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Vocab List 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| garner | to gather or collect; accumulate, earn |
| mar | to spoil or damage; to injure or blemish |
| heed | to listen to, pay attention to, consider; to mind |
| meander | to wander casually with no set plan; to mind |
| nullify | to render unimportant or without worth; to negate or invalidate; to annul legally |
| obliterate | to erase completely, wiping out all traces |
| immutable | changeless and unchanging; unalterable, eternal |
| mutation | significant genetic change; the one changed |
| mitigate | to ease, making less severe; to alleviate or relieve |
| obscure | to make dim or unclear; to conceal, bide |
| peruse | to study or examine carefully |
| posit | to suppose, propose, suggest; to assume or affirm |
| proponent | one who talks in favor of something, an advocate |
| raze | to tear down completely, to demolish |
| placate | to clam, soothe, or appease, especially by offering to "be nice" or to do someone a favor |
| rebuff | to criticize harshly or to reject someone, often by snubbing them (ignoring them) |