college comp 6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 extend | verb span large distance of time space open or straighten unbend make available |
| extensive | adjective large in spatial extent or range having a broad range or effect large in number or quantity great in range or scope of agriculture increasing productivity by using larege areas with minmial outlay of labor |
| extinguish | put an end to kill put out as of fires flames or lights kill in large numbers extinguish by crushing |
| extol | praise glorify |
| extract | noun, verb draw or pull out, usually iwth some force or effort also used in an abstract sense get despite of difficulties or obsticals deduce or consture a passage selected from a larger work |
| extraneous | not pertinent to the matter under consideration not essential not belonging to that in which it is contained introduced from an outside sources coming from outside |
| extravagant | unrestrained in especially feelings recklessly wasteful spending, using or doing more than necessary |
| extricate | verb release from entanglement of difficulty to free from a difficult or tangled situation to set free from a difficult or embarrasing situation to pull out, set free set free, disentangle rescue |
| exult | feel extreem happiness or elation to express great joy to be joyful to show happiness rejoice to be extremely joyful |
| Facet | distinct feature or element in a problem smooth surface one aspect of a situation |
| facilitate | make easier be of use physiology: in crease the likelihood of a response to make it easier for a process activity or growth to happen |
| faction | a group of people siding together against a leader or government a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue a small party with different views than the rest of society |
| faculty | body of teachers one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind talent or ability aptitude or ability of a person |
| fallacious | contain or based of fallacy intended to deceive based on incorrect or misleading notion or information |
| fallible | likely to fail or be inaccurate having the attributes of a man as opposed to e.g. divine beigns |
| fallow | noun adj. cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season undeveloped but potentially useful |
| falter | act of pausing uncertainly be unsure or weak move hesitatingly as if about to give way walk unsteadily speak haltingly |
| fanatic | a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to cuase or idea someone who is obsessed withor extremelyexctied about something |
| fanciful | not based on fact dubious having a curiously intricate quality indulging in or influnced by fancy |
| fastidious | giving and careful attention to detail hard to please excessively concred with cleanliness microbilogy having compicated nutrional requiremsnts very particular about ideas difficult to satisfy or please paying close attention to detail |
| fathom | linear unit of measurment=6 feet of water depth come to understand |
| fatuous | complacently inanely foolish foolish silly stupid vacuously smugly and unconsciously foolish |
| feasible | capeable of being dne with means at hand and circumstances as they are in a practable maner |
| feeble | pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness lacking strength or vigor lacking physical strength or vitality |
| feign | make believe make a pretence of |
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