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Lesson 3
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Afford | Provide, give, grant |
Announce | Proclaim, publish, declare |
A wide range of | A wide variety |
Chance | Probability, likelihood, opportunity |
Chart | Map, plot |
Engage | Promise, contract, pledge, reserve, book, hire, employ |
Esteem | Respect, revere, prize, value |
Evidence | Proof, sign |
Fertile | Bountiful, productive, fecund |
Generate | Produce |
Innate | Inborn, natural |
Invaluable | Precious, priceless |
Irreparable | Irremediable, permanent, irrecoverable |
Maxim | Principle, saying, proverb |
Object | Protest, remonstrate, goal, purpose, function |
Outstanding | Remarkable, prominent, excellent, unpaid, owing, unsettled |
Patron | Protector, supporter, advocate, customer |
Predominate | Outweigh, prevail, rule |
Previous | Prior, earlier, former |
Premise | Assumption, supposition |
Primitive | Primeval, uncivilized, savage, rudimentary |
Proficiency | Skill, ability, expertise,mastery |
Proposition | Suggestion, proposal |
Questionable | Doubtful, suspicious, dubious |
Rife with | Full of |
Shield | Protect, defend, safeguard |
Solitary | Isolated, remote, secluded, lonely |
Stick | Cling, adhere |
Stimulus | Motivation, incentive, incitement |
Stir | Agitate, provoke, rouse, spur, excite |
Taboo | Prohibition |
Thrive | Prosper, flourish |
Tide | Stream, current |
Vagary | Uncertainty, sudden desire, caprice, whim |
Wane | Decrease, decline, fade |
View | Outlook, opinion, consider, deem, regard |