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**Abhor Verb**
To regard with horror or loathing; hate deeply
SYNONYMS: detest, despise, abominate
ANTONYMS: admire, cherish, respect, relish
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*A pacifist is someone who* __*abhors*__ *violence in all its forms.*
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**Amend Verb**
To change in a formal way; to change for the better.
SYNONYMS: modify, improve, correct
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*If you are not doing well in a particular subject, you may want to* __*amend*__ *your way of studying it.*
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**Buffet Verb/Noun**
Verb - To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty
Noun - a slap, blow
SYNONYMS: sock, thump, pummel, toss about (V)
*Blinding snowstorms* __*buffet*__ *the barren landmass of Antarctica for months on end.*
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*Few figures in history or literature are as severely tested by fortune’s* __*buffets*__ *as Job in the Old Testament. (Noun)*
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**Chaos Noun**
Great confusion, disorder
SYNONYMS: anarchy, turmoil
ANTONYMS: order, regularity, tranquility
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*A great many people lost their fortunes and even their lives in the* __*chaos*__ *brought on by the French Revolution.*
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**Commodious Adjective**
Roomy, spacious
SYNONYMS: comfortable, ample, capacious
ANTONYMS: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient
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*No one would expect a tiny studio apartment to have particularly* __*commodious*__ *closets.*
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**Corrosive Adjective**
Eating away gradually, acid-like; bitterly sarcastic.
SYNONYMS: caustic, acidulous, spiteful
ANTONYMS: bland, mild, benign, amiable
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*Sulfuric acid is one of the most* __*corrosive*__ *substances known to chemistry.*
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**Discern Verb**
To see clearly, recognize
SYNONYMS: perceive, detect, distinguish
ANTONYMS: overlook
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*It is a jury’s job to* __*discern*__ *the truth by carefully evaluating all the evidence presented at trial.*
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**Extant Adjective**
Still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost
SYNONYMS: surviving, in existence
ANTONYMS: extinct, vanished
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*The paintings of animals and human hands in Spain’s Altamira caves are among the oldest* __*extant*__ *specimens of Stone Age art.*
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**Implicate Verb**
To involve in; to connect with or be related to
SYNONYMS: incriminate, entangle
ANTONYMS: absolve, exculpate
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*The suspects never stood trial because there was no solid evidence to* __*implicate*__ *them in the daring series of robberies.*
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**Inter Verb**
To bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
ANTONYMS: unearth, exhume
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*Jewels and other objects once* __*interred*__ *with Egypt’s pharaohs can not be seen in numerous museums all over the world.*
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**Martinet Noun**
A strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
SYNONYMS: taskmaster, slave driver
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*When it came to drilling troops, the Revolutionary War general Baron Friedrich von Steuben was something of a* __*martinet*__*.*
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**Obviate Verb**
To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of
SYNONYMS: preclude, forestall, ward off
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*Vaccinations can do much to* __*obviate*__ *the dangers of childhood illnesses.*
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**Renegade Noun/Adj.**
Noun - one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw
Adjective - traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
SYNONYMS: turncoat, heretic
ANTONYMS: loyalist, patriot
*Many a writer has been labeled a* __*renegade*__ *for refusing to conform to society’s conventions.*
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__*Renegade*__ *senators from the President’s own party joined the opposition to defeat the bill.*
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**Reprehensible Adjective**
Deserving blame or punishment
SYNONYMS: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious
ANTONYMS: commendable, blameless, meritorious
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*Stalin eliminated many potential rivals by accusing them of all sorts of* __*reprehenisble*__ *acts that they did not commit.*
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**Somber Adjective**
Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit
SYNONYMS: mournful, dismal
ANTONYMS: bright, sunny, light-hearted, jaunty
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*The atmosphere in the locker room of the losing team could best be described as* __*somber*__*.*
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**Squalid Adjective**
Filthy, wretched, debased
SYNONYMS: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
ANTONYMS: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty
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*Many laws prohibit the types of* __*squalid*__ *working conditions found in sweatshops.*
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**Turbulent Adjective**
Disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy
SYNONYMS: tumultuous, unruly, agitated
ANTONYMS: calm, placid, tranquil, still
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*Letters and diary entries may reveal a person’s lifelong struggle to gain some control over* __*turbulent*__ *emotions.*
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**Vociferous Adjective**
Loud and noisy; compelling attention
SYNONYMS: clamorous, uproarious, blustering
ANTONYMS: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued
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*Relief agencies regularly make* __*vociferous*__ *appeals for aid for victims of war, terrorism, and natural disasters.*
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**Voluminous Adjective**
Of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
SYNONYMS: bulky, massive, plentiful
ANTONYMS: scant, meager, little
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*The task of summarizing the* __*voluminous*__ *reports issued by government agencies may fall to members of a legislator’s staff.*
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**Waive Verb**
To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
SYNONYMS: decline, relinquish, forgo
ANTONYMS: claim, accept
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*The senator agreed to* __*waive*__ *opposition to the proposed bill if some of its more controversial provisions were substantially modified.*
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