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Vocabulary
Isabelli Pereira
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To cause an effect, a consequence, influence | Impact |
| A guess or approximate amount. Not a exactly result | Estimate |
| Something easy to get, to find | Accessible |
| Result of an action, effect | Consequence |
| The results that an action can cause | Effects |
| To show up, turn visible, uncover | Reveal |
| Small amount, hard to find | Scarce |
| Not appropriated, can't be supported | Unsuitable |
| Use of something | Consumption |
| Try to stop, control | Contain |
| Humorous; playfully joking | Facetious |
| Meant to impress others; flashy | Ostentatious |
| Best possible; most favorable; most desirable | Optimum |
| Something that causes damage, harm, or loss | Detriment |
| Experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly | Vicarious |
| Skillful in using the hands or body | Dexterous |
| Careful about moral standards; conscientious | Scrupulous |
| Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others | Gregarious |
| Good judgement or tact in actions or speaking | Discretion |
| Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling | Sensory |
| My ability to speak Spanish ________, but I can at least manage to ask directions or order a meal. | Rudimentary |
| Jaime was _________ over the death of his dog, his companion for fourteen years. | Despondent |
| The novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which exposed the horrors of slavery, helped to _______ the American Civil War. | Instigate |
| Dawn is a ______ about banning nuclear weapons. She has walked for miles in protest marches and stood in the rain for hours during demonstrations. | Zealot |
| Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to helping the poor, is _______(e)d by some people as a twentieth-century saint. | Venerate |
| The cord, in the 1920s, was the first car with front-wheel drive, but in those days most people considered the idea ridiculous and ______(e)d at it. | Scoff |
| Marie and Pierre Curie ________(e)d on important scientific experiments involving radioactivity. | Collaborate |
| Kim's parents nagged her so hard about practicing the piano that they finally ______(e)d any interest she might have had in music. | Squelch |
| Since I'd like to be a photographer, I can see, in ______, that I would have gained valuable experience if I'd taken pictures for the school newspaper. | Retrospect |
| Athletes need to be ________. After a defeat, an individual or a team must be able to come back and fight for victory the next time. | Resilient |
| To place close together | Juxtapose |
| Inactivity due to laziness; weariness | Lethargy |
| Unclear; able to be interpreted in more than one way | Ambiguous |
| Foolish; Without sense or meaning | Inane |
| A rebel; person opposed to established ideas or beliefs | Dissident |
| To decorate; beautify by adding details | Embellish |
| Provide a grant or contribution | Subsidize |
| To spend or waste a little at a time | Fritter |
| Unintentional; accidental | Inadvertent |
| Happening now and then; occasional | Sporadic |
| To scold angrily; to criticize | Berate |
| To drive away; alienate; to make unsympathetic or unfriendly | Estrange |
| Very happy; overjoyed | Euphoric |
| Impulsive; done or acting in a hurry | Impetuous |
| Perfect; unable to make a mistake | Infallible |
| Overly emotional; tearfully sentimental | Maudlin |
| To return to an earlier; to go backward | Regress |
| To give up; to surrender | Relinquish |
| Found everywhere | Ubiquitous |
| The highest point or condition; peak | Zenith |
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