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Vocabulary unit2 LA7
Vocabulary Workshop
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| available | ready for use/at hand |
| cater | to satisfy the needs of/to try to make things easy and pleasant/to supply food and service |
| customary | usual/expected/routine |
| dissuade | to persuade not to do something |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood/a troublemaker/an extremely energetic or emotional person |
| hazard | risk/peril/to expose to danger or harm/to gamble |
| homicide | the killing of one person by another |
| indifference | a lack of interest or concern |
| indignant | filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| indispensable | absolutely necessary/not to be neglected |
| lubricate | to apply oil or grease/to make smooth, slippery or easier to use |
| mutual | shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more |
| pelt | to throw a steam of things/to strike successively |
| plague | an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths/a widespread evil/to annoy or bother |
| poised | balanced/suspended/calm/controlled/ready for action |
| regime | a government in power/a form or system of rule or management/a period of rule |
| retard | to make slow/delay/hold back |
| transparent | allowing light to pass through/easily recognized or understood/easily seen through or detected |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed/not injured |