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Advancing vocabulary
Unit 1 chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Detriment | Damage, Disadvantage, Harm Working for long hours could be a detriment to your health. |
| Dexterous | skillful, handy, nimble dexterous use of the needle |
| Discretion | Tact, caution, consideration People want to have more discretion over their working hours. |
| Facetious | funny The comments was so facetious. |
| Gregarious | Outgoing, sociable outgoing friends make you gregarious. |
| Optimum | Ideal, Peak, perfect you wont get the optimum score if you dont attend the class regularly. |
| Ostentatious | showy He was vain and ostentatious. |
| Scrupulous | Ethical, principled Not all lawyers are scrupulous as she is. |
| Sensory | Of the senses Our sensory stimuli such as music |
| Vicarious | Indirect, substituted Pleasure parents get from their children's success is vicarious |