Vocab. for the college bound student chapter 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ameliorate | become better; make better; improve; enhance ant. worsen |
| amelioration | improvement ant. degradation |
| conserve | keep from waste, loss, or decay; save ant. worsen |
| conservation | preservation from loss, injury , or waste |
| conservationist | one who advocates the conservation of natural resources |
| detriment | injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage ant. advantage |
| detrimental | harmful; damaging ant. beneficial |
| exotic | 1. introduced from another country; foreign ant. native, indigenous 2. strikingly unusual; strange ant. normal |
| folly | lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking ant. wisdom |
| formerly | in an earlier period; previously ant. now |
| former | preceding; previous ant. latter |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity; concord ant. conflict, disharmony |
| harmonious | friendly; amicable(peaceable) ant. rude, unfriendly, mean |
| ignore | refuse to take notice of; disregard ant. heed |
| ignoramus | ignorant; stupid person; dunce (ignorant)/dolt; dullard; nincompop ant. smart, giving person; humble |
| impediment | something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle ant. aid |
| impede | interfere with or slow progress of; hinder; obstruct ant. help |
| indolent | disposed to avoid extertion; lazy; idle; lethargic ant. industrious |
| indolence | idleness; laziness |
| intact | untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured ant. imperfect |
| invalid (adj.) | not binding in law; having no force or effect; valid; nugatory (ineffective) ant. valid |
| invalidate | abolish; annul ant. permit, approve |
| invalid (noun) | sickly disabled person |
| noncarcinogenic | not producing, or tending to produce, cancer |
| parsomonious | unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted; ant. generous |
| parsimony | stinginess; parsimoniousness ant. geneorsity, liberality |
| raze | to destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level ant. erect (to build) |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved ant. frank |
| retience | restraint in communicating ant. frankness |
| retire | 1. withdraw from active duty or business ant. begin, enter, join 2. to go to bed ant. rise |
| retort (n) | quick, witty, or sharply reply; answer |
| retort (v) | answer, reply sharply or angrily ant. ask |
| subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine ant. uphold |
| subversion | sabotage; undermining ant. establish, confirmation |
| tractable | easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable ant. unruly, intractable |
| tractability | obedience ant. disobedient |
| baffle | bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate ant. enlighten; explain |
| baffling | frustrating; bewildering |
| cinema | movies; motion-picture industry ant. TV |
| cinematography | art of making motion-pictures |
| despise | look down with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior ant. admire |
| despicable | worthy of contempt; contemptible ant. laudable (praiseworthy) |
| ebullient | overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious ant. unenthusiastic, disinterested |
| exaggerate | overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify ant. minimize |
| exaggeration | overstatement ant. understatement |
| exhort | arouse by words; advise strongly; urge ant. compliment |
| exhortation | urgent recommendation or advice ant. misinformation |
| expertise | specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness ant. inexperienced |
| finicky | excessively concerned with details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety ant. easily pleased; uncritical |
| gall (v) | make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex ant. encourage |
| gall (n) | brazen boldness; nerve ant. meekness (not confident) |
| insane | lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid ant. deep; profound |
| insanity | foolishness; shallowness |
| indemnify | compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay ant. deprive; lose |
| Occident | west; countries of America and Europe ant. orient (east) |
| occidental | western ant. oriental |
| peruse | neglect; overlook |
| perusal | reading; study |
| scuffle | srtuggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple; brawl; fight ant. peace; agreement |
| spurn | thrust aside with disdain of contempt; reject ant. accept |
| stipend | fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner ant. debt |
| surveillance | close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision ant. disregard; unobservant |
| tepid | moderately warm; lukewarm ant. cold; hot |
| tepidly | unenusiastically; lukewarmly |
| wager | risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet ant. certainty; assurance |
| wane | decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink |
| abhorrent | (followed by to) in confilct; utterly opposed; loathesome; repugant; odious; abominable ant. admireable |
| abhor | utterly detest; loathe; hate |
| admonish | reprove gently bu seriously; warn of a fault; caution ant. commend |
| admonition | gentle warning; friendly reproof |
| ambrosial | extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (the food of the gods); heavenly ant. disgusting |
| confine | shut up; imprision; keep in narrow, cramped quarters ant. free |
| confinement | imprisionment |
| decade | period of ten years ant. century |
| detonate | explode with suddenness and violence; cause something to explode ant. implode; dismantle |
| detonation | explosion |
| ephemeral | lasting one day; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient ant. permanent; perpetual |
| gulliable | easily decieved or cheated; credulous ant. astute (clever) |
| gull | decieve; cheat ant. fair |
| haggle | dispute over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle ant. agree; rip-off |
| immerse | 1. plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck ant. dry; retrieve 2. engross; absorb ant. disinvolve; neglect |
| immersion | state of being deeply engrossed; absorption |
| insomnia | inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness ant. sleep; restfulness |
| insomniac | person suffering from insomnia |
| lapse | 1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault ant. achievement 2. interval ant. continuity |
| lapse (v) | cease being in force; become invaild ant. continue |
| probe | critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation ant. disreagrd; no further looking into |
| prober | investigator |
| render | hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give ant. recieve |
| rendering | presentation; interpretation ant. conceal |
| repast | food for one occasion of eating; meal ant. diet; famish; refrain; starve |
| replenish | bring back to condition of being full; refill ant. deplete |
| score | group of twenty; twenty ant. 19 |
| snub | act or instance of treating with contempt; rebuff; slight; insult |
| suture | strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made by such material ant. unstitch |
| unwittingly | unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly ant. intentionally |
| acquit | 1. relieve from accusation; pronounced not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate ant. convict 2. perform one's part; conduct oneself |
| complex | having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate ant. simple |
| consign | give, transfer, or deliver, as if by sighning over; handover; commit ant. recieve; keep |
| consignee | person to whom something is shipped ant. giver; donor |
| effrontery | shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah ant. shame; modesty |
| excruciating | causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful ant. bearable; pleasant |
| forbearance | act of refraining; abstaining; leniency; patience ant. anger |
| hamper | interfere with; hinder; impede ant. aid |
| nettlesome | literally, full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyance or vexation ant. comforting, delight |
| oblivious | (usually followed by of) forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting ant. aware, mindful, understanding |
| oblivion | condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness ant. awareness |
| prodigious | extarordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal ant. tiny |
| prodigy | person of extorinary talent or ability; wonder ant. failure |
| rejuvenate | make young or youthful again; give new vigor (energy) to; refresh; reinvigorate ant. destroy; old |
| residue | whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; refresh ant. base |
| salutary | favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious an. deleterious (harmful) |
| scrutinize | examine very closely; inspect; vet ant. neglect; look over |
| supersede | force out of use; displace; supplant; replace ant. leave alone; remain |
| sweltering | oppresivelyhot; torrid; sultry ant. frigid; cold |
| unruffled | not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturable; collected ant. discomposed; frenzied |
| withdraw | 1. take back; remove ant. deposit 2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave ant. advance |
| unwieldy | hard to handle because of size/weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome ant. manageable; easy to handle |
| zany | having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony ant. normal |
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