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LA Vocab Unit 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| n. Multitude | large number |
| n. Contraptions | machine that seems strange or unnecessarily complicated |
| adj. Colossal | immense; enormous |
| adj. Ingenious | original and clever |
| adj. Viable | something that has ability to succeed, survive or work properly |
| adj. Transformational | life-changing |
| v. Decipher | success in interpreting or understanding something |
| adj. Invincible | impossible to defeat |
| adj. Newfangled | invented only recently, therefore strange-seeming |
| n. Ingenuity | quality of being original and clever |
| n. Improvisations | things that are created without any preparation |
| adj. Myopic | nearsighted; showing lack of understanding |
| n. Foresight | knowledge or insights gained |
| n. Naiveté | quality of innocent simplicity |
| adj. Prescient | having knowledge of things before they happened |
| v. Enable | make possible |
| adj. Seminal | being first of something later recognized as important |
| adj. Legitimate | allowed, legal, valid |
| n/v. Dissent | n: disagreement v: to disagree |
| n. Dismay | strong feeling of dissapointment |
| n. Controversy | quarrel or dispute |
| n. Outcry | strong feeling of anger in reaction to an event |
| n. Deficiencies | lackings, missing essentials |
| n. Triumph | Victory; success |
| v. Revolutionized | drastically changed; improved |