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VCBS1
college-bound vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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become better; make better; improve | ameliorate |
keep from waste, loss, or decay; save | conserve |
injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage | detriment |
1. Introduced from another country; foreign. 2. Strikingly unusual; strange | exotic |
lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking | folly |
in an earlier period; previously | formerly |
peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility | harmony |
refuse to take notice of; disregard | ignore |
something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle | impediment |
disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic | indolent |
untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured | intact |
not valid; having no force or effect; void | invalid |
not producing, or tending to produce, cancer | noncarcinogenic |
unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy | parsimonious |
destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level to the ground | raze |
inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative | reticent |
1. Withdraw from active duty or business 2. Go to bed | retire |
answer; reply sharply or angrily | retort |
overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine | subvert |
easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile | tractable |