Level H-Unit 3

ancillary

(adj.)subordinate or supplementary
syn: auxiliary, accessory
ant: central, key, primary, principal, main

bowlderize

(v.)to remove material considered offensive( from a book, play, film,etc)
syn: purge, expurgate

condescend

(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner.
syn:talk down to

cozen

(v.) to trick, to cheat or swindle
syn: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle

enclave

(n.) an enclosed district, region, area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character
syn: island, subground

forte

(n.) a persons strong point; what a person does best
syn:gift, aptitude, specialty
ant:weakness, foible

gratis

(adj.) free; (adj.) without charge
syn:on the house

icon

(n.)a representation or image of a sacred personage, often consider scared itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphical symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion
syn: emblem

interstice

(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things.
syn: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

macrocosm

(n.) the unversed considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something.
syn:cosmos, entirely
ant: model, miniature, mictocosm

mountebank

(n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan
syn: impostor, quack
ant: macrocosm, cosmos, totality

paean

(n.)a song of praise, joy or triumph
syn: ode, anthem
ant:dirge, elegy, threnody

persiflage

(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing
syn:banter, jesting, badinage

plethora

(n.) over fullness, superabundance; superfluity
syn:surplus, glut, excess
ant: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity

pragmatic

(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions
syn: down-to-earth

quizzical

(adj.) puzzled, mocking; odd; equivocal
syn:peculiar, perplexed, mystified,derisive
ant:unequivocal, unambigous

rapacity

(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain ones desires by force, extension, or plunder.
syn: avarice, cupidity, voraciousness
ant:liberality, altruism

schism

(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization in hostile factions
syn: rift
ant: reconciliation

therapeutic

(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial
syn:salutary, salubrious
ant: harmful, injurious, deleterious

virtuoso

(n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique;(adj.) masterly or brilliant
syn: expert, prodigy, maestro
adj: amateur, beginner, novice; mediocre