Vocab 1.1
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stagemaven10 on September 15, 2008
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Vocab section 1.1 from the book Vocabulary for the High School Student by Harold, Norman, and Robert T. Levine
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 civilian | (n) person who is not a member of the military, police, or firefighting forces |
| complicated | (adj) hard to understand; elaborate; complex; intricate |
| concur | (v) agree; coincide; be of the same opinion |
| confirm | (v) state or prove the truth of; substantinate; verify |
| confirmation | proof; evidence; verification |
| digress | (v) turn aside; get off the main topic; deviate |
| fragile | (adj) easily broken; breakable; weak; frail |
| galore | (adj) aplenty; in abundance; plentiful; abundant |
| genuine | (adj) actually being what it is claimed or seems to be; true; real; authentic |
| hostile | (adj) of or relating to an enemy or enemies; unfriendly; inimical |
| impatient | (adj) not patient; not willing to bear delay; fretful; anxious |
| inter | (v) put into the earth; bury; entomb |
| interment | (n) burial; entombment; sepulture |
| mitigate | (v) make less severe; lessen; alleviate; soften; relieve |
| novice | (n) one who is new to a field or activity; beginner; apprentice; neophyte; tyro |
| original #2 | (n) 1. belonging to the beginning; first; earliest; initial; primary 2. inventive; creative |
| originality | (n) freshness; novelty; inventiveness |
| rarity | (n) something uncommon, infrequent, or rare |
| resume | (v) 1. begin again 2. retake, reoccupy |
| shrink | (v) 1. draw back; recoil; wince 2. become smaller; contract |
| sober | (adj) 1. not drunk; not intoxicated 2. earnest; serious; free from excitement or exaggeration |
| suffice | (v) be enough, adequate, or sufficient; serve; do |
| vacant | (adj) empty; unoccupied; tentaless; not being used |
| vacancy | (n) unfilled position; unoccupied apartment or room |
| original #1 | (n) work created firsthand from which copies are made; prototype; archetype |
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