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Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impact | The effect or influence of one person, thing or action, on another. |
| Estimate | An approximate calculation or judgment of the value, number, quantity or extent of something. |
| Accessible | Able to be reached or entered. |
| Consequence | Arrive at, get as far as. |
| Effects | A change that is a resulte or consequence of an action or other cause. |
| Reveal | Make (previoulsy unknown or secret information) known to others. |
| Scarce | Insuffiicient for the demand. |
| Unsuitable | No fitting or appropriate. |
| Consumption | The using up of a resource. |
| Contain | Control or restain (oneself or a feeling). |
| Detriment | loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury. |
| Dexterous | skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body; having mental adroitness or skill; clever. |
| Discretion | the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice; |
| Facetious | not meant to be taken seriously or literally; amusing; |
| Gregarious | fond of the company of others; sociable. |
| Optimum | the greatest degree or best result obtained or obtainable under specific conditions; ideal, perfect; |
| Ostentatious | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others; |
| Scrupulous | having scruples; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled. |
| Sensory | of or pertaining to the senses or sensation. |
| Vicarious | taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. |
| Collaborate | Work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something. |
| Despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
| Instigate | Bring about or initiate (an action or event) |
| Resilient | (Of a substance or object) able to recoil or spring back into shape after bending, stretching, or being compressed. |
| Retrospect | A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time. |
| Rudimentary | Involving or limited to basic principles. |
| Scoff | Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way. |
| Squelch | Make a soft sucking sound such as that made by walking heavily through mud. |
| Venerate | Regard with great respect; revere. |
| Zealot | A person who is fanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious, political, or other ideals. |
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