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Unit 11 vocabulary
vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conservative | holding to traditional attitudes and values |
| contagious | likely to spread to and effect others |
| Dire | extremely serious or urgent |
| discern | perceive or recognize |
| evebtful | marked by interesting or exciting events |
| Evolve | Develop gradually especially from simple to more complex form |
| fluster | make someone agitated or 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 substantial nature |
| staple | a basic or principal item, thing, feature, element, or part. |
| stint | a persons fixed or alotted period of work |
| strident | loud and harsh |
| tycoon | a wealthy powerful person in business or industry |