vocab unit 14 colore..

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Annex
Debacle
to add to, attach; to incorporate; an attachment or addition
an overwhelming defeat, rout; a complete collapse or failure
SYNONYMS: join, acquire, appropriate, procure
SYNONYMS: disaster, fiasco, calamity
ANTONYMS: success, triumph, victory, coup
Cleave
to cut or split open; to cling to
Devitalize
SYNONYMS: sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp
to make weak or lifeless
SYNONYMS: enfeeble, sap, enervate
Cordial
ANTONYMS: enliven, stimulate, energize, excite
in a friendly manner, hearty; cheery; a liqueur
SYNONYMS: hospitable, affable, warm, convivial
Embroil
ANTONYMS: gruff, unfriendly, unsociable
to involve in a conflict or difficulty; to throw into confusion
SYNONYMS: entangle, ensnarl
Cornerstone
ANTONYMS: disentangle, separate, disconnect
the starting point of a building; a fundamental principal or element
SYNONYMS: foundation, base, underpinning, support
Exonerate
to clear from a charge or accusation
SYNONYMS: absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate
ANTONYMS: implicate, incriminate, inculpate
Glib
Influx
ready and fluent in speech; thoughtless, insincere
a coming in, inflow
SYNONYMS: superficial, pat, oily, unctuous, facile
SYNONYMS: inpouring, inrush, invasion
ANTONYMS: halting, tongue-tied, speechless, awkward
ANTOYNMS: outpouring, exodus, departure
Haphazard
Pallor
by chance, not planned; lacking order
an extreme or unnatural paleness
SYNONYMS: random, accidental, slapdash
SYNONYMS: wanes, lividness, bloodlessness
ANTONYMS: deliberate, purposeful, orderly, meticulous
ANTONYMS: flush, blush, rosiness, bloom
Improvise
Pedigree
to compose or perform without preparation; to construct from available
materials
a list of ancestors, family tree; the history or origins of something
SYNONYMS: lineage, ancestry, genealogy
SYNONYMS: ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize
ANTONYMS: plan, rehearse, practice, prepare
Precipitous
very steep
Incite
to rouse, stir up, urge on
SYNONYMS: spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt
ANTONYMS: check, curb, impede, restrain, smother
SYNONYMS: sheer, abrupt, sharp
ANTONYMS: gradual, shallow, graded, incremental
Profuse
very abundant; given, or flowing freely
SYNONYMS: extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous
ANTONYMS: sparse, scanty, meager, insufficient
Reconcile
to restore to friendship; to settle; to resign (oneself)
SYNONYMS: unite, conciliate, mend fences
ANTONYMs: antagonize, alienate, drive a wedge between
Shackle
to put into chains; a chain, fetter
SYNONYMS: manacle, enslave; handcuffs, bonds, irons
ANTONYMS: free, unfetter, emancipate, liberate
Threadbare
shabby, old and worn
SYNONYMS: frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite
ANTONYMS: luxurious, plush, costly, sumptuous
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