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Unit 4
unit 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Multitude | noun a huge number |
| Contraptions | noun Machine that seems strange or unnecessarily |
| Colossal | noun immense; enormous |
| Viable | Adjective describes something that has the ability to succeed, survive, or work properly |
| Ingenious | Adjective describes something that is clever, original, inventive |
| Myopic | Adjective nearsighted; unable to see clearly; showing a lack of understanding |
| Foresight | Noun Knowledge or insight gained be looking toward the future |
| Naiveté | Noun The quality of innocent simplicity |
| Prescient | Adjective having knowledge of things before they happen |
| Enable | Verb make possible |
| Seminal | Adjective being the first of something that is later recognized as important |
| Dismay | Noun strong feeling of disappointment |
| Controversy | Noun quarrel or dispute |
| Outcry | Noun strong expression of anger in reaction to an event |
| Maneuver | Verb to opperate, guide or manipulate |
| Components | noun the parts that something is made of |
| Instinctive | Adjective describes something that is natural or second-nature |
| -gen- | birth, born, or produced |
| -vers- | to turn |
| fore- | before, in front of |
| in-,um-,im- | not, opposite of |