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unit 11 vocab words
vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conservative | Holding to traditional attitudes and values |
| contagious | likely to spread to and affect others |
| dire | Extremely serious or urgent |
| eventful | marked by interesting or exciting events |
| Evolve | Develop gradually especially from a simple to a more complex form |
| fluster | make someone agitated of confused |
| intricate | very complicated or detailed |
| preposterous | Contrary to reason or common sense utterly absurd or ridiculous |
| principal | First in order of importance; Main |
| Revenue | Income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature |
| staple | A basic or principal item thing feature element or part |
| stint | A person's fixed or allotted period of work |
| strident | Loud and harsh grating |
| tycoon | A wealthy powerful person in business or industry |