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Vocab pt. 4
freshmen vocab, section 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abate | become less, decrease, diminish, let up; make less, reduce, moderate |
| abatement | slackening, let up |
| accord | agreement, understanding; agree, correspond |
| aggravate | make worse, worsen, intensify |
| belligerent | fond of fighting, warlike, combative |
| conspicuous | noticeable, easily seen, prominent, striking |
| craft | skill, art, trade; skill or art in a bad sense, guile |
| crafty | sly, cunning |
| craven | cowardly, dastardly, pusillanimous, gutless; coward, dastard |
| currency | something in circulation as a medium of exchange, money coin, bank notes |
| deter | turn aside through fear, discourage, hinder, keep back |
| duplicate | one of two things exactly alike, copy, reproduction |
| fictitious | made up, imaginary, not real; false, pretended, assumed for the purpose of deceiving |
| immaculate | spotless, without a stain, absolutely clean |
| intervene | occur between, be between, come between; come between to help settle a quarrel, intercede, interfere |
| intervention | interference, interposition |
| miniature | small, tiny |
| quintet | group of five |
| reconcile | cause to be friends again, restore to friendship or harmony; settle, resolve |
| rural | having to do with the country (as distinguished from the city or town) |
| security | safety, protection; measures taken to assure protection against attack, crime, sabotage, etc. |
| alternative | choice, one of two or more things offered for choice; other or remaining choice |
| beverage | drink, liquid for drinking |
| blunder | mistake or error caused by stupidity or carelessness |
| controversy | dipute, quarrel, debate, strife |
| controversial | arousing controversy, contentious, diputatious |
| custody | care, safekeeping, guardianship |
| diminutive | below average size, small, tiny |
| dispel | drive away by scattering, scatter, disperse |
| dormant | inactive, as if asleep, sleeping, quiet, sluggish, resting |
| exclusively | solely, without sharing with others, undividedly |
| exclusive | sole, single, unshared |
| exempt | freed or released from a duty, liability, or rule to which others are subject |
| exemption | immunity, impunity |
| imperil | endanger, jeopardize |
| lineage | descent (in a direct line from a common ancestor), ancestry, family, extraction |
| major | greater, larger, more important, principal |
| objective | aim or end (of an action), goal; involving facts rather than personal feelings or opinions |
| opinionated | unduly attached to one's own opinion, obstinate, stubborn |
| presently | in a little time, shortly, soon, before long |
| procrastinate | put things off, delay, postpone, defer, dawdle |
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, quantity or extent, vast, enormous, huge, amazing |
| prodigy | something extraordinary, wonder, phenomenon |
| protract | draw out, lengthen in time, prolong, extend |
| retain | keep, continue to have, hold or use |
| retentive | having the power to retain or remember, tenacious |
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