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Vocabulary Level F

Vocabulary Level F. Unit 12. ABSOLVE. (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt Syn : acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon Ant: condemn, convict, incriminate, inculpate. The detective SOLVED the case and ABSOLVED the defendant from any guilt!. CARICATURE.

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Vocabulary Level F

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  1. Vocabulary Level F Unit 12

  2. ABSOLVE • (v.) to clear from blame, responsibility, or guilt • Syn: acquit, exonerate, vindicate, excuse, pardon • Ant: condemn, convict, incriminate, inculpate

  3. The detective SOLVED the case and ABSOLVED the defendant from any guilt!

  4. CARICATURE • (n.) a representation (especially a drawing) in which the subject’s characteristic features are deliberately exaggerated • (v.) to present someone or something in a deliberately distorted way Syn: cartoon, burlesque, Parody, lampoon

  5. He was so frequently the subject of CARICATURE that he seemed almost a fictionalCHARACTER.

  6. CLANGOR • (n.) a loud ringing sound • (v.) to make a loud ringing sound • Syn: din, clamor, uproar • Ant: silence, stillness, peace and quiet

  7. The CLANGOR of the bells summoned everyone to the town square. CLANG! CLANG!

  8. CONTIGUOUS • (adj.) side by side, touching; near; adjacent in time • Syn: adjoining, abutting, next door to • Ant: detached, apart, distant, remote

  9. Zoning laws attempt to add some CONTINUTIY to businesses and other buildings that are CONTIGUOUS to each other.

  10. CUPIDITY • (n.) an eager desire for something; greed • Syn: avarice, rapacity, craving, lust • Ant: generosity, contentment, satiation, gratification

  11. CUPID’s only STUPIDITY may be found in his CUPIDITY for love.

  12. DELETERIOUS • (adj.) harmful, injurious • Syn: detrimental, destructive, pernicious, damaging • Ant: helpful, beneficial, harmless, innocuous

  13. When I accidentally DELETED my entire paper, it was DELETERIOUSto my grade.

  14. ENHANCE I think I’ll do my homework to ENHANCE my grade in English • (v.) to raise to a higher degree; to increase the value or desirability of • Syn: improve, magnify, heighten, elevate • Ant: diminish, reduce, lessen, degrade

  15. The quality of animage is often ENHANCED by police in the movies.

  16. ENTHRALL • (v.) to captivate, charm, hold spellbound; to enslave; to imprison • Syn: fascinate, enchant, attract, bewitch • Ant: bore to tears, repel, put someone off

  17. The crowd was so deeplyENTERTAINEDyou could say they wereENTHRALLED

  18. EXTENUATE Would it be okay to steal bread in an EXTENUATING circumstance? • (v.) to lessen the seriousness or magnitude of an offense by making partial excuses • Syn: moderate, mitigate, diminish, downplay • Ant: intensify, aggravate, worsen, exacerbate

  19. Those TEN YOU ATEcan only be explained by the EXTENUATING circumstances of your extreme hunger.

  20. IMPLICIT • (adj.) implied or understood though unexpressed; without doubts or reservations, unquestioning; potentially contained in • Syn: inferred, tacit, unspoken, unconditional • Ant: explicit, expressed, stated, revealed

  21. Something IMPLIED -- Even if it is not said –is IMPLICIT.

  22. INCISIVE • (adj.) sharp, keen, penetrating (with a suggestion of decisiveness and effectiveness) • Syn: acute, cutting, perceptive, trenchant

  23. Her remarks had great INSIGHT. Her words were INCISIVE

  24. OSTENTATIOUS • (adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy • Syn: flashy, overdone, affected, flamboyant • Ant: modest, plain, simple, demure, retiring

  25. Old OSSENBERGER was so full of himself, but was his building as OSTENATIOUS as this one?

  26. PARAGON • (n.) a model of excellence or perfection • Syn: exemplar, ideal, paradigm, model, good example

  27. M.C. Escher is a PARAGON ofPARADOX

  28. PARAPHRASE • (v.) to restate in other words • (n.) a statement that presents a given idea in new language • Syn: reword, rephrase, a rendition, version • Ant: repeat verbatim, duplicate, quote

  29. I’ll use a PAIR OF PHRASES toPARAPHRASE what he said.

  30. POLITIC • (adj.) prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed; artful, expedient • Syn: tactful, diplomatic, judicious, circumspect • Ant: unwise, injudicious, imprudent, rash

  31. APOLITICIAN must be POLITIC with his or her words!

  32. PROSAIC • (adj.) dull, lacking in distinction and originality; matter-of-fact, straightforward; characteristic of prose, not poetic • Syn: commonplace, humdrum, literal, pedestrian • Ant: remarkable, distinctive, poetic, inspired POETRY vs. PROSE

  33. Writing that is filled withPROSE instead of poetry can be called PROSAIC

  34. REDUNDANT I, myself, prefer steak over hot dogs. • (adj.) extra, excess, more than is needed; wordy, repetitive; profuse, lush • Syn: unnecessary, superfluous, verbose, prolix • Ant: succinct, terse, laconic, scarce, inadequate

  35. It was REDONE so many times it was REDUNDANT

  36. SANCTIMONIOUS • (adj.) making a show of virtue or righteousness; hypocritically moralistic or pious, self-righteous, canting, holier-than-thou • Ant: heartfelt, sincere, humble

  37. He was soSANCTIMONIUS in his speech it was as if he wanted us to think he was a SAINT

  38. SCINTILLATING • (adj./part.) sparkling, twinkling, exceptionally brilliant (applied to mental or personal qualities) • Syn: stimulating, lively, glittering, flashing • Ant: dull, boring, insipid, flat, tame vapid

  39. Can a SCENT be so stimulating thatit can be called SCINTILLATING?

  40. WINSOME • (adj.) charming, attractive, pleasing (often suggesting childlike charm and innocence) • Syn: winning, engaging, delightful, prepossessing • Ant: unattractive, unappealing, repulsive

  41. He was charming and WINSOME.Even when he lost, he’d simply say,“You WIN SOME, You lose some.”

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