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Vocabulary Review for Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to have caused a loss of honor or respect | disgraced |
| an advance or growth; development, improvement | progress |
| raised in rank, condition, or importance | promoted |
| disgusting, repulsive | revolting |
| a side digh to add flavor to food | relish |
| process of losing power, strength, beauty, health; growing worse | decline |
| earlier; past | former |
| usual, customary; used to | accustomed |
| kept in confinement; held against one's will | captive |
| places of refuge or protection | sanctuaries |
| a severe test or experience | ordeal |
| very simple | primitive |
| an imaginary cirlce around the center of the earth | equator |
| process of gradually wearing away | erosion |
| processed or treated so it can be used again | recycled |
| regions near the equator that are also the hottest parts of Earth | tropics |
| animal of mixed breed, especially a dog | mongrel |
| long hallways; passages in a large building into which rooms open | corridors |
| place to which someone or something is going or being sent | destination |
| feeling about with the hands | groping |
| big and heave, large | massive |
| the line where the sky seems to meet the earth | horizon |
| having great extent; vast, comprehensive | extensive |
| belly; the part of the body containing the intestines | abdoman |
| to eat greedily | gorge |
| done; completed; to succeed in doing | accomplish |
| to tatter or walk unsteadily | stagger |