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Worldlywise vocab 12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adversity | Misfortune; hardship |
| Cardinal | Most important; chief |
| Credible | Believable; reliable |
| Empathize | To show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems |
| Faculty | 1. Any natural powers of the mind and body; such as sight or hearing 2. An inborn ability; a knack 3. All the teachers of a school |
| Harrowing | Very distressing or acutely painful |
| Impair | To damage, weaken, or lessen |
| Infer | To reach a conclusion through reasoning |
| Intuition | Knowing or sensing something without the use of a reason; an insight |
| Manifest | Plain to see; evident To make clear; to reveal |
| Nuance | A very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation |
| Pernicious | Very destructive or harmful |
| Solace | Comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation |
| Treatise | A methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic |
| Vogue | The popular fashion of the time, wide acceptance or favor |