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Marie Set #12
| Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CONSERVE natural resources (n. conservation) | PROTECT natural resources FROM DESTRUCTION |
| a MEDIOCRE film | an ORDINARY film |
| 1. TENDS TO BE optimistic (n. tendency) | USUALLY IS optimistic |
| 2. the direction where society is TENDING (n. tendency) | the direction where society is MOVING |
| 3. TEND to your business (n. tendency) | PAY ATTENTION to your business |
| 4. a TENDENCY to be pessimistic (v. to tend) | a PATTERN OF being pessimistic |
| He played DESPITE being injured. He played DESPITE the injury. | He played EVEN THOUGH he was injured |
| 1. PRESERVE natural resources (n. preserve, n. preservation) | PROTECT natural resources |
| 2. PRESERVE fruit (n. preserves) | PREPARE fruit TO LAST A LONG TIME |
| 1. a FAVORABLE attitude (v. to favor, n. favor, adv. favorably) | a POSITIVE attitude |
| 2. the FAVOR of the voters (v. to favor, adj. favorable, adj. favorably) | the APPROVAL of the voters |
| 3. The movement lost FAVOR. (v. to favor, adj. favorable, adv. favorably) | The movement lost POPULARITY. |
| 4. do someone a FAVOR (v. to favor, adj. favorable, adv. favorably) | do SOMETHING SPECIAL TO HELP someone |
| 1. natural VEGETATION (v. to vegetate) | natural PLANT LIFE |
| 2. sit at home, watch TV and VEGETATE (n. vegetation) | sit at home, watch TV and DO VERY LITTLE |
| 1. STABILIZE prices (n. stability, adj. stable, adv. stably) | KEEP prices FROM CHANGING A LOT |
| 2. STABILZE a hospitalized patient (n. stability, adj. stable, adv. stably) | KEEP a hospitalized patient FROM GETTING WORSE |
| 3. STABILIZE the Afghan government (n. stability, adj. stable, adv. stably) | KEEP the Afghan government FROM FALLING APART |
| 4. a STABLE personality (v. to stabilize, n. stability, adv. stably) | a SECURE, RATIONAL personality |
| 5. the movie's STABLE of stars (v. to stable) | the movie's GROUP of stars |
| 6. the horse's STABLE (v. to stable) | the horse's STALL IN A BARN WHERE IT IS KEPT |
| 7. STABLE building in an earthquake (v. to stabilize, n. stability, adv. stably) | building THAT WON'T BE DAMAGED in an earthquake |
| 1. SUBSEQUENT events (adv. subsequently) | events THAT CAME AFTER |
| 2. SUBSEQUENTLY, new instructions were given. (adj. subsequent) | THEREFORE, new instructions were given. |
| 1. growing at an ACCELERATED pace (n. acceleration) | growing at a FASTER pace |
| 2. a car with good ACCELERATION (v. to accelerate) | a car with THE ABILITY TO quickly GO FASTER |
| 1. EROSION of the soil by wind and water (v. to erode) | GRADUAL WEARING AWAY of the soil by wind and water |
| 2. ERODED his confidence (n. erosion) | GRADUALLY DESTROYED his confidence |
| 1. FINE thread | VERY THIN thread |
| 2. FINE difference | VERY SMALL difference |
| 3. FINE manners | HIGH-CLASS manners |
| 4. It's FINE with us. | It's VERY WELL with us. |
| 5. pay a FINE | pay an AMOUNT OF MONEY AS PUNISHMENT |
| DIMINISHED ability to absorb water (v. to diminish (v. to diminish, n. diminution) | REDUCED ability to absorb water |
| 1. physical DETERIORATION (v. to deteriorate) | GRADUAL physical DESTRUCTION |
| 1. CONVEYING my intentions | MAKING my intentions UNDERSTOOD |
| 2. CONVEY a message | SEND a message |
| 1. religious CONVICTION | FIRM religious BELIEF |
| 2. CONVICTED of a crime (n. conviction) | FOUND GUILTY of a crime |
| The photo CORROBORATES her claim about where she was. (n. corroboration) | The photo BACKS UP her claim about where she was. |
| a drug used to COUNTERACT fatigue (n. counteraction) | a drug used to REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF fatigue |
| COUNTERPRODUCTIVE punishment | punishment PRODUCING THE OPPOSITE RESULT THAN INTENDED |
| reached the CULMINATION of years of research (v. to culminate) | reached the HIGH POINT of years of research |
| 1. CULTIVATE land (n. cultivation) | PREPARE land FOR GROWING SOMETHING |
| 2. CULTIVATE students' minds (n. cultivation) | IMPROVE students' minds |
| 3. CULTIVATE influential people | WORK ON MAKING FRIENDS WITH influential people |
| DECREE that May 5 is a national holiday (n. decree) | DECLARE OFFICIALLY that May 5 is a national holiday |
| 1. DEFERENCE TO the elderly (v. to defer) | RESPECT FOR the elderly |
| 2. DEFER making a decision (n. deferral) | DELAY making a decision |
| 3. DEFERRED to her father's wishes (n. deference) | FOLLOWED her father's wishes |
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