Vocab 14
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 annex | (v.) to add to, attach; to incorporate; (n.) an attachment or addition syn: (v.) join, acquire, appropriate, procure |
| cleave | (v.) to cut or split open; to cling to syn: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp |
| cordial | (adj.) in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; (n.) a liqueur syn: (adj.) hospitable, affable, warm, convivial |
| cornerstone | (n.) the starting point of a building; a fundamental principle or element syn: (adj.) hospitable, affable, warm. convivial |
| debacle | (n.) an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure syn: disaster, fiasco, calamity |
| devitalize | (v.) to make weak or lifeless syn: enfeeble, sap, enervate |
| embroil | (v.) to involve in a conflict or difficult; to throw into confusion syn: entangle, ensnarl |
| exonerate | (v.) to clear from a charge or accusation syn: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate |
| glib | (adj.) ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere syn: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile |
| haphazard | (adj.) by chance, not planned; lacking order syn: random, accidental, slapdash |
| improvise | (v.) to compose or perform without preparation to construct from available material syn:ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize |
| incite | (v.) to rouse, stir up, urge on syn: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt |
| influx | (n.) a coming in, inflow syn: in pouring, inrush, invasion |
| pallor | (n.) an extreme or unnatural paleness syn: wanness, lividness, bloodlessness |
| pedigree | (n.) a list of ancestor, family tree; the history or origins of something syn: lineage, ancestry, genealogy |
| precipitous | (adj.) very steep syn: sheer, abrupt, sharp |
| profuse | (adj.) very abundant; given or flowing freely syn: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous |
| reconcile | (v.) to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign(oneself) syn: unite, conciliate, mend fences |
| shackle | (v.) to put into chains; (n., usually pl.) a chain, fetter syn: (v.) manacle, enslave; (n.) handcuffs, bonds, irons |
| threadbare | (adj.) shabby, old and worn syn: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite |
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