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AV Test Ch 11-15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adept | highly skilled, expert (an adept juggler) |
| encompass | to form a circle around; surround; enclose |
| entrepreneur | business investor |
| eradicate | to get rid of all together; wipe out; to pull up by the roots (to eradicate weeds) |
| homogeneous | made up of similar or identical parts; essentially alike |
| presumptuous | too forward; too bold; overly confident |
| sordid | morally low; corrupt; meanly selfish |
| standardize | to make consistent; standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like |
| stint | to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance; set limits to; restrict (they stint in order to save) |
| stringent | strictly controlled or enforced; strict; severe |
| exhort | to urge with argument or strong advice |
| flamboyant | flashy |
| foible | a minor fault or behavior; character flaw |
| innocuous | harmless; not likely to irritate or offend |
| magnanimous | generous in forgiving as insult or injury; noble in mind and spirit |
| masochist | a person who gains satisfaction from suffering physical or psychological pain |
| meticulous | extremely careful and exact; showing great attention to detail |
| rancor | intense hatred or ill will; long-lasting resentment |
| recrimination | to accuse in return; to bring a countercharge against an accuser |
| repugnant | offensive; distasteful; repulsive |
| atrophy | to wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury; to wither away |
| deplore | to feel or express disapproval of; to regret deeply or strongly |
| deprivation | the act of depriving; lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities |
| exacerbate | to aggravate a situation or condition; make more severe |
| imperative | necessary; urgent |
| mitigate | to make less severe or less intense; relieve |
| objective | not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed |
| panacea | something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure all |
| unprecedented | being the first instance of something; never having occurred before |
| utilitarian | made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations |
| decorum | dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress; standards or conventions of socially acceptable behavior |
| espouse | to support, argue for, or adopt (idea or cause) |
| exhilaration | cheerfulness; high spirits |
| exorbitant | excessive especially in amount, cost, or price |
| extricate | free from tangled situation |
| facilitate | to make easier to do or to get; to assist the progress |
| orthodox | following traditional rules |
| rejuvenate | make seem fresh or new again |
| synchronize | occur exactly the same time |
| tenuous | having little substance or basis; weak; poorly supported |
| analogy | comparison between two things in order to clarify |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| criterion | standard of judgment or criticism |
| emanate | flow or come out from a source |
| holistic | whole; concept of holism in theory or practice |
| placebo | substance which contains no medicine |
| proficient | skilled; highly competent |
| staunch | firm; loyal; strong in support |
| subversive | indenting to undermind or overthrow something established |
| vindicate | to clear from blame |
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