Vocabulary Level H Unit 3

Adj. subordinate or supplementary Syn. auxilary, subsidary, accessory ant. central, key, primary, principal, main

V. to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film etc) syn. Censor, purge, expuragte

V. to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner syn. design

V. to trick; to cheat or swindle syn. dupe, deceive beguile inveigle

N. an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character syn. island, subgroup

N. a person's strong point; what a person does best syn. gift, aptitude specialty ant. weakness, shortcoming, foible

Adj. free adv. without charge syn. (adj on the house) adv freely ant adv. for a price

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

N. a small, narrow space between things or parts of things syn. gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna

N. the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something syn. cosmos, entireity ant. model, miniature, microcosm

N. a trickster or swindler; a charlatan syn. impostor, quack ant. sucker, dupe, "mark", "pigeon"

N. a song of praise, joy or triumph syn. hymn, ode, anthem ant. dirge, elegy, lament, threnody

N. lightheared joking, talk, or writing syn. banter, jesting, repartee, badinage

N. overfullness, superabundance; superfluity syn. surplus, surfeit, glut, excess ant. shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity

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