delight, gratify - scavenger
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n. a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies
s. rummager - stint
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v. to limit, be sparing or frugal
s. restrict, scrimp, economize
a. splurge, squander, lavish - stoical
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adj. self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain\s. unresponsive, impasive
a. excitable, emotional, hotheaded - unflagging
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v. tireless, continuing with vigor
s. steady, undiminished, unremitting
a. diminishing, drooping, sagging - apt
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adj. suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn
s. appropriate, fit, proper, liable
a. inappropriate, unlikely, slow - awry
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adj.,adv. in a turned or twisted position or dierection; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course
s. crooked, askew, amiss
a. straight, symmetrical - bludgeon
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v. to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
v. clobber, clout - capitulate
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v. to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
a. hold out, persist - chafe
- n. a sore or injury caused by rubbing
- defile
- n. a narrow passage; gorge, canyon
- dire
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adj. dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
s. disastrous, ominous, sinister, urgent
a. favorable, auspicious, beneficial - disarming
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adj. charming, tending to get rid of unfriendliness or suspicion
s. endearing, winning
a. alarming troubling, disquieting - disgruntled
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adj. in bad humor, discontented, annoyed
s. displeased, grumpy, surly
a. pleased, satisfied, content - encroach
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v. to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass
s. intrude, infringe - endow
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v. to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality
s. grant, bestow, present, bequeath
a. take away, deprive - fend
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v. to ward off, resist; to get along, manage
s. stave off, cope - impunity
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n. freedom from punishment
s. exemption from penalty, immunity - mien
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n. air manner; appearance; expression
s. look, bearing, demeanor - penal
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adj. having to do with punishment
s. correctional, disciplinary - pertinent
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adj. related to the matter at hand, to the point
s. relevant, germane, apropos
a. unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial - predominant
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adj. the greatest in strength or power; most common
s. chief, major, paramount, prevalent
a. secondary, minor, subsidary, rare - prodigy
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n. something wonderfu lor marvelous; something monstrous or abnormal; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talen
s. marvel, wonder, freak, genius
a. dumbbell, dunce, dullaryd - recluse
- n. a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world
- renown
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n. fame, glory
s. reputation, celbrity, prestige
a. obscurity, infamy, notorioety