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Unit 4 - Vocab Review Building Vocab

Unit 4 - Vocab Review Building Vocab. http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/august2004/pages/dinobreath.html. adapt. To adjust to a situation. revert. Go back to a former habit or condition. reciprocate. Pay back, do in return. gesture. Something said or done to show intention.

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Unit 4 - Vocab Review Building Vocab

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  1. Unit 4 - Vocab ReviewBuilding Vocab http://educ.queensu.ca/~fmc/august2004/pages/dinobreath.html

  2. adapt To adjust to a situation

  3. revert Go back to a former habit or condition

  4. reciprocate Pay back, do in return

  5. gesture Something said or done to show intention

  6. exile Separate from own country

  7. ritual A ceremony or custom

  8. refute Prove wrong or false

  9. recede Move back or away

  10. To keep or hold retain

  11. dismay To discourage or make uneasy

  12. emerge To rise out or come forth

  13. Famous, well known notable

  14. indifferent Unconcerned, not caring

  15. liberal Generous, give large amounts

  16. elaborate Detailed, complicated

  17. mediocre average, ordinary

  18. Acting without thinking, act on urges impulsive

  19. exotic Foreign, rare, different

  20. frugal Thrifty, careful with money

  21. Giving into one’s desires, often too much so indulgent

  22. damage, weaken impair

  23. allude Refer to indirectly, hint

  24. Take pleasure in pain sadistic Time, beat

  25. essence Time, beat The basics, the heart of the matter

  26. immunity Freedom from something unpleasant or required

  27. affirm State that something is true, a certainty

  28. elite superior, privileged

  29. coerce force or compel

  30. alleged Supposed to be true or real

  31. query Ask, question

  32. skeptical Doubting, not certain

  33. shrewd Clever, tricky

  34. plausible Believable, reasonable

  35. provoke To stir up anger, bother

  36. take away, cancel revoke

  37. tactic A method or plan, goal

  38. Scold,, criticism reprimand

  39. ridicule make fun of, mock

  40. recur Happening again and again

  41. stereotype Common accepted image, putting in a category

  42. Happening at the same time simulaneous

  43. diminish Becoming less and less, decrease

  44. strategy A plan or method, overall plan

  45. consequence A result of an action, a result

  46. transaction A business deal, usually involving money

  47. vital Necessary, important

  48. tedious Boring, repetitious, slow

  49. procrastinate Put off until the last minute

  50. destiny Fate, what will happen to someone

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