vocab unit 3 colored..

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Abridge
Condone
to make shorter
to pardon or overlook
SYNONYMS: shorten, condense, abbreviate
SYNONYMS: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to
ANTONYMS: expand, enlarge, augment
ANTONYMS: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate
Adherent
Dissent
a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to
to disagree; disagreement
SYNONYMS: disciple
SYNONYMS: differ, dispute
ANTONYMS: opponent, adversary, critic, detractor
ANTONYMS: agree, concur; unanimity, harmony
Altercation
Eminent
an angry argument
famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
SYNONYMS: quarrel, dispute, squabble
SYNONYMS: illustrious, renowned
ANTONYMS: agreement, accord
ANTONYMS: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble
Cherubic
Exorcise
resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or
chubby face; sweet and innocent
to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or
oppressive
SYNONYMS: angelic, seraphic, beatific
SYNONYMS: expel, dispel
ANTONYMS: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish
Fabricate
Pauper
to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
an extremely poor person
SYNONYMS: put together, devise, contrive, concoct
SYNONYMS: destitute person
SNTONYMS: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish
ANTONYMS: millionaire, tycoon
Irate
Pilfer
angry
to steal in small quantities
SYNONYMS: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid
SYNONYMS: filch, rob, swipe, purloin
ANTONYMS: calm, composed, cool, unruffled
Rift
Marauder
a raider, plunderer
SYNONYMS: looter, pirate, freebooter
a split, break, breach
SYNONYMS: crack, fissure, gap, cleft
ANTONYMS: reconciliation
Semblance
Obesity
a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
excessive fatness
SYNONYMS: serious overweight, extreme corpulence
ANTONYMS: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness
SYNONYMS: appearance, air, aura, veneer, façade
ANTONYMS: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack
Surmount
to overcome, rise above
SYNONYMS: conquer, triumph over
ANTONYMS: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to
Terminate
to bring to an end
SYNONYMS: conclude, finish, discontinue
ANTONYMS: begin, commence, initiate
Trite
commonplace; overused, stale
SYNONYMS: banal, hackneyed, corny
ANTONYMS: original, novel, fresh, innovative
Usurp
to seize and hold a position by force or without right
SYNONYMS: seize legally, commandeer, supplant
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