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vocabulary1&2 RED080
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolve | To clear of guilt. To find innocent or blameless |
| Adamant | Firm. Not giving in stubborn |
| Amiable | good natured. Friendly and pleasent |
| Amorl | Lacking ethical principle |
| Animosity | Strong dislike. Bitter hostility |
| Antagonist | An enemy. An opponent; one who opposes or competes |
| Eccentric | Odd. Differing from what is customary |
| Encounter | A meeting. A brief or an unexpected meeting |
| Epitome | A perfect model. A perfect or typical example |
| Malign | To speak ill of. To make evil and often untrue statements about. To speak evil of |
| Curt | Rudely brief when speaking to someone. Abrupt |
| Demoralize | To discourage. To lower the spirits of; weaken the confidence or cheerfulness of |
| Dilemma | A hard choice. A situation requiring a difficult choice |
| Inclination | A preference (tendency). To think, act, or behave in a certain way; a leaning |
| Irate | Furious. Very angry |
| Retort | To reply. Especcailly in a quick, sharp, or witty way |
| Sabotage | To do harm to. To deliberately destroy or damage |
| Subsequent | Following, in time or order, next, later |
| Wary | Careful. cautious, on guard |
| Zeal | Passion. Enthusiastic devotion, intense enthussiasm |
| Acclaim | Praise. Great praise or applause |
| Adjacent | Close. Near |
| Elicit | To bring out. To draw forth |
| Engross | To hold the interest of. absorb |
| Escalate | To expand. To increase or intensify |
| Exploit | To take advantage of. To use selfishly or unethically, take unfair advantage |
| Methodical | Orderly, Systematic |
| Obsolete | Extinct. No longer active or in use, out of date |
| Tangible | Solid. Able to touched, having form and matter |
| Terminate | To end. To stop |
| Deterrent | A prevention. Something that discourages or prevents a certain action |
| Implication | Something suggested. An idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint |
| Inequity | An injustice. Unfairness, instance of injustice |
| Infirmity | A disability. A physical weakness or defect, ailment |
| Infringe | To interfere with. To intrude or trespass on, to go beyond the limits considered proper |
| Innovation | A new custom, method, or invention, something newly introduced |
| Revitalize | To refresh. To renew the strength and energy of |
| Sparse | Thin |
| Subjective | One-sided, personal feeling opinions, not ojective |
| Succinct | Brief and clear, Expressed clearly in a few words to point conise |
| Allusion | A hint about, An indirect reference |
| Altruistic | unselfish. unselfishly concerned for the welfare of other |
| Appease | To calm. Especially by giving in to the demands of |
| Arbitrary | Impulsive. determined by personal judgement, not rule or reason, based on impulse |
| Assail | To attack physically or verbally |
| Banal | Unoriginal. Lacking of originality, overused; commonplace |
| Euphemism | A term that doesn't offend. A mild or vague term used as a substitute for one considered offensive or unpleasent |
| Mercenary | Greedy. Motivated only by financial gaon |
| Syndrome | A group of symptoms. Typical of a particular disease or condition |
| Taint | To damage. To stain the honor of someone or something |
| Calamity | a tragedy. An event bringing great loss and misery |
| Comprehensive | Complete. Including all or much |
| Conventional | Usual. Customary ordinary |
| Flagrant | Obvious. Shocking obvious; outrageous |
| Fluctuate | To vary. irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth |
| Persevere | To keep going. To continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties |
| Ponder | to think about. To consider carefully |
| Rehabiltate | To return back to normal life through therapy or education |
| Turmoil | Disorder. Complete confusion, uproar |
| Venture | To dare. To take risk |
| Attest | To declare to be true. To make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience' bear witness; testify |
| Attribute | A characteristic. A quality or feature of a person or thing |
| Discern | To see clearly. To recognize; detect |
| Dispatch | To send to a specific place or on specific business |
| Enhance | To make better. To improve; add to strength, beauty, or value of something |
| Enigma | A puzzle, A mystery or puzzle |
| Exemplify | To illustrate, To be an example of represent; be typical of |
| Mobile | Movable |
| Nocturnal | Active at night |
| Orient | locate, or direction |
| Concurrent | occurring at the same time |
| Confiscate | Take possession of |
| Constitute | To form. To make up |
| Decipher | To figure out |
| Default | not to do something required |
| Nominal | very little |
| Predominant | main, most common |
| Prerequisite | A requirement |
| Recession | an economic setback |
| Degenerate | To get worse |
| Implausible | unbelievable, unlikey |
| Incoherent | Unclear, unable to speak in an orderly logical way |
| Intercede | To plead for someone |
| Sanctuary | Shelter |
| Scrutiny | attention, carefully examination |
| Sinister | evil, wicked |
| Suffice | to be adequate |
| Vulnerable | Open to damage |
| Blatant | unmistakable |
| Blight | something that harms |
| Contrive | to think up |
| Garble | To jumble up, to mix up |
| Immaculate | spotless |
| plagiarism | The stealing of ideas |
| Qualm | A guilty feeling |
| Retaliate | to take revenge |
| Gaunt | Very thin |
| Gloat | to be overly self satisfied |
| Intricate | Complicated |
| Hypothetical | Imaginary. Supposed for the sake of argument or examination |
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