Semester 2 Vocabulary 2

To make smaller or less or cause to appear smaller or less. To detract from the authority, rank, or prestige of

Immeasurably or incalculably tiny

A small amount or quantity

Impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous. extraordinary; marvelous

A proportional share assigned to a group or a member of a group; allotment. a maximum or a fixed number or amounnt

To relinquish formally. to relinquish high office or responsibility

To deny to one self; renounce

To pronounce clear of blame or guilt. to relieve from obligation, to pardon

A purifying or figurative cleansing or release of tension

To cancel or reverse. to recall by contrary order--an order or command reversing another

To make a formal retraction or disavowal of--to make a formal retraction or disavowal of a previously held belief

To receive an equivalent for; make up for

The act of giving something up, especially by formal announcement

To make void; repeat or annul

To relinquish or to give up voluntarily. to refrain from insisting upon or enforcing; dispense with