Chap 2 Group 1
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ameliorate | to make better VERB ( a meal makes you feel better) |
| Conserve | keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction VERB |
| Detriment | Injury, damage or something that causes it. NOUN(debt is an injury??) |
| Exotic | 1. introduced from another country 2. strikingly unusual ADJ |
| Folly | Lack of good sense, foolish. NOUN( if you are foolish you will fall) |
| Formerly | In an earlier period; previously ADVERB |
| Harmony | Friendly relations, agreement. NOUN( musical harmony means everyone is playing together so its in agreement) |
| Ignore | Disregard; refuse to take notice of. VERB |
| Impediment | something that hinders, Obstacle. NOUN( something that impedes) |
| Indolent | disposed to avoid exertion, lazy ADJ |
| Intact | untouched, uninjured. ADJ |
| Invalid | Not binding in law. ADJ |
| Noncarcinogenic | Not producing. ADJ (no cars in stock) |
| Parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend. ADJ(parsley is very cheap and the only thing they will buy) |
| Raze | Destroy utterly by tearing down. VERB( The computer game) |
| Reticent | Inclined to be silent, reserved. ADJ( silence, reticence) |
| Retire | go to bed or withdraw from active duty. VERB |
| Retort | answer sharply. VERB( you yell at the women who wont give you the tart) |
| Subvert | Overturn from the foundation. VERB( sub means under and verticle means up so push the foundation out) |
| Tractable | Easily led. ADJ( tracable is easily found) |
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