| Term | Definition |
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| accumulate | v. to heap up; to gather or collect |
| adjacent | adj. nearby; next to |
| aggravate | v. to intensify; to make worse; to irritate |
| arbitrator | n. a person chosen to settle a dispute |
| armistice | n.a truce; a temporary declaration of peace |
| autobiography | n. a book written by a person about his/her life |
| biography | n.a book about the life of a person written by another person |
| bleak | adj. bar, dreary |
| brandish | v. to shake or wave, as with a weapon |
| brevity | n. the quality of being brief |
| buccaneer | n. a pirate |
| candor | n. fairness; honesty , frankness |
| cataclysm | n. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface; an extensive flood |
| cavalcade | n. a procession or long parade, especially of people on horseback |
| clique | n. a small group of people with similar interests |
| colossus | n. a huge statue; anything huge or gigantic |
| confirm | v. to make certain or verify ; admit to full membership in a church |
| contaminate | v. to make impure by contact or mixture |
| copious | adj.large in quantity or number; abundant |
| corporation | n. an association of people organized by law to act as a business |
| critical | adj. inclined to find fault |
| defunct | adj. dead, deceased, extinct |
| destitute | adj. lacking means or resources; deprived; penniless |
| dignified | adj. respectable, stately, noble |
| dingy | adj. dark, dull, or dirty |
| disintegrate | v. to break up; to separate into small parts |
| dispute | n. an argument, quarrel, or difference of opinion |
| dissection | n. a process of cutting apart |
| duplicate | n. an exact copy -v. to copy or reproduce exactly |
| dwindle | v. to become smaller or to shrink |
| edit | v. to prpare for publication; to change something like writing for the purpose of improving it |
| eminent | adj. standing out and easily noticed; above all others especially in terms of a particular quality; distinguished |
| epic | n. a long poem that tells of the adventures of a great hero |
| erupt | v. to burst forth or explode |
| escalate | v. to increase gradually; to ascend or rise |
| exasperate | v. to irritate intensely; to annoy extremely; to infuriate |
| exodus | n. a departure by many people |
| garrulous | adj. talkative |
| girder | n. a horizontal building support, usually make of steel or iron |
| harass | v. to trouble by repeated attacks; to disturb; to torment |
| heed | v. to give attention to; to notice; to obey |
| illegible | adj. incapable of being read |
| illiterate | n. a person who is unable to read or write. -adj. unable to read or write |
| imminent | adj. likely to occur at any moment |
| incoherent | adj. dificult to understand; mixed up |
| index | n. an alphabetical listing of the items-topics, names, etc. -in a book, and the pages on which to find them |
| influx | n. a flowing in |
| inhibit | v. to restrain, hinder, or hold back |
| inquest | n. a legal inquiry before a jury; an investigation |
| inquisitive | adj. curious; asking many questions |
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