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english1 vocabulary
english vocab. words for our quiz on 9/26
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | become better; improve; |
| conserve | keep from waste loss, or decay; save |
| detrimental | harmful; damaging |
| exotic | foreign; unusual; strange |
| folly | lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement |
| impedient | something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle |
| invalid | not binding in law; having no force or effectl void; nugatory |
| parsimonious | undduly sparing in the spending of money; |
| raze | destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved |
| retort | answer; reply sharply or angrily |
| subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine |
| tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled |