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Vocabulary 7

Vocabulary 7. Using Synonyms. Alluring. Tempting, fascinating; desirable, irresistible, enchanting; attractive. Curtail. Reduce, diminish; restrict; cut short. Disdain. Scorn; dislike, hate, reject; look upon something with contempt or scorn. Flaunt.

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Vocabulary 7

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  1. Vocabulary 7 Using Synonyms

  2. Alluring • Tempting, fascinating; desirable, irresistible, enchanting; attractive

  3. Curtail • Reduce, diminish; restrict; cut short

  4. Disdain • Scorn; dislike, hate, reject; look upon something with contempt or scorn

  5. Flaunt • Show off; brag, boast, display, crow, gloat; display ostentatiously

  6. Impetuous • Reckless; impulsive, abrupt; characterized by rash or sudden energy

  7. Pervade • Spread throughout; infiltrate, fill up, cover; spread through every part of

  8. Pestilent • Deadly; fatal, lethal, mortal; relating to serious and widespread illness or plague

  9. Sedate • Calm; quiet, gentle, motionless, peaceful; calm or composed

  10. Solace • Comfort, relief; something that gives comfort or relief

  11. Stagnation • Motionless; staleness, inactivity; process of becoming foul or stale from lack of movement

  12. Vocabulary 8 Greek Word Roots

  13. Anachronism • Something out of its proper time period

  14. Anthropomorphic • Resembling human form; attributing human form to something not human

  15. Dehydration • Lessoning or absence of water; drying up

  16. Euthanasia • A good death; a “mercy killing;” putting to death painlessly

  17. Genealogy • Knowledge about one’s ancestors; study of family history and ancestors

  18. Hierarchy • Ranking with most powerful at the top; a system ranking things in order

  19. Hypodermic • Under the skin

  20. Periphery • Around the outside; outer boundary

  21. Psychopath • Person with a diseased mind; mentally ill person

  22. Traumatic • Severely damaging; relating to a serious physical or psychological injury

  23. Vocabulary 9 Word Families

  24. Cognition • The act of thinking

  25. Corpulent • Fat, obese

  26. Dormant • Inactive; at rest

  27. Elaborate • Detailed, complicated

  28. Innovate • Make something new, introduce changes

  29. Insoluble • Incapable of being solved or dissolved

  30. Interrogation • A formal questioning session

  31. Sentiment • Feeling or emotion

  32. Sonorous • Rich and full of sound

  33. Transcribe • Make an exact copy of

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