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Chapter 20
Voc Words
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English
11th Grade
04/28/2014

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Exacerbate
Definition
To aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe
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Mitigate
Definition
To make less severe or less intense; relieve
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Unprecedented
Definition
Being the first instance of something; never having occurred before
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Panacea
Definition
Something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all
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Atrophy
Definition
To wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (said or a body part); to wither away
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Deprivation
Definition
Lack or shortage or one or more basic necessities
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Imperative
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Necessary; urgent
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Objective
Definition
Not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed
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Utilitarian
Definition
Made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations
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Deplore
Definition
To feel or express disapproval of
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