Vocabulary - Ch. 20

aloof
- Cool and reserved; distant in personal relations
- cold
ambivalent
- Having conflicting feelings about someone or something
- having mixed feelings
augment
- To increase; make greater, as in strength or quantity
- to add to
dispel
- To drive away as if by scattering; cause to vanish
- to eliminate
explicit
- Stated or shown clearly and exactly
- specific
longevity
- Length of life; life span
- long life
magnitude
- Size; greatness of size or amount
- a great amount
mundane
- Ordinary; everyday
- commonplace
obscure
- Not easily understood; not clearly expressed
- unclear
render
- To cause (something) to become; make
- to make

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Vocabulary - Ch. 20

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Chapter 20 vocabulary - Improving Vocabulary Skills 4th Edition

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2011-09-23T02:05:01Z

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