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Hoxie 7 vocab 21 22
Hoxie 7 Vocabulary lessons 21-22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acrophobia | intense fear of HIGH places |
| agoraphobia | intense fear of OPEN or PUBLIC places |
| ailuophobia | great fear or hatred of CATS |
| Anglophile | a person who has great admiration or fondness for ENGLAND and is tpeople |
| audiophile | a person very interested in the quality of SOUND reproduction |
| bibliophile | a person who loves, and often collects,BOOKS |
| claustrophobia | an intense fear of being in SMALL or ENCLOSED places |
| hydrophobia | 1. an intense fear of WATER 2. the disease of rabies |
| xenophobia | hatred or fear of FOREIGN PEOPLE and PLACES |
| zoophobia | an intense fear of ANIMALS |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| contaminated | to make impure or unclean |
| corrode | 1. to dissolve or gradually destroy a metal 2. to cause to deteriorate gradually |
| curtail | to cut short or reduce |
| deplete | to use up or to empty out |
| deteriorate | to make or become worse; to weaken, decay, or diminish |
| extinct | no longer existing or living |
| negate | to make ineffective or invalid; to reverse |
| rancid | smelling or tasting like spoiled oils or fats |
| squander | 1. to waste; to spend foolishly or uselessly 2. to fail to take advantage of; to lose a good chance to do something |