Unit 3 Vocabulary AP

205725628	ancillary	(adj.) subordinate or supplementary SYN: auxiliary, subsidiary, accessory ANT: central, key, primary, principal, main
205725629	bowdlerize	(v.) to remove material considered offensive (from a book, play, film, etc.) SYN: censor, purge, expurgate
205725630	condescend	(v.) to come down or stoop voluntarily to a lower level; to deal with people in a patronizing manner SYN: diegn
205725631	cozen	(v.) to trick; to cheat or swindle SYN: dupe, deceive, beguile, inveigle
205725632	enclave	(n.) an enclosed district, region, or area inhabited by a particular group of people or having a special character SYN: island, subgroup
205725633	forte	(n.) a person's strong point; what a person does best SYN: gift, aptitude, specialty ANT: weakness, shortcoming, foible
205725634	gratis	(adj.) free; (adv.) without charge SYN: (adj.) on the house; (adv.) freely ANT: (adv.) for a price
205725635	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
205725636	interstice	(n.) a small, narrow space between things or parts of things SYN: gap, slot, crevice, interval, lacuna
205725637	macrocosm	(n.) the universe considered as a whole; the entire complex structure of something SYN: cosmos, entirety ANT: model, miniature, microcosm
205725638	mountebank	(n.) a trickster or swindler; a charlatan SYN: imposter, quack ANT: sucker, dupe, "mark," "pigeon"
205725639	paean	(n.) a song of praise, joy, or triumph SYN: hymn, ode, anthem ANT: dirge, elegy, lament, threnody
205725640	persiflage	(n.) lighthearted joking, talk, or writing SYN: banter, jesting, repartee, badinage
205725641	plethora	(n.) overfullness; superabundance; superfluity SYN: surplus, surfeit, glut, excess ANT: shortage, paucity, dearth, scarcity
205725642	pragmatic	(adj.) concerned with practical considerations or values; dealing with actions and results rather than with abstract theory; stiff in one's opinions SYN: down-to-earth, businesslike ANT: idealistic, impractical, visionary
205725643	quizzical	(adj.) puzzled; mocking; odd; equivocal SYN: peculiar, perplexed, mystified, derisive ANT: unequivocal, crystal-clear, unambiguous
205725644	rapacity	(n.) inordinate greed; the disposition to obtain one's desires by force, extortion, or plunder SYN: avarice,cupidity, voraciousness ANT: liberality, generosity, altruism
205725645	schism	(n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions SYN: rift, breach ANT: united front, reconciliation
205725646	therapeutic	(adj.) having the power to heal or cure; beneficial SYN: curative, salutary, salubrious ANT: harmful, injurious, deleterious
205725647	virtuoso	(n.) a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique; (adj.) masterly or brilliant SYN: (n.) expert, master, prodigy, maestro ANT: (n.) amateur, beginner, novice; (adj.) mediocre