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Unit 3 Vocab
First 4 sets
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| collaborators | associates working together in an undertaking; colleagues |
| fallible | capable of being wrong or mistaken |
| ambition | the desire to be successful or powerful |
| consolation | something that makes a person feel less disappointed or sad; comfort |
| scourges | events, conditions, or anything else that inflicts pain or punishment |
| stricken | to be overcome of affected |
| moribund | sickly, dying, no longer active |
| blight | a disease of conditions that cause living things to expire |
| counterparts | people or things closely resembling others |
| prosperous | enjoying healthy growth |
| regimen | a set of rules that must be strictly followed |
| corroded | to wear away a material like metal through chemical activity |
| hypothesis | an unproven theory that is being studied or discussed |
| notion | a personal belief or opinion on a topic |
| incidence | the occurrence of frequency of occurrences of something undesirable |