Vocab Unit 5 Review (English II)

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Followers or servants accompanying an important person; syn: entourage, cortege.

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retinue

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Force someone into military service

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conscript

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Talk pointlessly and at length; syn: prattle, yak.

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prate

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Extreme hatred or ill will; syn: animosity, enmity; ant: amity, sympathy.

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rancor

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merciful; lenient; syn: forbearing, benign; ant: malevolent, harsh

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clement

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Inequality; difference; syn: gap; ant: similarity

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Disparity

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Lacking self-confidence; shy (syn: timid, ant: outgoing)

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diffident

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To praise highly (syn: exalt, laud; ant: chastise)

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extol

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A worn-out idea or overused expression (syn: platitude; banality)

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cliche

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Unrelenting; unavoidable (syn: relentless, certain; ant: avoidable, preventable)

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inexorable