Unit 4 Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Noxious | Harmful to life or health; poisonous |
| Scenario | A sequence of events that is imagined, assumed, or suggested |
| Diabolic | Very cruel; wicked; demonic |
| Chide | To scold mildly or express disapproval |
| Yen | A strong desire; craving |
| Integral | Necessary to the whole; belonging to the whole |
| Coalition | A union of individuals, groups, or nations for some specific purpose |
| Commensurate | Corresponding in degree, number, or size; in proportion |
| Connotation | A secondary meaning suggested by a word, in addition to the word's dictionary definition |
| Dilapidated | Fallen into a state in which repairs are badly needed; broken down |
| Exacerbate | To aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe |
| Mitigate | To make less severe or less intense; relieve |
| Unprecedented | Being the first instance of something; never having occurred before |
| Panacea | Something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all |
| Atrophy | To wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (said of a body part); to wither away |
| Deprivation | Lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities |
| Imperative | Necessary; urgent |
| Objective | Not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed |
| Utilitarian | Made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations |
| Deplore | To feel or express disapproval of |
| Exhilaration | Cheerfulness; high spirits |
| Extricate | To free from a tangled situation or a difficulty |
| Tenuous | Having little substance or basis; weak; poorly supported |
| Decorum | Correctness in behavior and manners; standards or conventions of socially acceptable behavior |
| Rejuvenate | To make (someone) feel or seem young again; to make (something) seem fresh or new again |
| Espouse | To support, argue for, or adopt (an idea or cause) |
| Synchronize | To cause to occur at exactly the same time; to cause (clocks and watches) to agree in time |
| Facilitate | To make easier to do or to get |
| Orthodox | Following established, traditional rules or beliefs, especially in religion; following what is customary or commonly accepted |
| Exorbitant | Excessive, especially in amount, cost, or price; beyond what is reasonable or appropriate |
| Demeanor | Conduct; outward behavior; manner |
| Indolent | Lazy; avoiding or disliking work |
| Unassuming | Modest; not boastful or arrogant |
| Dissipate | To thin out or scatter and gradually vanish; drive away |
| Nonchalant | Calm, carefree, and causally unconcerned |
| Assimilate | To become more similar to a larger whole; especially, to blend into or adjust to a main culture |
| Unilateral | Involving or done by only one side |
| Inherent | Existing as a natural or essentially quality of a person or thing; built-in |
| Belligerent | Quick or eager to argue or fight; hostile; aggressive |
| Denunciation | A strong expression of disapproval; an act of condemning, especially publicly |
| Vindicate | To clear from blame or suspicion; justify or prove right |
| Placebo | A substance which contains no medicine, but which the receiver believes is a medicine |
| Emanate | To flow or come out from a source; come forth |
| Analogy | A comparison between two things in order to clarify or dramatize a point |
| Annihilate | To destroy completely; reduce to nothingness |
| Criterion | A standard by which something is or can be judged |
| Subversive | Acting or intending to undermine or overthrow something established |
| Staunch | Firm; loyal; strong in support |
| Holistic | Emphasizing the whole and the interdependence of its parts, rather than the parts separately |
| Proficient | Skilled; highly competent |
| dec | Ten |
| ous | Having; full of; characterized by |
| sur | Over; above; additional |
| duc, duct | To lead; guide; draw off |
| phil, phile | Loving; lover; friend |
| en | Made of |
| oct, octo | Eight |
| vol | To will; choose |
| cian, ian | A person with a certain ability or a certain kind of knowledge |
| homo | same; similar |
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