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Felipe de Souza Alves

Fern Thung
Academic Skills Level 5
6 August 2014
Vocabulary Chapter 8
1. Autonomy (Lars 212)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: independence; freedom
Antonyms: dependence
Sentence (Context): Every state in the US has its autonomy recognized by the president.
2. Centralized (Lars 211)
Part of Speech: Adjective.
Synonyms: concenter; focus
Antonyms: divide
Sentence (Context): My classes are centralized in only one building.
3. Commerce (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: business, dealing
Antonyms: unemployment
Sentence (Context): The commerce in my city is one of the main sources of wealth, but it
is concentrated for a minority.
4. Consolidation (Lars 212)
Part of Speech: Noun.

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Synonyms: unification, alliance
Antonyms: disassociation
Sentence (Context): The consolidation of a place to deal with the problems of exchange
students is better than many offices spread around the campus.
5. Currency (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: money of a country; cash
Antonyms:
Sentence (Context): In general, each country has its own currency, but in mine, Brazil, is
real.
6. Devastation (Lars 222)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: destruction; depredation
Antonyms: construction
Sentence (Context): I want the devastation of some bugs that are eating my plantation of
tomatoes.
7. Egalitarian (Lars 222)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Synonyms: democratic; equitable
Antonyms: different
Sentence (Context): Yesterday Michael and I paid egalitarian parts of a bill.
8. Exploit (Lars 211)
Part of Speech: Noun

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Synonyms: adventure; achievement
Antonyms: failure
Sentence (Context): I am glad to finish that exploit because it had many requirements.
9. Formidable (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Synonyms: dangerous; intimidating
Antonyms: trivial
Sentence (Context): This formidable necklace was made with real tigers teeth.
10. Immunity (Lars 221)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: protection; resistance
Antonyms: vulnerability
Sentence (Context): Everyone have to take care of their immunity. So, they will be
protected from some diseases.
11. Impose (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: demand; force
Antonyms: neglect
Sentence (Context): Most parents impose rules to control their children.
12. Incentive (Lars 212)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: Motivation; encouragement
Antonyms: discouragement

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Sentence (Context): My incentive to study is my desire to have a good job.
13. Integrity (Lars 222)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: honesty; rectitude
Antonyms: dishonesty
Sentence (Context): Integrity is always important for a person because if not, nobody will
trust in this person.
14. Lethal (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Synonyms: fatal; mortal
Antonyms: healthy
Sentence (Context): Perseus used his lethal sword to kill the abominated Medusa.
15. Propagate (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Verb
Synonyms: multiply; proliferate
Antonyms: diminish
Sentence (Context): Headache is an example of disease that propagate pain in patients.
16. Sanction (Lars 212)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: approval; authorization
Antonyms: disagreement
Sentence (Context): The president of the US approved a sanction to reduce pollutant
gases.

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17. Transaction (Lars 230)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: deal; business
Antonyms: refusal
Sentence (Context): My last financial transaction was to purchase a car.
18. Upheaval (Lars 211)
Part of Speech: Noun
Synonyms: disturbance; disorder
Antonyms: order
Sentence (Context): The weather upheaval can bring bad heath conditions for many people
because they are not used to deal with strong weather changes.
19. Virulent (Lars 221)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Synonyms: infective; toxicant
Antonyms: harmless
Sentence (Context): My birthday party video on YouTube is a virulent video that has
already been seen for a million people.
20. Volatile (Lars 212)
Part of Speech: Adjective.
Synonyms: instable; elusive
Antonyms: constant
Sentence (Context): My girlfriends perfume, which spreads everywhere, is volatile.