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Vocab 2:1
10th grade vocab, chapter 2 part 1
word | definition (antonym) |
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ameliorate/amelioration | become better, make better, improve, enhance (worsen)/improvement (degradation) |
conserve/conservation/conservationist | keep from waste, loss or decay, save (waste)/preservation from loss, injury or waste/one who advocates the conservation of natural resources |
detriment/detrimental | injury, damage, or something that causes it, diadvantage (advantage)/harmful, damaging |
exotic | 1) introduced from another country, foreign (native, indigenous)2) strikingly unusual, strange |
folly | lack of good sense, foolish action or undertaking (wisdom) |
formerly/former | in an earlier period, previously (now)/preceding, previous (latter) |
harmony/harmonious | peaceable or friendly relations, accord, agreement, tranquillity, concord (conflict, disharmony)/friendly, amicable |
ignore/ignoramous | refuse to take notice of, disregard (heed)/ignorant, stupid person, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop |
impediment/impede | something that hinders or obstructs, hindrance, obstacle (aid)/interfere with or slow the progress of, hinder, obstruct |
indolent/indolence | disposed to avoid exertion, lazy, idle, lethargic (industrious)/idleness, laziness |
intact | untouched by anything that damages or diminishes, left complete or entire, uninjured (imperfect) |
invalid/invalidate/invalid | not binding in law, having no force or effect, void, nugatory (valid)/abolish, annul/sickly or disabled person |
noncarcinogenic | not producing or tending to produce, cancer (carcinogenic) |
parsimonious/parsimony | unduly sparing in the spending of money, stingy, miserly, tightfisted (generous)/stinginess, parsimoniousness (generosity, liberality) |
raze | destroy utterly by tearing down, demolish, level (erect) |
reticient/reticence | inclined to be silent or secretive, uncommunicative, reserved (frank)/restraint in communicating (frankness) |
retire | 1)withdraw from active duty or business2) go to bed (rise) |
retort/retort | answer, reply sharply or angrily (ask)/quick, witty, sharp reply, answer |
subvert/subversion | overturn or overthrow from the foundation, undermine (uphold)/sabotage, undermining |
tractable/tractabillity | easily led, taught or controlled, yielding, docile, amenable (unruly, intractable)/obedience |