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11th #20

Castle Juniors' SAT Vocabulary #20

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atrophy n., pl., -phies. A wasting or decrease in size of a body organ, tissue, or part owing to disease, injury, or lack of use: muscular atrophy of a person affected with paralysis. v., -phied, -phy•ing, -phies. v.tr. -To cause to wither or deteriorate. v.int
deplore tr.v., -plored, -plor•ing, -plores. To feel or express disapproval of
deprivation n. The act or an instance of depriving; loss. The condition of being deprived; privation. Lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities
exacerbate tr.v., -bat•ed, -bat•ing, -bates. To aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe. To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.
imperative adj. Necessary; urgent. Impossible to deter or evade; pressing. Expressing a command or plea; peremptory: requests that grew more and more imperative. Having the power or authority to command or control. Grammar. Of, relating to, or constituting the mood
mitigate v. To make less severe or less intense; relieve. n.- mitigation, adj.-mitigative, mitigatory, n.- mitigator
objective adj. Uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices; based only on what can be observed. Based on observable phenomena; presented factually: an objective appraisal. n.- Something that actually exists. Something worked toward or striven for; a goal. ad
panacea n.- Having no previous example: unprecedented economic growth. Something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all. adj.- panacean
unprecedented adj. Having no previous example: unprecedented economic growth. Being the first instance of something; never having occurred before. adv.- unprecedentedly
utilitarian adj. - Made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations. Of, relating to, or in the interests of utility. n.- One who advocates or practices utilitarianism.
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