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Worldly wise vocab 1
Term | Definition |
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Amenity | 1. A feature that contributes to physical comfort 2. A feature that increases the attractiveness or value of a location 3. Acts of social courtesy |
Averse | Having a feeling of opposition or distaste |
Complacent | So self satisfied that one sees no need for change; unconcerned |
Decompose | To decay or break down into basic elements |
Defray | To supply money for; to pay |
Emanate | To come out from a source |
Envisage | To picture in ones mind, to imagine something in the future |
Facetious | Playfully or inappropriately humorous |
Fallacy | A false or mistaken idea |
Furor | An uproar; a state of great anger or excitement |
Idyll | An episode or experience that is calm and carefree |
Paucity | Scarcity; smallness in number or amount |
Porous | Full of tiny holes or spaces; easily penetrated by gas or liquid |
Superseded | To replace; to cause to be set aside because of superiority |
Tangible | Real able to be touched |