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7th Vocabulary 21&22
Hoxie - Vocabulary Lessons 21 and 22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| annihilate | v - to destroy completely |
| contaminate | v - to make impure or unclean |
| corrode | v - to dissolve or gradually destroy a medal OR to cause to deteriorate gradually |
| curtail | v - to cut short or reduce |
| deplete | v - to use up or empty out |
| deteriorate | v - to make or become worse; to weaken, decay, or diminish |
| extinct | adj - no longer existing or living |
| negate | v - to make ineffective or invalid; to reverse |
| rancid | adj - smelling or tasting like spoiled oils or fats |
| squander | v - to waste; to spend foolishly or uselessly OR to fail to take advantage of; to lose a good chance to do something |
| acrophobia | n - intense fear of high places |
| agoraphobia | n - intense fear of open or public places |
| ailurophobia | n - great fear or hatred of cats |
| Anglophile | n - a person who has great admiration or fondness for England and it's people |
| audiophile | n - a person very interested in the quality of sound reproduction |
| bibliophile | n - a person who loves, and often collects, books |
| claustrophobia | n - an intense fear of being in small or enclosed spaces |
| hydrophobia | n - an intense fear of water OR the disease of rabies |
| xenophobia | n - hatred or fear of foreign people and places |
| zoophobia | n - intense fear of animals |