Vocab Unit 4 - Review (English II)

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Exhaustive effort, laborious (syn: grueling, arduous; ant: easy, effortless)

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toilsome

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Harsh sounding; grating (syn: shrill, ant: soothing)

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strident

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Honest and straightforward; blunt. Syn: frank, direct. Ant: evasive.

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candid

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Intolerant of differences; syn: racist, extremist

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bigot

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Formal way of doing something; syn: custom, code

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protocol

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To enlarge; increase in amount or intensity. Syn: expand, supplement. Ant: narrow, reduce.

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augment

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Feeling gloomy or hopeless; syn: dejected, dismal; ant: joyful, buoyant.

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Despondent

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Extreme, chauvinistic patriotism favoring aggressive foreign policy.

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jingoism

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Erase or eliminate; syn: obliterate; ant: add

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expunge

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Make right; syn: rectify, amend; ant: exacerbate, worsen

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redress