Unit 3 Vocabulary

Abridge  (v) To make shorter  To abridge a 1000-page novel  abbreviate, abstract, blue pencil, chop, clip, compress, concentrate, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, digest, diminish, downsize, lessen, limit, narrow, put in nutshell, reduce, restrict, slash, snip, summarize, trim, truncateabstractchopcompress concentratecondensecontractcurtailcutdecrease digestdiminishlessenlimitnarrowreducerestrictslashsummarizetrim

Adherent  (n) a follower, supporter;  (adj) attached, sticking to  Has attracted many adherent  agglutinant, attaching, clinging, clingy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, gummed, gummy, holding, hugging, mucilaginous, pasty, resinous, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, waxy agglutinant, attaching, clinging, clingy, gelatinous, glutinous, gooey, gummed, gummy, holding, hugging, mucilaginous, pasty, resinous, sticky, tenacious, viscid, viscous, waxyholdingstickytenaciousviscousholdingstickytenaciousviscous

Altercation  (n) An angry argument  Involved in a noisy altercation  argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle argument brawlbrushcombatcontestcontroversydisputefracasfussgohasslequarrelrow rumblewords

Reprimand  (n) a severe reproof or rebuke, esp. a formal one by a person in authority  (v) to reprove or rebuke severely, esp. in a formal way  admonishment, admonition, bawling out, blame, calling down, castigation, censure, chiding, comeuppance, dressing-down, going over, grooming, hard time, lecture, piece of one's mind, ragging, rap, rebuke, reprehension, reproof, scolding, slap on wrist, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, what foradmonitionblamecensurelecturerebuke

Condone  (v) To pardon or overlook  Refuse to condone bad behavior  buy, disregard, excuse, forget, forgive, give green light, go along with, ignore, lap up, let it come, let it go by, let pass, look the other way, nod at, okay, overlook, pardon, pass over, remit, wink at buydisregardexcuseforgetforgiveignoreokayoverlookpardonremit

Dissent  (v) To disagree  (n) Disagreement  Dissent from the majority view  bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, varianceconflict contentiondenialdifferencediscord dissensionhassleheresyobjection oppositionprotestrefusalresistanceschismsplitstrifevariance

Eminent  (adj) Famous, outstanding, distinguished  An eminent member of the bar  VIP, august, big-gun, big-league, big-name, big-time, celeb, celebrated, celebrious, conspicuous, distinguished, dominant, elevated, esteemed, exalted, famed, grand, great, high, high-ranking, illustrious, leonine, lionlike, lofty, name, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, of note, outstanding, page-oner, paramount, preeminent, prestigious, prominent, redoubted, renowned, star, superior, superstar, well-knownaugust celebratedconspicuousdistinguished dominantelevatedexaltedgrandgreat highillustriousloftyname noblenotablenotednoteworthyoutstandingparamountpreeminentprestigiousprominentrenownedstarsuperiorwell-known

Exorcise  (v) To drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive  To exorcise an evil spirit  cast out, dismiss, drive out, expel, purge, purify, removedismissexpelpurgepurifyremove

Fabricate  (v) To make, manufacture; to make up, invent  Learned how to fabricate steel  assemble, brainstorm, build, cobble up, compose, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up, create, devise, dream up, erect, fashion, fit together, form, formulate, frame, head trip, invent, join, knock together, make, make up, mix, organize, piece together, prefab, produce, put together, shape, structure, think up, throw together, throw up, turn out, whip up, whomp up assemblebrainstormbuildcomposeconcoct constructcontrivecreatedevise erectfashionformformulateframeinventjoinmakemake upmix organizeproduceput together shapestructure

Irate  (adj) Angry  Try to calm an irate parent  angered, annoyed, blown a gasket, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, piqued, provoked, riled, steamed, ticked off, up in arms, worked up, wrathful, wrothannoyedenragedfuriousincensedindignantinfuriatedirritated lividmadprovoked

Marauder  (n) A raider, plunderer  A village raided by marauders  bandit, buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, looter, outlaw, pirate, plunderer, ravager, robber, thief banditoutlaw piratethief

Obesity  (n) Extreme fatness  Suffering from obesity  blubber, bulk, cellulite, corpulence, excess, fatness, flab, flesh, grease, lard, obesity, overabundance, overflow, paunch, plethora, suet, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, tallowexcess fleshoverflowplethorasurfeitsurplus

Pauper  (n) An extremely poor person  Help for the pauper in our community  almsperson, bankrupt, beggar, bum, dependent, destitute, down-and-out, have-not, homeless person, in the gutter, indigent, insolvent, lazarus, mendicant, poor person, supplicantbumdependentdestitute indigent

Pilfer  (v) To steal in small quantities  Pilfer stamps from the cash box  annex, appropriate, borrow, cop, crib*, filch, liberate*, lift*, moonlight, palm, pinch*, pluck, purloin, requisition, rip off, rob, scrounge, snare, snatch, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with annexappropriateborrowcribliberateliftpinchrequisitionsnaresnatchtake

Rift  (v) A split, break, breach  An unfortunate rift in their friendship  breach, chink, cleft, cranny, crevice, fault, fissure, flaw, fracture, gap, hiatus, interruption, interval, opening, parting, rent, rima, rime, space, split breachcrevicefaultfissureflawgaphiatusinterruptionintervalopening rentspacesplit

Semblance  (n) a likeness; an outward appearance  Tried to create a semblance of order  affinity, air, alikeness, analogy, aspect, bearing, comparison, facade, face, false front, feel, feeling, figure, form, front, guise, image, likeness, mask, mien, mood, pose, pretense, resemblance, seeming, show, showing, similarity, simile, similitude, simulacrum, veil, veneer affinityairanalogyaspectbearingcomparison facadefacefeelfeelingfigureformfront guiseimagelikenessmaskmienmoodposepretenseshowshowingsimilaritysimileveilveneer

Surmount  (v) to overcome, rise above  Struggle to surmount all obstacles  best, better, cap, clear, conquer, crest, crown, defeat, down, exceed, hurdle, leap, lick*, negotiate, outdo, outstrip, over, overpower, overtop, pass, prevail over, rise above, subdue, surpass, throw*, top*, vanquish, vault bestbetterclearconquercrestcrowndefeatdown exceedhurdleleaplicknegotiateover overpowerpasssubdue surpassthrowtopvanquishvault

Terminate  (v) To bring to an end  Terminate my employment  abolish, abort, achieve, adjourn, annul, bounce, bound, bring to an end, cancel, cease, close, come to an end, complete, conclude, confine, cut off, define, desist, determine, discharge, discontinue, dismiss, dissolve, drop, eliminate, end, expire, extinguish, fire, halt, issue, lapse, limit, perfect, prorogate, prorogue, put an end to, recess, restrict, result, run out, sack, scratch, scrub, tether, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up, wrap* abolishachieveannulbounceboundcancelceaseclose completeconcludeconfinecut offdefinedesist determinedischargediscontinuedismissdissolvedrop eliminateendextinguishfirehaltissuelapse limitperfectrecess restrictresultscratch ultimatewrap

Trite  (adj) Commonplace; overused, stale  Full of clichés and trite phrases  banal, bathetic, bromidic, chain, cliché, clichéd, common, cornball, corny*, drained, dull, exhausted, familiar tune, flat, hackneyed, hokey, jejune, mildewed, moth-eaten, musty, old hat, ordinary, pedestrian, platitudinous, prosaic, ready- made, routine, run-of-the-mill, set, shopworn, stale, stereotyped, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, uninspired, unoriginal, used-up, vapid, warmed-over, well- worn, worn, worn-out banalchaincommoncornydullexhaustedflat hackneyedjejuneordinarypedestrianprosaicroutinesetstalestocktiredvapidworn

Usurp  (v) To seize and hold a position by force or without right  Plot to usurp power  accroach, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, barge in, butt in, clap hands on, commandeer, cut out, displace, elbow in, get hands on, grab, grab hold of, highjack, infringe upon, lay hold of, muscle in, preempt, seize, squeeze in, supplant, swipe, take, work in, worm in, wrestannexappropriateassumedisplacegrabpreemptseize supplanttake