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WW3000 lesson 20
15 vocabs. about Wordly Wise 3000 lesson 20
Vocabulary | Definition |
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apathy | A lack of interest or concern |
apathetic | Unconcerned; uninterested |
badger | To keep bothering, a strongly built, burrowing mammal common in many northern part of the world |
compel | To force or require to do something |
delude | To mislead; to deceive |
delusion | A false or mistaken belief |
deplore | To fell or express sorrow or regret, to disapprove of strongly |
deplorable | Very bad; wretched |
derelict | Dilapidated and abandoned, lacking a sense of duty; neglectful, A poor, homeless person |
detriment | Damage or harm, anything that causes harm. |
detrimental | Damaging; harmful |
diversity | The condition of being different or having differences, variety |
emit | To give off or send out, to utter or express |
emission | Something that is emitted |
foster | To promote the growth of; to encourage, giving or receiving care in a family that is not related by birth or adoption |
inanimate | Lacking qualities associated with living things |
incentive | Something that makes a person want to try or work harder |
omen | An event of sign that is believed to indicate the future |
ominous | Of or like a bad omen; threatening |
species | A group of plants or animals that are similar in some ways |
toxic | Causing harm; poisonous |