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Lesson 9 Collaborate, Contrite, Emulate, Enhance, Evoke, Expatriate, Frowzy, Heinous, Impeccable, Impound, Inane, Magnanimous, Postulate, Sere, Unctuous
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Collaborate V. to work with another toward a goal SYN: cooperate
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Contrite Adj. feeling regret for having committed some wrongdoing
SYN: repentant; remorseful ANT: shameless; unrepentant
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Emulate V. to strive to be equal to; to imitate SYN: copy
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Enhance V. to increase the value or beauty of something
SYN: improve; heighten ANT: diminish; decrease
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Evoke V. to summon forth SYN: conjure up; elicit
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Expatriate N. someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country
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Frowzy Adj. unkempt SYN: slovenly ANT: tidy
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Heinous Adj. hatefully or shockingly evil SYN: abhorrent; horrid
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Impeccable Adj. faultless; without sin or blemish
SYN: immaculate; faultless; irreproachable ANT: fallible; blameworthy
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Impound V. to confine; to retain in legal custody SYN: confiscate
ANT: release
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Inane Adj. without sense or meaning; silly SYN: foolish; insipid
ANT: significant; meaningful
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Magnanimous Adj. noble; generous in forgiving; free from petty feelings or acts SYN: generous ANT: petty; mean
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Postulate V. to assume or claim as true, especially when arguing
SYN: presume; suppose
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Sere Adj. dry and withered SYN: desiccated; arid ANT: lush
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Unctuous Adj. exaggeratedly or insincerely polite SYN: oily
ANT: genuine; sincere
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