Vocab semester 1

to become better, make better, improve, enhance

improvement

keep from waste, loss or decay, save

preservation from loss, injury, or waste

one who advocates the conservation of natural resources

injury, damage, or something that causes it, disadvantage

harmful, damaging

• 1, introduced from another country, foreign
• 2. strikingly unusual, strange

lack of good sense, foolish action or undertaking

in an earlier period, previously

preceding, previous

peaceable or friendly relations, accord, agreement, tranquillity, concord

friendly, amicable

refuse to take notice of, disregard

ignorant, stupid person, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop

something that hinders or obstructs, hinderance, obstacle

interfere with or slow the progress of, hinder, obstruct

disposed to avoid exertion, lazy, idle, lethargic

idleness, laziness

untouched by anything that damages or diminishes, left complete or entire, uninjured

not binding in law, having no force or effect,, void, nugatory

abolish, annul

sickly or disabled person

not producing, or tending to produce, cancer

unduly sparing in the spending of money, stingy, misery, tightfisted

stinginess

destroy utterly by tearing down

incline to be silent or more secretive, uncommunicative, reserved

restraint in communicating

• 1. withdraw from active duty or business
• 2. go to bed

answer, reply sharply or angrily

quick, witty, or sharp reply, answer

overturn or overthrow from the foundation, undermine

sabotage, undermining

easily led, taught, or controlled, yielding, docile, amenable

obiediance

bewilder, perplex, fill with confusion, puzzle, frusterate

frustrating, bewildering

movies, motion-picture industry

art of making motion pictures

look down on with contempt or disgust, loathe, regard as inferior

worthy of contempt, contemptible

overthrowing with enthusiasm, exuberant, effervescent, high-spirited, vivacious

exuberance

overstate, go beyond the limits of the actual truth, magnify

overstatement

arouse by words, advise strongly, urge

urgent recommendation or advice

specialized skill or technical knowledge, know-how, expertness

excessively concerned with trifles or details, hard to please, fussy, particular, fastidious, persnickety

make sore, irritate mentally, annoy, vex

brazen boldness, nerve

lacking significance or sense, pointless, silly, insipid, jejune, vapid

foolishness, shallowness

compensate for loss, damage, or injury, reimburse, repay

west, countries of America and Europe

western

read, look at fairly attentively, study

reading, study

struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner, wrestle, grapple

brawl, fight

thrust aside with disdain or contempt, reject

fixed pay for services, salary, regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner

close watch over a person, group or area, supervision

moderately warm, lukewarm

unenthusiastic, lukewarmly

risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event, gamble, bet

bet

decrease in power or size, dwindle, decline, sink

in conflict utterly opposed, loathsome, repugnant, odious, abominable

utterly detest, loathe, hate

reprove gently but seriously, warn of a fault, caution

gentle warning, friendly reproof

extremely pleasing to taste or smell, delicious, like ambrosia (the food of the gods) heavenly

shut up, imprison, keep in narrow, cramped quarters

imprisonment

period of ten years

explode with suddenness and violence, cause (something) to explode

explosion

lasting one day only, fleeting, transitory, short-lived, transient

easily deceived or cheated, credulous

deceive, cheat

dispute or argue over a price in a petty way, bargain, wrangle

• 1. plunge or place into a liquid, dip, duck
• 2. engross, absorb

state of being deeply engrossed, absorption

inability to sleep, abnormal wakefulness, sleeplessness

person suffering from lack of sleep

• 1. slip error, accidental mistake, trivial fault
• 2. interval ex: time

cease being in force, become invalid

critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity, investigation

investigator

hand down officially, deliver (as a verdict), give

presentation, interpretation

food for one occasion of eating, meal

bring back to condition of being full, refill

group or set of twenty, twenty

act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt), slight

to treat with disdain or contempt, to slight

strand of fiber used to sew parts of the living body, also stitch made with such material

(ADVERB!!!!!) unintentionally, by accident, inadvertently, unknowingly

• 1, to relieve from an accusation, pronounce not guilty, to discharge, exculpate, exonerate
• 2. to perform one's part, conduct oneself

an exculpation, a discharge

having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand, complicated, intricate

difficulty, intricacy

give, transfer, or deliver, as if by signing over, hand over, commit

person whom something is shipped

shameless boldness, insolence, gall, temerity, nerve, chutzpah

causing great pain or anguish, agonizing unbearably painful

act of refraining, abstaining, leniency, patience

interfere with, hinder, impede

literally full of nettles, irritating, causing annoyance or vexation

forgetful, unmindful, not aware, unwitting

condition of being forgotten or unknown, forgetfulness

extraordinary in amount or size, enormous, gigantic, huge, colossal

a person with extraordinary talent or ability, wonder

make young or youthful again, give new vigor to, reinvigorate, refresh

what ever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone, remainder, the rest of

remaining after a part is taken or used

favorable to heallth, healthful, curative, beneficial

examine very closely, inspect, vet

examination, investigation, review

force out of use, displace, supplant, replace

oppressively hot, torrid, sultry

suffer from oppressive heat

not upset or agitated, calm, cool, unflustered, imperturbable, collected

hard to handle because of size or weight, unmanageable, bulky, cumbersome

bulkiness

• 1, take back, remove
• 2. to draw back, go away, to retreat, leave

• 1. taking back and removal
• 2. drawing back, a retreat, a departure

having the characteristics of a clown, mildly insane, crazy, clownish, loony

a clown or buffoon