v ocabulary u nit 8 mrs. frazee. p ensive the child sat by herself, looking pensive. rainy days...
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VOCABULARY UNIT 8Mrs. Frazee
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PENSIVE
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The child sat by herself, looking pensive. Rainy days often put her in a pensive
mood.
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PENSIVE
Adjective meditative, solemn, musingly or
dreamily thoughtful suggestive of sad thoughtfulness
Synonyms: dreamy, pondering, preoccupied, reflecting, serious, thinking, withdrawn
Antonyms: ignorant, shallow
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PREROGATIVE
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If you'd rather sell the tickets than use them, that's your prerogative .
It's a writer's prerogative to decide the fate of her characters.
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PREROGATIVE
Noun an exclusive or special right, power, or
privilege: as (1) : one belonging to an office or an official body (2) : one belonging to a person, group, or class of individuals (3) : one possessed by a nation as an attribute of sovereignty
Right, Privilege
Synonyms: advantage, authority, birthright, immunity, liberty, sanction, title
Antonyms: Obligation, duty
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CASTE
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He was from a higher caste. The King is a member of the upper
caste.
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CASTE
Noun Social Class a division of society based on differences
of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race, the position conferred by caste standing : prestige
Synonyms: cultural level, degree, grade, lineage, order, position, race, rank, social order, status
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AFFLICTION
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She lost her sight and is now learning to live with her affliction.
He died from a mysterious affliction.
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AFFLICTION Noun hurt condition; something that causes hurt the cause of persistent pain or distress great suffering
Synonyms: depression, difficulty, disease, disorder, distress, grief, hardship, misery, misfortune, sickness, sorrow, suffering, torment, trial, trouble
Antonyms: aid, comfort, consolation, help, relief
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APPRECIABLE
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THE INJURED WOMAN LOST AN APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF BLOOD BEFORE THE PARAMEDICS ARRIVED.
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APPRECIABLE Adjective Sufficient to be noticed or
measured
Synonyms: perceptible, detectable, considerable
Antonyms: slight, trivial, inconsequential
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BLASPHEMY
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GALILEO WAS ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY FOR ASSERTING THAT THE SUN, AND NOT THE EARTH, IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.
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BLASPHEMY
Noun An act, utterance, or writing
showing contempt for something sacred
Synonyms: curse, profanity, sacrilege
Antonyms: reverence, devotion, respect
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BRAWNY
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IN ARTHURIAN LEGEND, ONE BRAWNY KNIGHT AFTER ANOTHER TRIES TO PULL THE SWORD EXCALIBUR FROM THE STONE, BUT NO ONE SUCCEEDS.
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BRAWNY
Adjective Strong, muscular
Synonyms: broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly
Antonyms: slight, frail, delicate, puny
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WILY
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THE FUR TRAPPERS OF COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA WERE KNOWN TO BE WILY TRADERS.
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WILY
Adjective Sly, shrewd, cunning
Synonyms: clever, tricky, artful, cagey Antonyms: dull-witted, dense,
straightforward
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CURMUDGEON
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THE OLD MAN WHO LIVED ON THE CORNER WAS WIDELY VIEWED AS A CURMUDGEON WHO NEVER HAD ANYTHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT HIS NEIGHBORS.
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CURMUDGEON
Noun A bad tempered or surly person
Synonyms: cranky, grouch, fusser, sourpuss Antonyms: optimist, Pollyanna, happy-camper
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BUOYANT
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WE WERE WEARY AND ANXIOUS TO GET HOME, BUT OUR FRIEND’S BUOYANT SPIRITS KEPT US GOING.
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BUOYANT Adjective Able to float easily; able to hold
things up; cheerful, hopeful
Synonyms: lighthearted, animated Antonyms: downcast, depressed,
gloomy
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ENRICHED ENGLISH
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SYNTHETIC
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SOMETIMES ONLY A JEWELER CAN DETECT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EXPENSIVE SYNTHETIC GEM AND A NATURAL STONE.
NYLON, RAYON, AND POLYESTER ARE ALL SYNTHETICS THAT HAVE REVOLUTIONIZED THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY.
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SYNTHETIC
Adjective Made or put together by people; Noun Something artificial
Synonym: (adj.) artificial Antonyms: (adj.) natural, genuine
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VINDICATE
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THOUGH THE ACCUSED WAS VINDICATED IN THE END, HIS CAREER WAS ALL BUT RUINED BY THE ALLEGATIONS.
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VINDICATE
Verb To clear from hint or charge of
wrongdoing; to defend successfully against opposition; to justify
Synonyms: advocate, exonerate, acquit
Antonyms: convict, condemn
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ELUSIVE
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The truth may prove elusive. The giant squid is one of the ocean's most
elusive inhabitants. But for all their influence, D.C. lobbyists
have failed to attain one elusive goal: public respect.
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ELUSIVE Adjective tending to elude: evasive, mysterious tending to evade grasp or pursuit hard to comprehend or define: hard to
isolate or identify
Synonyms: ambiguous, baffling, difficult to catch, imponderable, incomprehensible, intangible, misleading, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery
Antonyms: attracting, confronting, encountering, enticing, facing, inviting
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RUDIMENTARY
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THOUGH SHE HAD READ SEVERAL BOOKS ON QUANTUM PHYSICS, SHE STILL HAD ONLY A RUDIMENTARY GRASP ON THE SUBJECT.
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RUDIMENTARY Adjective Involving or limited to basic
principles; Immature, undeveloped, or basic.
Synonyms: elementary, basic, primitive, primary
Antonyms: : additional, advanced, developed, extra, nonessential
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SUBVERSIVE
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THE UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT CIRCULATED SUBVERSIVE PAMPHLETS THAT CRITICIZED THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS ENACTED IN 1798 GAVE THE U.S. PRESIDENT THE POWER TO DEPORT ANY NONCITIZEN DEEMED SUBVERSIVE.
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SUBVERSIVE
Adjective Intended to undermine or overthrow Noun One who advocates or attempts to undermine a
political system
Synonyms: (adj.)treasonous, traitor (n.) a revolutionary
Antonyms: (adj.) patriotic, loyal, true-blue