| Term | Definition |
|---|
| transparent | letting light pass through |
| evict | to put a person from a property by legal process |
| antibiotic | a drug capable of killing germs inside the body |
| affect | to influence; to make an impression on |
| suspend | to hang by a support; to exlude from school |
| submission | the act of yielding or surrendering; handing over something for consideration or inspection |
| remiss | careless; negligant |
| pendulum | something hung as to swing freely |
| mitigate | to moderate the effect of something |
| impending | hanging over one, as doom |
| emit | to send out from a source; radiate |
| detract | to draw away from |
| ambivalent | having conflicting feelings |
| ambiguous | having a double meaning |
| incredible | unbelievable |
| incredulous | unbelieving; skeptical |
| biopsy | an examination of disease tissue |
| affix | to fasten; to seal |
| miniscule | extremely small; insignificant |
| rectify | to correct a situation or problem |
| anachronism | time or continuity error |
| capitulate | to surrender |
| chronological | in time order |
| felicity | happiness from good fortune |
| odometer | an instrument for measuring the distance travelled |
| transaction | putting through a business deal |
| providential | provided by divine guidance; lucky |
| inaudible | cannot be heard |
| export | to send goods out of the country |
| deportment | conduct; behavior |
| deify | to make someone or something into a god |
| cordial | warm; cheerful |
| audit | an official examination of an account book |
| confluence | flowing or coming together |
| antecede | to go before in time |
| circumlocution | the use of too many words or talking in circles |
| circumvent | to go around or bypass |
| commemorate | to observe; to recall to memory |
| congregate | to gather with others in one place |
| intercept | to take something on the way from one place to another |
| interdict | to forbid |
| interpolate | to insert words into a text or conversation |
| memoirs | a record of something to be remembered |
| visage | the face or look of a person |
| prescient | knowing before something happens |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract a poison |
| tractile | can be drawn out in length |
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