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Vocab Chap. 2 Group 1
Vocabulary Words
18
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11/03/2004

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conserve
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v-keep from waste, loss, or decay; save
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ameliorate
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v-become better; make better; improve; enhance
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detriment
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n-injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage
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exotic
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adj-introduced from another country; foreign
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folly
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n-lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
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harmony
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n-peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity; concord
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ignore
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v-refuse to take notice of; regard
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impediment
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n/something that hinders or obstructs
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indolent
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adj-disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic
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intact
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adj-untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured
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invalid
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adj-not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory
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noncarcinogenic
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adj-not producing, or tending to produce, cancer
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parsimonious
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adj-undly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted
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raze
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v=-destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level
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reticent
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adj-inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved
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retire
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v-withdraw from active duty or business
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retort
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v-answer; reply sharply or angrily
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subvert
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v-overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine
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