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Professional Wrtg #1
PW chapter two, list one
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to improve |
| conserve | keep from waste, loss, or decay |
| detrimental | damaging, harmful |
| exotic | strikingly unusual, possibly from another country |
| folly | lack of good sense; foolish action |
| formerly | previously |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly relations |
| ignoramus | a stupid person |
| impediment | something that obstructs, an obstacle |
| impede | to interfere with |
| indolent | lazy |
| intact | left complete |
| invalid (adj) | not binding in law; having no force |
| invalid (n) | a sickly or disabled person |
| invalidate | abolish |
| noncarcinogenic | not tending to produce cancer |
| parsimonious | stingy, miserly |
| raze | demolish |
| reticent | reserved; uncommunicative; inclined to be silent or secretive |
| retire | go to bed |
| retort (v) | reply sharply or angrily |
| retort (n) | answer; reply |
| subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine |
| tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled |