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| V, to make unethical use of for own advantages or profit.EX.She would never exploit a child by making him work more then the law allows. |
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| N, damaging to a third person's character or reputation. EX: If you continue to make slander my name i shall hold you libel in courtnext wendsday. |
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V. to give way yield,submit.EX:
Weakening the old man succumb to death. |
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V. TO cut short.
EX: Time didn't allow him to read novel so he simply presented a truncated version |
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ADJ. habitually silent or uncommunicative.
EX: I become reticent when told i would have to give a speech. |
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N. too great of an amount of supply,esp. food or drink.
EX:Problems arise because in our modern affluent society there is surfeit of food. |
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N.distrust of human nature
EX:He was filled with cynicism from the huge amount of perfect scores on the math tests. |
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V. to easily trick or fool.
EX:The homeless man tried to dupe me into giving him money for food,when he was going to spend it on alcohol. |
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N.a greedy,stingy person who hoards money for its own sake,even at the expense of personal comfort.
EX:The old miser would not give money to the poor childeren. |
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ADJ. done on purpose
V. to carefully think out and form.Ex:
I told him that it was a deliberate insult |
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adj. growing out of custom or usage;customary.
EX:They're participating in conventional warfare. |
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ADJ. causing trouble or harm.
Ex:His poor spelling was detrimental to his chance of geting a good job. |
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adj.not seemingly true,not acceptable.
EX:As implausible as it may sound,Southern Florida sometimes does get snow. |
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V.to detract from the perfectin of something; spoiled.
EX:Being sk in vacation would mar your experiances. |
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V. to make or become milder,less servere, less rigorous.
Ex:In an attempt to midgate the pain of root canal,i took some Tulenol on the way to the dentists office. |
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