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vocab2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| electrify | excite greatly- bring energy |
| ensure | guarantee |
| envision | picture mentally of future events- foresee |
| equate | to regard, treat as equal relate |
| expand | elaborate increase in size |
| emulate | to try to equal- mimic |
| exemplify | serve as an example of |
| embody | give tangible/ real form to express ( idea, principle) an action |
| expedite | speed up the progress of |
| endorse | support, approve |
| extract | draw out |
| extort | to get by intimidation |
| foresee | to know before it actually happens, predict , anticipate |
| fabricate | to fake/ forge |
| fuse | join or unite to form a single entity |
| fluctuate | change continually - unstable rise then fall- increase then decrease |
| facilitate | .make easier .do- start |
| generalize | not focusing on specifics - to turn into an "all" statement |
| granted that | being true that |
| idealize | glorify/ worship |
| improvise | create/ perform spontaneously- without preparation |
| indoctrinate | teach to accept a set of beliefs uncritically |
| infer | conclude from evidence without actually being told what is and is not .read between the lines |
| inherit | to receive by succession . to acquire/ gain |
| innovate | make changes/ do something new |
| insure | guarantee |
| intend | aim/ plan |
| interfere | get in the way - |
| intervene | step in - mediate |
| inhibits | prevents/ restrain |
| interrogate | ask questions aggressively |
| impede | to disrupt/ stop / interfere/ disrupt |
| indict | charge with a serious crime |
| integrate | to make part of incorporate |
| input | enter add to |
| interlock | connect |
| imply | suggests |
| intertwine | connect, relate |
| induce | bring about, impel |
| self-induced( pain, injury, problem) | brought on by oneself - self-caused |
| jeopardize | put into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure - risk |
| jinx | bring bad luck |
| liberate | set free |
| liquidate | to settle/ pay off a |
| leak out | become known |
| lionize | treat as a celebrity |
| lag | fall behind |
| maneuver | perform a movement/action in order to gain ground |
| mislead(ing) | lead into wrong way |
| misinform(ed) | give false information |
| modify | make less difficult |
| mask | to disguise/ hide |
| negate | deny- role out- |
| nictitate | make necessary |
| neglect | pay no attention |
| notify | to inform/ give notice to |
| offset | counteract, compensate for, cancel out, make good |
| outweigh | exceed in value, importance |
| 0verlooked | fail to notice 2.to disregard deliberately |
| ooze | flow slowly |
| crack the pavement | do the hard thing - |
| oppress | to keep in hardship- ill-treat |
| originates | started, began |
| override | use your authority to reject or cancel |
| pamper | treat with extreme kindness |
| partake | participate |
| penalize | subject to punishment |
| penetrate | .enter .enter (her) insert penis into . understand |
| pinpoint | to locate exact position |
| plateau | to reach a state of no development .reach a state of little or no change after a time of activity or progress. |
| precede | comes before |
| prompt | trigger, induce |
| publicize | make public- widely known |
| pledge | to promise |
| prioritize | to arrange or do in order of importance |
| propagate | spread, promote |
| personify | embody- exemplify represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form |
| resuscitate | restore, revive from death, bring back to give life to |
| recuperate | recover from sickness- exhaustion to restore health |
| rampage | act violently , to rush |
| redeem | to get back- recover ownership |
| retaliate | to return like for like - revenge - get even |
| avenge | to inflict punishment- revenge |
| register | enter click to me make sense |
| relapse | fall back into a former state, habit, condition esp. bad ones backslide |
| recapture | capture again |
| refute | to prove to be false disprove, deny(claim, charge, allegation) |
| reimburse | To repay (money spent); pay back for some expense incurred.Can the company reimburse me for my professional travel?" |
| regress | To return to a previous, usually worse or less developed state |
| revert | to return to( pervious state) |
| coined | invent |
| replicate | repeat, reproduce, redo |
| reinforce | to strengthen/ support |
| radiates | to emit, give off, extends, spread outs, fan out |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept or be associated with |
| subject to | be - under go - under the power of |
| scrutinize | surveillance , studied, analyzed, inspect critically |
| short-lived | not outlived for long |
| shimmy | move shoulders |
| safeguard | to protect |
| stagger | to shock to walk unsteadily |
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