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LSK VOC 13-16
LSK VOC 13-16
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Undergraduate 1
04/06/2014

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Atrophy
Definition

to waste away

-to wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from diuse, disease, or injury (said of the body part); to wither away

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Deplore
Definition

to condemn

-to feel or express disapproval of

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Deprivation
Definition

a dificiency

-lack of shortage of one or more basic necessities

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Exacerbate
Definition

to make worse

-to aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe

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Imperative
Definition

essential

-necessary; urgent

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Mitigate
Definition

to relieve

-to make less severe or less intense; relieve

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Objective
Definition

fair

-not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed

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Panacea
Definition

a complete solution

-something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure all

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Unprecedented
Definition

unheard of 

-being the first instance of something; never having occurred before

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Utilitarian

 

Definition

practical

-made or intended for practical use, stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations

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Decorum
Definition

proper conduct

-correctness in behavior and manners; standards or conventions of socially acceptable behavior

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espouse
Definition

to speak for 

-to support, argue for , or adopt (an idea or cause)

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exhilaration
Definition

happiness

-cheerfulness; high spirits

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exorbitant
Definition

inconvenient

-excessive, especially in amount, cost, or price; beyond what is resonable or appropriate

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Extricate
Definition

to untangle

-to free from a tangled situation or a difficulty

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facilitate
Definition

to make possible

-to make easier to do or to get

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orthodox
Definition

traditional

-following established, traditional rules or beliefs, especially in religion; following what is customary or commonly accepted

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Rejuvenate
Definition

to give new life to 

-to make (someone) feel or seem young again; to make (something) seem fresh or new again

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synchronize
Definition

to coordinate

-to cause to occur at exactly the same time ; to cuase (clocks and watches) to agree in time

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tenuous
Definition

shaky

-having little sunstance or basic, weak , poorly supported

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Disparity
Definition

a contrast

-an inequality or difference as in ages or amounts

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forestall
Definition

to keep from happening

-to prevent or hinder by taking action beforehand

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insidious
Definition

subtly harmfull

-working or spreading harmfully but in a manner hard to notice; more harmful than is evident at first

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insinuate
Definition

to hint

-to suggest slyly

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interrogate
Definition

to ask questions

-to question formally and systematically

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obsequious
Definition

overly eager to please

-overly willing to serve, obey, or flatter in order to gain favor

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omnipotent
Definition

all powerful

-all poweful; having unlimited power or authority

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opportune
Definition

appropriate

-suitable (said of time) ; well timed

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permeate
Definition

to penetrate

-to flow or spread throughout something

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retribution
Definition

a penalty

-something given or done as repayment , reward, or usually punishment 

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proficient
Definition

expert

-skilled; highly competent

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holistic
Definition

concerned with the whole

-empasizing the whole and the interdependence of it's parts rather than the parts separately

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subversive
Definition

intended to destroy

-acting or intending to undermine or overthrow something established

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staunch
Definition

faithful

-firm; loyal; strong in support

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annihilate
Definition

to wipe out

-to destroy completely; reduce to nothingness

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vindicate
Definition

to prove innocent

-to clear from blame or suspicion; justify or prove right

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analogy
Definition

a comparison

-a comparison between two things in order to clarify or dramatize a point

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emanate
Definition

to come out

-to flow or come out from a source ; come forth

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placebo
Definition

a fake medicine

-a substance which contains no medicine

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criterion
Definition

a standard

-a standard by which something is or can be judged

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