Lesson 4 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 apprehend | 1. to take into custody; capture; arrest 2. to understand; to grasp with the mind |
| astound | to greatly amaze; to astonish |
| barren | not producing anything, such as crops or offspring |
| congestion | an overcrowding; a clogging |
| denounce | to accuse publicly; to criticize strongly |
| diligent | hard-working; making a steady effort |
| dominate | to rule by strength or power; to be most important; to control |
| emit | 1. to send out; to give off 2. to utter |
| gibberish | meaningless chatter; nonsense |
| hypocrisy | a pretending to be what one is not; saying one thing and doing another |
| impenetrable | not capable of being entered or passed through |
| likelihood | the fact of being likely to happen; something that is likely to happen |
| mutual | 1. done or felt by each of two people toward the other 2. shared by all or common to all |
| offbeat | out of the ordinary; different than most; strange |
| terminate | 1. to put an end to; to bring to an end; to stop 2. to come to an end |
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