Unit 3 Vocab

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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


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