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15 Vocab quiz
Stack #4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameliorate | become better; make better; improve; enhance; (ant. worsen) |
| conserve | keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. waste) |
| detrimental | harmful; damaging |
| exotic | introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native; indigenous) |
| folly | lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom) |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity; concord. (ant. disharmony) |
| impediment | something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle (ant. aid) |
| indolent | disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious) |
| invalid | not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory. (ant. valid) |
| parsimonious | unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted. (ant. generous) |
| raze | destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level. (ant. erect |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved. (ant Frank) |
| retort | answer; reply sharply or angrily. (ant. Ask) |
| subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine. (ant. Uphold) |
| tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable. (ant. unruly, intractable) |