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Vocabulary #2/IV
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alternative | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen |
| audible | loud enough to be heard |
| collapse | break or fall apart completely |
| concerted-effort | try really hard |
| crystal-clear | very clean and clear |
| curb | to control or limit something |
| defiance | open disregard; contempt |
| enduring | able, to deal with pain/difficult experience; to deal with or accept |
| entice | to persuade someone to do something by offering him something nice |
| eradicated | to remove (something) completely; to eliminate or destroy |
| fatality | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster |
| massive | consisting of great mass; huge, great in size |
| pristine | completely free from dirt or contamination |
| prized | very important or valuable |
| pursuits | activities or hobbies |
| rich | having a lot of natural resources |
| slam | to put sth somewhere very quickly and with very great force with loud noise |
| soar | to fly very high or very fast |
| speck | a very small spot, (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything |
| succulent | full of juice |
| survive | continue to live; to continue to exist |
| unprecedented | never having happened before |
| unpredictable | unknown in advance |
| urge | to strongly advise; to ask people to do or support; to try to persuade |
| vast | Extremely large |
| vivid | very bright in color, seems like it's real |
| malfunction | to fail to function or work properly |
| complications | something that makes something harder to understand, explain, or deal |