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Daniel's Story
Vocabulary Chap. 5 - 9
Term | Definition |
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evacuating | to remove persons or things from a place for reasons of safety |
exempt | release or free someone from an obligation or liability to which others are subject |
frugal | economical in use or expenditure, prudently saving or sparing, not wasteful |
habitable | capable of being inhabited, suitable for a dwelling |
proficient | fully competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled; an expert |
squalor | filth and misery |
supplement | something added to complete a thing; supply a deficiency (vitamin supplement); to reinforce or extend a whole |
vying | to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority |
camaraderie | good fellowship; friendship |
eloquent | skilled in fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech |
nurture | to feed, protect, support, encourage; upbringing, training, education |
scavenge | to take or gather (something usable) from discarded material |
ecstatic | state of rapturous delight; extreme happiness |
liberate | to set free as from imprisonment |
pilfering | stealing, especially in small quantities |
solidarity | unanimity of attitude or purpose, as between members of a group or class |