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Reading Vocabulary Unit 2

Reading Vocabulary Unit 2. abuse. a- buse , abused, abusing, nouns. Verb (used with an object) v. uh- byooz ; n. uh- byoos to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority.

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Reading Vocabulary Unit 2

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  1. Reading Vocabulary Unit 2

  2. abuse a-buse, abused, abusing, nouns. Verb (used with an object) v. uh-byooz; n. uh-byoos tousewrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority. 2. to treat in aharmful,injurious, or offensive way: to abuse a horse; to abuse one's eyesight. 3. to speak insultingly,harshly, and unjustly to or about; revile; malign. 4. to commit sexual assault upon. 5. Obsolete . to deceive or mislead

  3. baffle Baf-fle, verb. Baffled, baffling, noun baf-uhl toconfuse,bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technicallanguage of the instructions. 2. tofrustrateorconfound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment. 3. tocheckor deflect themovement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.). 4. to equip with a baffle or baffles. 5. Obsolete . to cheat; trick.

  4. barbarism Bar-bar-ism, noun bahr-buh-riz-uhm 1.abarbarous or uncivilized state or condition. 2. a barbarous act; something belonging to or befitting a barbarouscondition. 3. the use in a language of forms or constructions felt by some to be undesirably alien to the established standards of the language. 4. such a form or construction: Some people consider “complected” as a barbarism

  5. bewilder Be-wil-der, verb (used with an object) bih-wil-der toconfuse or puzzle completely; perplex: These shifting attitudes bewilderme.

  6. calamity Ca-lam-i-ty, noun kuh-lam-i-tee 1. a greatmisfortuneor disaster, as a flood or serious injury. 2. grievousaffliction;adversity; misery: the calamity of war.

  7. deceive De-ceive, verb (used with an object) dih-seev 1. to misleadby a false appearance or statement; delude: Theydeceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter. 2.tobeunfaithful to (one's spouse or lover). 3. Archaic . towhileaway(time).

  8. folklore Folk-lore, noun fohk-lawr, -lohr 1. the traditional beliefs, legends, customs, etc., of a people; lore of a people. 2. thestudy of such lore. 3. a body of widelyheldbutfalse or unsubstantiatedbeliefs

  9. knoll Knoll, noun Nohl asmall,rounded hill or eminence; hillock.

  10. sincerity Sin-cer-i-ty, noun sin-ser-i-tee freedomfromdeceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or incommunicating;earnestness

  11. novelty Nov-el-ty, noun, novelties, adjective nov-uhl-tee 1.state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job. 2. anovel occurrence, experience, or proceeding: His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty. 3. anarticle of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, orthe like and whose appeal is often transitory: a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties.

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