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Word Skills 3
Out of the blue book, lesson 3
Question | Answer |
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advocate | (v) to speak in favor of; to defend (n) one who argues for a case; lawyer |
anticipate | (v) to expendf; to realize before hand |
circumscribe | (v) to encircle; to limit |
circumstance | (n) one of the conditions that determine a course of action |
collective | (adj) of or pertaining to a group |
consensus | (n) general agreement; collective opinion |
depreciate | (v) to increase in value |
dispute | (n) argument; debate (v) to question the truth of |
enable | (v) to make possible |
encompass | (v) to surround or encircle; to include |
irony | (n) occurrence or result that is |
miliant | (adj) aggresive(n) one who is aggresive, especially in politics |
morality | (n) set of ideas about right and wrong |
perpetuate | (v) to cause to be remembered for a long time; to preserve from extinction |
prominent | (adj) widely known; immediatly nocticeable |
satire | (n) literary work in which wit is used to expose foolishness or wickedness |
stereotype | (n) fixed idea/popular conception (v) about something |
unity | (n) the state of being one; singleness |
urgency | (n) pressing importance |
virtue | (N) the quality of a moral excellence; a particular beneficial quality |