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vocabulary
unit 8 words
affluence | (n.) wealth, riches, pros[erity; great abundance, plenty |
arrears | (n.,pl) unpaid or overddue debates; an unfinish duty |
cascade | (n.) a steep narrow waterfall; something faling or rushing fourth in quantity; (v.) to flow downward (like a waterfall) |
cringe | (v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness |
crotchety | (adj.) crankly, ill-tempered; full of odd whims |
immabile | (adj.) not movable; not moving |
impassable | (adj.) blacked so that nothing can go through |
innovation | (n.) something new, a change; the act of introducing a new metod, idea, device, etc |
jovial | (adj.) good- humored, in high spirits; merry |
manacle | (n., usuallly pl.) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines; (v.) to chain or restrain (as with handcufffs) |
martial | (adj.) warlike, fond of fighting; relating to war, te army, or military life |
minimum | (n.) the smallest possibleamount; (adj.) the lowest permissible or possible |
nimble | (adj.) quick and skillful in movement, agile; clever |
onset | (n.) thebeginning, start (especially of somethng violent and destructive); an attack, assault |
partition | (n.) something that divides (such as a wall); the act of dividing something into parts or sections; (v.) to divide or subdivide into parts or shares |
perishable | (adj.) likely to spoil or decay |
retrieve | (v.) to find and bring back, get back; to put right, make good |
sinister | (adj.) appearing evil or dangerous; threatening evil or harm |
taut | (adj.) tightly drawn, tense; neat, in order |
template | (n.) a patter |