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Vocabulary Unit 4

Vocabulary Unit 4. alliance. noun a joining together for some common purpose Synonyms: pact, league, coalition Antonyms: rift, split. bewilder. verb to puzzle completely, confuse Synonyms: baffle, perplex Antonyms: set straight, enlighten. buffoon. noun

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Vocabulary Unit 4

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 4

  2. alliance • noun • a joining together for some common purpose • Synonyms: pact, league, coalition • Antonyms: rift, split

  3. bewilder • verb • to puzzle completely, confuse • Synonyms: baffle, perplex • Antonyms: set straight, enlighten

  4. buffoon • noun • a clown: a course, stupid person • Synonyms: jester, fool

  5. controversial • adjective • arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement • Synonyms: arguable, debatable

  6. dishearten • verb • to discourage • Synonyms: dismay, demoralize, dispirit • Antonyms: encourage, hearten

  7. fruitless • adjective • Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful • Synonyms: useless, vain, unproductive, futile • Antonyms: productive, effective

  8. hostile • adjective • Unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive • Antonyms: friendly, cordial, peaceful

  9. inflammable • adjective • easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused • Synonyms: combustible, flammable, excitable • Antonyms: fireproof, fire-resistant, calm

  10. inflict • verb • to give or cause something unpleasant, impose • Synonyms: deal out, visit upon • Antonyms: suffer, undergo, sustain

  11. malignant • adjective • deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful, malicious • Synonyms: lethal, wicked • Antonyms: wholesome, beneficial, benign

  12. mortify • verb • to hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self-denial or suffering • Synonyms: humiliate, embarrass, abash

  13. orthodox • adjective • in agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things • Synonyms: traditional, standard, customary • Antonyms: unusual, unconventional, heretical

  14. procure • Verb • To obtain through special effort; to bring about • Synonyms: gain, acquire, achieve

  15. scurry • verb • to run quickly, scamper, hurry • Synonyms: rush, sash, scramble • Antonyms: trudge, plod, creep, crawl

  16. sodden • adjective • soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull; spiritless, listless • Synonyms: drenched, waterlogged, saturated • Antonyms: parched, arid

  17. spirited • adjective • full of life and vigor; courageous • Synonyms: lively, animated, gallant • Antonyms: lifeless, dull, lackluster

  18. virtual • adjective • having a certain force or effect in fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing • Synonyms: functioning as, equivalent to

  19. void • adjective • completely empty, having no legal force or effect • noun • empty of unfilled space • verb • to cancel of nullify • Synonyms: (adj). invalid, vacant, bare • Antonyms: (adj). in effect, teeming with; (v.) confirm

  20. wayward • adjective • disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious • Synonym: perverse • Antonyms: docile, well-behaved, predictable

  21. wince • verb • to draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear • noun • the act of drawing back in this way • Synonyms: (v.) flinch, shudder, recoil

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