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Navo Vocabulary 3
Term | Definition |
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admonish | to warn; to criticize gently |
aghast | struck with horror; shocked |
annihilate | to destroy completely; to reduce to utter ruin |
benefactor | a person who provides help, especially by giving money |
bestow | to give as an honor; to present as a gift |
devious | having many twists and turns; winding; sneaky; not frank or honest |
devoid | lacking; empty; entirely without |
heed | to pay attention to; attention; notice |
mortal | a human being, especially as contrasted with a god; of or relating to human beings; causing death; fatal; very severe |
muse | to think about in a quiet, careful way |
pioneer | a person who goes before others and opens the way for them to follow; to open the way for others |
plague | a deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person; anything that causes destruction or suffering |
subside | to sink to a lower level; to become quieter or less active |
unwitting | not done on purpose; unintended |
wrath | foreceful anger; fury; very angry |
chronic | persisting over a period of time, usually a long time; happening over and over again |
chronicle | an account of events in the order they occurred |
chronological | arranged by order of time, from the earliest to the most recent |
chronometer | an instrument that measures time precisely |
synchronize | to cause things to occur at the same time, often at the same speed or rate |
aud/audi | a root word that means to hear |
bio | a root word that means life |