Unit 3 Vocabulary

Abridge means:

• (v) To make longer

• (v) To make shorter

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If you ADHERE to the rules you:

• break all of them

• are absent from them.

• follow, stick to them.

If you are in dissent with the opinion of someone else you:

• Agree

• Follow

• disagree

In some horror movies, they exorcise the demons.

Exorcise means:

• to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome

• To welcome, invite, give access to

• To work out

The altercation between the students resulted in expulsion for all of them.

Altercation means:

• (n) a singing and dancing activity

• (n) an angry argument

• (n) a game

An eminent athlete was disgraced for taking bribes.

Eminent means:

• (adj) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

  
  

• (adj) mediocre, average

• (adj) unattractive

Verb

to pardon or overlook

• Lose

• condone

• dissent

She had a cherubic face but a devilish attitude.

Cherubic means:

• Adjective

  Resembling a devil portrayed as a small child with an ugly, distorted face

• Adjective

  Resembling an angel portrayed as a little child; sweet and innocent

  
  

• Adjective

  Resembling an animal

  Adjective

  Resembling an angel portrayed as a little child; sweet and innocent

If you are creating or making something, even a story, you are:

• fabricating

• designing

• painting

Noun

Engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

• dissent

• gluttony

• irate