Unit 3 Vocab
enclave (saying)
EN-clave
forte (saying)
FORT-e
ancillary (synonym)
auxiliary, accessory
rapacity (synonym)
avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
persiflage (synonym)
banter, jesting, badinage
pragmatic (saying)
prag-MAT-ic
bowdlerize (synonym)
purge, expurgate
rapacity (saying)
ra-PAC-i-ty
schism (antonym)
reconciliation
schism (synonym)
rift
therapeutic (synonym)
salutary, salubrious
therapeutic (saying)
there-a-PEU-tic
mounteback (synonym)
impostor, quack
pragmatic (antonym)
impractical, visionary
interstice (saying)
in-TER-stice
enclave (synonym)
island, subgroup
quizzical (antonym)
unequivocal, unambiguous
virtuoso (saying)
vir-tu-O-so
forte (antonym)
weakness, foible
virtuoso (definition)
(n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brilliant
schism (definition)
(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions
forte (definition)
(n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best
icon (definition)
(n.) a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
interstice (definition)
(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things
paean (definition)
(n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph
mounteback (definition)
(n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan
virtuoso (antonym)
(n.) amateur, beginner, novice; (adj.) mediocre
enclave (definition)
(n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
virtuoso (synonym)
(n.) expert, prodigy, maestro
rapacity (definition)
(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder
persiflage (definition)
(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing
plethora (definition)
(n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity
macrocosm (definition)
(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something
condescend (definition)
(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner
bowdlerize (definition)
(v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.)
cozen (definition)
(v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle
ancillary (definition)
(adj.) subordinate or supplementary
pragmatic (definition)
(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions
gratis (definition)
(adj.) free; (adv.) without charge
therapeutic (definition)
(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
gratis (synonym)
(adj.) on the house
quizzical (definition)
(adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal
ancillary (saying)
AN-cil-lar-y
bowdlerize (saying)
BOWD-le-rize
cozen (saying)
COZ-en
gratis (saying)
GRA-tis
icon (saying)
I-con
macrocosm (saying)
MAC-ro-cos-m
mounteback (saying)
MOUN-te-back
paean (saying)
PAE-an
persiflage (saying)
PER-si-flage
plethora (saying)
PLETH-o-ra
quizzical (saying)
QUIZZ-i-cal
schism (saying)
SCHIS-m
ancillary (antonym)
central, key, primate, principal, main
condescend (saying)
con-de-SCEND
macrocosm (synonym)
cosmos, entirety
paean (antonym)
dirge, elegy, threnody
pragmatic (synonym)
down-to-earth
mounteback (antonym)
dupe, "mark", "pigeon"
cozen (synonym)
dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle
icon (synonym)
emblem
interstice (synonym)
gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
forte (synonym)
gift, aptitude, specialty
therapeutic (antonym)
harmful, injurious, deleterious
rapacity (antonym)
liberality, altruism
macrocosm (antonym)
model, miniature, microcosm
paean (synonym)
ode, anthem
quizzical (synonym)
peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive
plethora (antonym)
shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity
plethora (synonym)
surplus, glut, excess
condescend (synonym)
talk down to
