Vocabulary Workshop ((Level D)) Units 1-3

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[Verb] to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly, warn; to remind of a duty.

[Noun] An opening, gap rupture, rift; violation or infraction. [Verb] To create an opening; break through.

[Noun] A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman.

[Adj.] Careful, cautious, wary, guarded
Synonym: prudent
Antonym: heedless

[Verb] To seize for military or official use; to take over
Synonym: requisition

[Adj.] Clumsy; hard to handle; slow-moving
Synonyms: unwieldy, ponderous

[Noun] A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill;
Synonyms: stalemate, impasse

[Noun] Scattered fragments, wreckage
Synonym: flotsam and jetsam

[Verb] To spread or scatter freely or widely; [Adj.] widely scattered
Synonym: (adj.) verbose

[Noun] A difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Synonym: pickle

[Verb] To wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
Synonym: obliterate

[Verb] To make a mess of; jumble; mess up; to get by— "______ through"; [Noun] A hopeless mess

[Adj] Stubborn, and often unreasonable to one's own ideas; having a closed mind

[Adj.] Lasting for a long time; persistant; enduring; recurring; yearly. [Noun] a plant that lives for many years
Synonym: (adj.) recurring

[Verb] To incline to beforehand; make succeptable to; expose to.

[Verb] To let go; give up; surrender; abandon.

[Verb] To save from fire or shipwreck; rescue; recover; reteieve; reclaim. [Noun] Properly thus saved.

[Adj.] Sudden and violent but brief; irregular; inconsistent.

[Adj.] Not genuine, not true, not valid; false; counterfeit
Synonym: bogus
Antonym: bona fide

[Adj.] Uncontrolled, lacking in restraint; unrestrained; unchecked.

[Verb] To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place; postpone; suspend; discontinue.

[Noun] A citizen of another country; exotic, unfamiliar. [Adj.] Foreign, strange
Antonym: (adj.) endemic

[Adj.] Having a pleasing appearance; good-looking
Antonym: homely

[Verb] To make up for; to repay for services; pay back
Synonym: recompense.

[Adj.] Loose in one's morals or behavior; immoral; corrupt;
Synonym: dissipated, debauched
Antonym: chaste

[Adj.] Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

[Noun] The process of driving or forcing out
Synonym: ouster

[Noun] A deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; trick, dodge, bluff [Verb] To make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
Synonym: (n) subterfuge

[Noun] Food for horses or cattle; raw material used for a designated purpose; feed; provender.

[Verb] To strengthen; build up; reinforce
Synonym: impair

[Adj.] Difficult or imposible to read; unreadable; scribbled; undecipherable.

[Verb] To make fun of rudely or unkindly; laugh at; mock; taunt. [Noun] A rude remark of derision.
Antonym: (n.) accolades

[Adj.] Bringing in money; profitable; gainful; moneymaking

[Adj.] Average, ordinary, undistinguished; run-of-the-mill

[Verb] To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly; multiply
Synonym: burgeon

[Verb] To conquer by force, bring under complete control; subdue
Synonym: vanquish, master

[Verb] To soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch; pollute; taint; smear
Antonym: purify

[Verb] To tease, torment by teasing; tempt; lead on; make one's mouth water
Antonym: gratify

[Adj.] Brief and to the point; concise
Synonym: succinct
Antonym: diffuse

[Adj.] Firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back; resolute; steadfast; unwavering
Antonym: vacillating

[Verb] to make shorter
Antonym: augment

[Noun] a follower, supporter; [Adj.] attached, sticking to
Synonym: (n.) disciple

[Noun] an angry argument (it would come after dissent)
Synonym: squabble

[Adj.] resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent
Synonym: beatific

[Verb] to pardon or overlook
Antonym: censure

[Verb] to disagree; [Noun] disagreement
Synonym: unanimity

[Adj.] famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting
Synonym: illustrious

[Verb] to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing or oppressive
Synonym: dispel

[Verb] to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

[Adj.] angry
Synonym: livid

[Noun] raider, plunderer

[Noun] excessive fatness, serious overweight
Synonym: extreme corpulence
Antonym: emaciation

[Noun] an extremely poor person
Synonym: destitute person

[Verb] to steal in small quantities
Synonyms: filch, purloin

[Noun] a split, break, breach
Synonym: fissure

[Noun] a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
Synonyms: veneer, facade

[Verb] to overcome, rise above, conquer
Example: With optimism and enthusiasm, we can ________ the difficulties and obstacles encountered in our daily lives. :)

[Verb] to bring to an end

[Adj.] commonplace; overused, stale
Synonym: hackneyed

[Verb] to seize and hold a POSITION by force or without right

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