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Vocabulary Unit 7
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maverick(MAV uh rik)

• Noun
• Independent person
• Individualist, independent thinker, nonconformist

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esoteric(es uh TER ik)

• Adjective
• Known or understood only by a select few
• Synonyms secret, mysterious, difficult, deep,
  profound, abstruse

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undermine(un der MINE)

• Verb
• Weaken gradually injure or destroy secretly or
  underhandedly dig beneath or wear away from
  under
• Synonyms weaken, disable, cripple, undercut,
  sabotage

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alleviate(uh LEE vee ate)

• Verb
• Relieve lessen or make more bearable (pain,
  evil, suffering)
• Synonyms ease, lighten, reduce, mitigate

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bacchanal, bacchanalia(bak uh NAL) (bak uh NAIL
yuh)

• Noun
• Wild, drunken party
• Synonyms party, feast, merrymaking,
  overindulgence, spree, orgy

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hedonist(HEE doh nist)

• Noun
• One who lives only for pleasure
• Synonyms pleasure seeker, playboy, playgirl,
  jet-setter, sybarite

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nihilist(NY uh list, NEE uh list)

• Noun
• One who rejects all religious, moral, and
  traditional values, practices, and institutions
• Synonyms doubter, disbeliever, pessimist,
  revolutionary, rebel, anarchist

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somnolent(SOM nuh lunt)

• Adjective
• Sleepy, drowsy causing sleep
• Synonyms sleepy, drowsy, lulling, slumberous,
  soporific

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diatribe(DY uh tribe)

• Noun
• Violent, angry, bitter attack in words
• Synonyms verbal abuse, denunciation, tirade

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tribulation(trib yuh LAY shun)

• Noun
• Great suffering, misery, or distress
• Synonyms ordeal, trouble, sorrow, hardship,
  affliction