Vocab pt.1
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xdxdaustin on September 18, 2011
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35 terms
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 |
| unruffled | not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturable; collected ant. discomposed; frenzied |
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