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10th grade vocab, chapter 2 part 1

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word
definition (antonym)
ameliorate/amelioration   become better, make better, improve, enhance (worsen)/improvement (degradation)  
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conserve/conservation/conservationist   keep from waste, loss or decay, save (waste)/preservation from loss, injury or waste/one who advocates the conservation of natural resources  
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detriment/detrimental   injury, damage, or something that causes it, diadvantage (advantage)/harmful, damaging  
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exotic   1) introduced from another country, foreign (native, indigenous)2) strikingly unusual, strange  
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folly   lack of good sense, foolish action or undertaking (wisdom)  
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formerly/former   in an earlier period, previously (now)/preceding, previous (latter)  
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harmony/harmonious   peaceable or friendly relations, accord, agreement, tranquillity, concord (conflict, disharmony)/friendly, amicable  
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ignore/ignoramous   refuse to take notice of, disregard (heed)/ignorant, stupid person, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop  
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impediment/impede   something that hinders or obstructs, hindrance, obstacle (aid)/interfere with or slow the progress of, hinder, obstruct  
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indolent/indolence   disposed to avoid exertion, lazy, idle, lethargic (industrious)/idleness, laziness  
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intact   untouched by anything that damages or diminishes, left complete or entire, uninjured (imperfect)  
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invalid/invalidate/invalid   not binding in law, having no force or effect, void, nugatory (valid)/abolish, annul/sickly or disabled person  
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noncarcinogenic   not producing or tending to produce, cancer (carcinogenic)  
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parsimonious/parsimony   unduly sparing in the spending of money, stingy, miserly, tightfisted (generous)/stinginess, parsimoniousness (generosity, liberality)  
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raze   destroy utterly by tearing down, demolish, level (erect)  
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reticient/reticence   inclined to be silent or secretive, uncommunicative, reserved (frank)/restraint in communicating (frankness)  
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retire   1)withdraw from active duty or business2) go to bed (rise)  
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retort/retort   answer, reply sharply or angrily (ask)/quick, witty, sharp reply, answer  
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subvert/subversion   overturn or overthrow from the foundation, undermine (uphold)/sabotage, undermining  
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tractable/tractabillity   easily led, taught or controlled, yielding, docile, amenable (unruly, intractable)/obedience  
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