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Luiz's Vocabulary
This stack is made of words from essays and vocabulary books that Luiz must know
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| The action of using up a resource; an amount of something which is used | Consumption |
| To hold or keep within limits; restrain | Contain |
| An approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something | Estimate |
| Influence; effect: the _____ of Einstein on modern physics | Impact |
| Something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence | Effects |
| Easy to approach, reach, enter, speak with, or use | Accessible |
| The effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier | Consequence |
| To make known; disclose; divulge | Reveal |
| Not appropriate; unfitting; unbecoming | Unsuitable |
| Insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant | Scarce |
| Loss, damage, disadvantage, or injury | Detriment |
| Skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body | Dexterous |
| Prudence, decorum, wisdom, good sense | Discretion |
| Jocular or amusing, especial at inappropriate times | Facetious |
| Enjoying the company of others, relating to, or characteristic of crowds or communities | Gregarious |
| The best or most favorable point, degree, amount, most favorable or advantageous | Optimum |
| Characterized by pretentious, showy, or vulgar display | Ostentatious |
| Characterized by careful observation of what is morally right | Scupulous |
| Of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation | Sensory |
| Felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others | Vicarious |
| To work with another or others on a joint project | Collaborate |
| Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement,lacking hope or courage, dejected | Despondent |
| To urge, provoke, or incite to some action, to cause | Intigate |
| capable of regaining its original shape or position after bending, stretching, compression, or other deformation; recovering easily and quickly from shock, illness, etc. | Resilient |
| Contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc. | Retrospect |
| Basic, fundamental; not elaborated or perfected | Rudimentary |
| To speak derisively; mock, to deride | Scoff |
| To strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash | Squelch |
| To honour in recognition of qualities of holiness, excellence, wisdom, etc | Venerate |
| An immoderate, fanatical, especial a religious one | Zealot |
| Having more than one possible interpretation or meaning | Ambiguous |
| A person who disagrees, esp one who disagrees with the government | Dissident |
| To beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn. | Embellish |
| To waste or squander, to break or tear into small pieces; shred | Fritter |
| Resulting from heedless action; unintentional | Inadvertent |
| Senseless, unimaginative, or empty; unintelligent | Inane |
| To place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast. | Juxtapose |
| Sluggishness, slowness, or dullness, an abnormal lack of energy, esp as the result of a disease | Lethargy |
| Occurring at irregular points in time; intermittent | Sporadic |
| To purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy | Subsidize |
| To scold harshly | Berate |
| To separate and live apart from, to antagonize or lose the affection of | Estrange |
| Intensely happy or confident, a feeling of great elation, especial when exaggerated | Euphoric |
| Liable to act without consideration; rash; impulsive | Impetuous |
| Absolutely trustworthy or sure, a person or thing that is incapable of error | Infallible |
| Tearfully or weakly emotional, foolishly sentimental (as when drunk) | Maudlin |
| To move backward, go back, to revert to an earlier or less advanced state or form | Regress |
| To renounce or surrender, to give up, put aside or desist from, to let go | Relinquish |
| Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time, omnipresent | Ubiquitous |
| The highest point, peak, acme | Zenith |
| To use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead | Equivocate |
| Happening by chance, especial by a lucky chance, unplanned, accidental | Fortuitous |
| Faultless, flawless, irreproachable, incapable of sin. | Impeccable |
| A link, communication and contact between groups or units | Liaison |
| To incline or make (someone) susceptible to something beforehand | Predisposed |
| A natural tendency or disposition | Propensity |
| Deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure, shameful, blameworthy. | Reprehensible |
| Something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. | Sham |
| Something that gives comfort or consolation | Solace |
| Mindful, regardful, attentive, concerned | Solicitous |
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