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Word Skills 3
Out of the blue book, lesson 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |