Vocabulary Level H Unit 3

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Ancillary
Adj. subordinate or supplementary Syn. auxilary, subsidary, accessory ant. central, key, primary, principal, main
Bowdlerize
V. to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film etc) syn. Censor, purge, expuragte
Condescend
V. to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner syn. design
Cozen
V. to trick; to cheat or swindle syn. dupe, deceive beguile inveigle
Enclave
N. an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character syn. island, subgroup
Forte
N. a person's strong point; what a person does best syn. gift, aptitude specialty ant. weakness, shortcoming, foible
Gratis
Adj. free adv. without charge syn. (adj on the house) adv freely ant adv. for a price
Icon
N. a representation or image of a sacred personage, often considered sacred itself; an image or picture; a symbol; a graphic symbol on a computer monitor display; an object of blind devotion syn. emblem, idol
Interstice
N. a small, narrow space between things or parts of things syn. gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
Macrocosm
N. the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something syn. cosmos, entireity ant. model, miniature, microcosm
Mountebank
N. a trickster or swindler; a charlatan syn. impostor, quack ant. sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon"
Paean
N. a song of praise, joy or triumph syn. hymn, ode, anthem ant. dirge, elegy, lament, threnody
Persiflage
N. lightheared joking, talk, or writing syn. banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
Plethora
N. overfullness, superabundance; superfluity syn. surplus, surfeit, glut, excess ant. shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity
Pragmatic
Adj. concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing wtih actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions syn. down-to-earth, businesslike ant. idealistic, impractical, visionary