Vocabulary - Ch. 10

alleviate
- To relieve; make easier to indure
- to ease
benefactor
- A person or organization that gives help, especially financial aid
- a financial supporter
covert
- Secret; hidden
- concealed
cynic
- A person who believes the worst of people's behavior and motives
- Someone who believes people are motivated only by selfishness
- someone who believes the worst
demise
- Death
- dying
infamous
- Having a very bad reputation; widely known for being vicious, criminal, or deserving of contempt
- known unfavorably
intrinsic
- Belonging to a person or thing by its very nature (and thus not dependent on circumstances); built-in
- fundamental
revulsion
- Great disgust or distaste
- hatred
speculate
- To come up with ideas or theories about a subject; theorize
- to guess
virile
- Manly; masculine
- having attractive male qualities

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Vocabulary - Ch. 10

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Chapter 10 vocabulary - Improving Vocabulary Skills 4th Edition

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