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Vocabulary Power Plus Book G Lesson 6

Terms in this set (15)

adjacent
adj. lying near; adjoining
syn. bordering; neighboring
ant. distant; separate
candor
n. sincerity; honest
syn. frankness; truthfulness
ant. betrayal; deception
compassion
n. awareness and sympathy for the suffering of another
syn. pity; sympathy ant. disdain; scorn
democratic
adj. of or for the people; pertaining to government by the people
syn. egalitarian ant. dictatorial; autocratic
disperse
v. to scatter; to distribute
syn; disband; diffuse; spread
ant. congregate; gather
doleful
adj. causing grief; sad
syn. miserable; wretched ant. cheerful; joyful
duress
n. a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will
syn. coercion; pressure
ant. freedom; liberty
irk
v. to annoy; to irritate
syn. vex; bother ant. delight; soothe
ratify
v. to approve formally; to sanction
syn. authorize; endorse ant. veto; prohibit
sobriety
n. 1. a seriousness in manner
2. a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol
1. syn. solemnity; gravity
ant. foolishness; impertinence
2. syn. temperance ant. intoxication
stagnate
v. to become inactive or motionless
syn. idle; cease ant. flourish; grow
subordinate
adj. of lower importance or rank; subject to the control of another
n. one who is under the control of another
adj. syn. dependent; lesser
ant. foremost chief
n. syn. assistant; underline ant. boss; leader
talon
n. a claw of a bird or prey or similar animal
taut
adj. pulled, drawn, or stretched tight
syn. rigid; firm ant. loose; slack
wallow
v. to roll about in something unclean
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