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Vocabulary #7

Vocabulary #7. antiseptic. ( adj ) preventing infection or decay anti = against. cascade . ( v ) pour; rush; fall. deleterious . ( adj ) harmful to health, well-being de = down let = little ous = full of. evanescent . ( adj ) vanishing; fleeting e(f/x) = out. gainsay .

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Vocabulary #7

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  1. Vocabulary #7

  2. antiseptic (adj) preventing infection or decay • anti = against

  3. cascade (v) pour; rush; fall

  4. deleterious (adj) harmful to health, well-being • de = down • let = little • ous= full of

  5. evanescent (adj) vanishing; fleeting • e(f/x) = out

  6. gainsay (v) to deny or contradict

  7. indulgent (adj) lenient; patient • in = in or not

  8. macerate (v) 1. to cause to become soft or separated into constituent elements by or as if by steeping in fluid; 2. to torment • ate = cause

  9. ostensible (adj) apparent; declared

  10. quiescent (adj) inactive; at rest

  11. saturnine (adj) heavy; grave; gloomy • ine = nature of

  12. trek (v) to make a journey

  13. welter (v) to roll about or wallow

  14. condition (n) factor affecting something (the game) • con = together • tion = act or state

  15. evaluate (v) to examine and judge something (the game) • e(f/x) = out • val = worth • ate = cause

  16. mechanics (n) how something (the game) works • ics = art

  17. modify (v) to make small changes to something • fy = make

  18. playtesting (v) attempting to play the game to determine strengths and weaknesses of the game, rules, etc.

  19. prototype (n) original used as a model • proto = first

  20. randomizer • (n) things that make the situation less predictable • ize = make

  21. tweak (v) to adjust something slightly

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