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Vocabulary Unit 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Concurrent | occurring at the same time; simultaneous |
| Confiscate | to take possession of; to seize with authority; legally take possession of |
| Constitute | to form; to make up; be the parts of |
| Decipher | to figure out; to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out) |
| Default | not to do something required; to fail to do something required |
| Hypothetical | imaginary; supposed for the sake of argument or examination; theoretical |
| Nominal | very little; slight; very small compared with what might be expected |
| Predominant | main; most common or most noticeable |
| Prerequisite | a requirement; something required beforehand |
| Recession | an economic setback; a temporary decline in business |
| Degenerate | to get worse; to worsen; deteriorate |
| Implausible | unbelievable; difficult to believe; unlikely |
| Incoherent | unclear; unable to speak in a orderly, logical way |
| Intercede | to plead for someone; to make a request or plead on behalf of someone else |
| Intricate | complicated; having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex |
| Sanctuary | a shelter; a place of safety, protection, or relief |
| Scrutiny | attention; close inspection; careful examination |
| Sinister | evil; wicked |
| Suffice | to be adequate; to be good enough |
| Vulnerable | open; open to damage or attack, susceptible |
| Blatant | Unmistakable; very obvious, often offensively so |
| Blight | Something that harms; something that weakens, damages, or destroys. |
| Contrive | To think up; to plan clearly |
| Garble | To jumble; to mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble |
| Gaunt | Very thin; thin and bony |
| Gloat | To be overly self-satisfied; to feel or express delight or self satisfaction, often spitefully |
| Immaculate | Spotless; perfectly clean |
| Plagiarism | The stealing of ideas; using someone else's writings or ideas as one's own |
| Qualm | A guilty feeling; an uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is |
| Retaliate | To take revenge; to return an injury for an injury; pay back |
| Curtail | To shorten; to cut short or reduce |
| Devastated | To upset greatly, to upset deeply; overwhelm |
| Digress | To go off the subject; to turn aside, or stray, especially from the main topic in speaking or writing |
| Incentive | Encouragement; something that moves one to take action or work harder; a motivation |
| Incorporate | To join together; to unite into a single whole; combine |
| Indispensable | Needed; necessary |
| Intermittent | Irregular; starting and stopping from time to time; off and on |
| Rigor | A hardship; great hardship or difficulty; harshness; severity |
| Squander | To misuse; to waste; spend or use foolishly |
| Succumb | To yield; to give in; stop resisting |
| Alleviate | To ease; to relieve; make easier to endure |
| Benefactor | A financial supporter; a person or organization that gives help; especially financial aid |
| Covert | concealed; secret; hidden |
| Cynic | someone who believes the worst; a person who believes the worst of people's behavior and motive; someone who believes people are motivated only by selfishness |
| Demise | dying; death |
| Infamous | known unfavorably; having a very bad reputation; widely known for being vicious, criminal, or deserving of contempt |
| Intrinsic | fundamental; belonging to a person or thing by its very nature (and thus not dependent on circumstances); built in |
| Revulsion | hatred; great disgust or distaste |
| Speculate | to guess; to come up with ideas or theories about a subject; theorize |
| Virile | having attractive male qualities; manly; masculine |
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