Vocabulary Workshop-Level D, Unit 3

(v.) to make shorter. SYNONYMS: shorten, condense, abbreviate. ANTONYMS: expand, enlarge, augment.

(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to. SYNONYM: (n.) disciple. ANTONYMS: (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor.

(n.) an angry argument. SYNONYMS: quarrel, dispute, squabble. ANTONYMS: agreement, accord.

(adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent. SYNONYMS: angelic, beatific. ANTONYMS: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish.

(v.) to pardon or overlook. SYNONYMS: ignore, wink at, look the other way. ANTONYMS: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate.

(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement. SYNONYMS: (v.) differ, dispute (n.) opposition, objection. ANTONYMS: (v.) agree, concur; (n.) unanimity, harmony.

(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting. SYNONYMS: illustrious, renowned. ANTONYMS: nameless, unsung, lowly, humble.

(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive. SYNONYM: expel.

(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent. SYNONYMS: put together, devise, contrive, concoct. ANTONYMS: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish.

(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking: greedy overindulgence. SYNONYMS: overeating, ravenousness, rapaciousness. ANTONYM: abstemiousness

(adj.) angry. SYNONYMS: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid. ANTONYMS: calm, composed, cool, unruffled.

(n.) a raider, plunderer. SYNONYMS: looter, pirate.

(n.) an extremely poor person. SYNONYMS: destitute person. ANTONYM: billionaire.

(v.) to steal in small quantities. SYNONYMS: rob, swipe, purloin.

(n.) a split, break, breach. SYNONYMS: crack, fissure, gap, cleft. ANTONYM: reconciliation.

(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition. SYNONYMS: appearance, air, aura, facade. ANTONYMS: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack.

(v.) to overcome, rise above. SYNONYMS: conquer, triumph over. ANTONYMS: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to.

(v.) to bring to an end. SYNONYMS: conclude, finish, discontinue. ANTONYMS: begin, commence.

(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale. SYNONYMS: banal, hackneyed, corny. ANTONYMS: original, innovative.

(v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right. SYNONYMS: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant