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Hotel chapters 8-10
Vocabulary from chapters 8 - 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| remission | a period when a serious illness improves for a time |
| sabbatical | a period when someone, especially someone in a university job, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel |
| rumored | people are saying something is secretly or unofficially true |
| avid | doing something as much as possible |
| melancholy | very sad |
| restoration | when you repair something such as an old building or a piece of furniture, so that it looks the same as when it was first built or made |
| demolition | the complete destruction of a building |
| reliable | someone or something that can be trusted or depended on |
| spontaneity | the quality of not being planned or organized, but happening by itself, or because you suddenly feel you want to do it |
| savoring | fully enjoying the taste or smell of something |
| advocate | someone who publicly supports someone or something |