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•  POS: Adjective
Macbeth
Vocabulary Set Three
February 3, 2014
Sentences due tomorrow beginning of class
indissoluble
•  The team members play as an indissoluble unit.
•  Marriage is suppose to be an indissoluble bond.
indissoluble
•  Definition: incapable of being broken; permanent
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•  Synonyms: happy, friendly, joyful
•  Antonyms: miserable, gloomy
appall
•  The images of poverty and starvation in that documentary
appall sensitive viewers.
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•  He was appalled by the damage from the fire.
appall
•  Definition: to fill with horror and shock
•  POS: adjective
•  POS: verb
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•  Synonyms: lasting, binding, forever
•  Antonym: temporary
incense
•  The mistreatment of animals incensed her.
•  She was incensed to learn that her husband had cheated on
her with many woman.
incense
•  Definition: to make enraged; fill with anger
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•  Synonyms: sicken, terrify
•  Antonyms: delight, please, comfort
amends
•  Luke offered to replant the flowers to make amends for
trampling them.
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•  It’s up to you to try to make amends to those you have
wronged or hurt.
amends
•  Definition: something done or given to make up for injury,
loss, etc.
•  POS: verb
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•  POS: noun
•  Synonyms: aggravate, outrage, displease
jovial
•  Always, good-natured and jovial with his nephews, he enjoys
telling them jokes.
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•  My nephew is always smiling and in a jovial mood. I wish I
could say the same for my niece.
jovial
•  Definition: full of good humor; playful
•  Synonym: restitution, satisfaction, restoration
•  Antonym: ignore, neglect, harm
pernicious
•  Parents feared that pernicious fumes from the toxic dump
were harmful.
•  He resists any suggestions that his gambling habit may be
pernicious.
•  POS: Adjective
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•  King Midas avarice for gold brought about his downfall.
•  He resists any suggestions that his gambling habit may be
pernicious.
pernicious
•  Definition: deadly; destructive
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•  POS: adjective
•  The job became less about honesty and helping the less
fortunate, and more about avarice.
avarice
•  Definition: greed
•  Synonym: dangerous, harmful
•  POS: noun
•  Antonym: beneficial, helpful, advantageous
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exploit
•  The exploits of heroes can reveal the true meaning of
courage.
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•  His heroic deeds and brave exploits during war earned him
numerous medals.
exploits
•  Definition: a bold deed
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•  Synonym: materialistic, money-grubbing
•  Antonym: generosity, goodness, kindness
pertain
•  I’ll only answer questions that pertain to this assignment.
•  The lecture contained a great deal of information that did not
pertain to the topic.
pertain
•  Definition: to be connected to or have relevance to
•  POS: Noun
•  POS: verb
•  Synonym: achievement, act, adventure
•  Synonym: concern, related, belong
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redress
•  I tried to redress his complaint by replacing the lost book.
•  The architect was going to be sued unless he redressed the
leaning wall on the new library building.
redress
•  Definition: to set right; remedy
•  POS: verb
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•  Synonym: rectify, correct, settle
•  Antonym: worsening, destruction, damage
avarice
•  King Midas avarice for gold brought about his downfall.
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