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LESSON 1 VOCABULARY. CREATED BY: MRS. CATLETT. Abate. To become weaker To decrease Unabated- Showing no sign of weakening or decreasing. Acknowledge. Admit existence of Express recognition or thanks for Acknowledged- Commonly accepted or recognized. Agent.
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LESSON 1 VOCABULARY CREATED BY: MRS. CATLETT
Abate • To become weaker • To decrease • Unabated- Showing no sign of weakening or decreasing.
Acknowledge • Admit existence of • Express recognition or thanks for • Acknowledged- Commonly accepted or recognized.
Agent • Person who acts or does business for another. • Something that brings about a result.
Authority • Right to give orders, make decisions, take action. • An expert source of information. • Authorities- group who has right to enforce laws.
Devastate • Ruin or destroy completely. • Devastating- causing destruction • Devastation- great destruction
Epidemic • Rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time. • Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area.
Number that is not exact Careful guess To figure out roughly Approximate calculation Estimate
Evict • To force out of property by taking legal action.
Impartial • Not favoring one side more than another. • Fair
Industrious • Hard working • Not lazy
Infuriate • To make very angry
Irrelevant • Has nothing to do with the subject.
Precise • Exact • Accurate • Precision- Exactness
Sham • Something fake or false • Not genuine; fake • To pretend
Trek • Long, slow and difficult journey • To travel slowly and with difficulty