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Vocab- Unit 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mobile | Able to move from one place to another. |
| motivation | The condition of being eager to act or work. |
| motive | The reason for doing something. |
| Tractor | A large vehicle used to pull around farm equipment and other heavy objects. |
| Detract | The reduce the importance of something. |
| Contract | To make something smaller or shorter; to become smaller (contaction) |
| Attention | The act or power of carefully thinking about listening to, or watching someone or something. |
| Extend | To cause something such as an arm or leg to straiten out. |
| Tension | The amount that something is stretched; an uneasy feeling that makes it hard to relax. |
| Contentious | Likely to cause people to argue or disagree; heated |
| Decrepit | Weakened as you age. |
| perpetuate | To help memorialize or keep something alive. To keep something going. |
| sumptuous | Expensive looking |
| trajectories | A path something follows. |
| inert | Unable to physically move.To lack physical strength |
| Persistent | To not stop trying. |
| commodity | Something specific valued to a certain place. |
| meandering | A winding, indirect course |
| terse | Out of character. |
| chastised | To severely punish. |