Vocab

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Exacerbate

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To make worse (a problem, situation or negative feeling)

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Exasperate

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1. To exite the anger of

2. To cause irritation or annoyance to

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indifferent

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1. without interest or concern
2. neither good or bad in character or quality
3. moderate amount
4. not particularly good

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frugal

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1. practicing economy; living without waste; thrifty
2. not costly; meager

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beseech

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1. to beg for urgently or anxiously
2. to request earnestly: Implore

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Persnickety

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1. overly particular about trivial details
2.requiring strict attention to detail;demanding

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chastise

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1. to scold severely
2. to discipline or punish especially by beating them

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Perceptive

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1. having or showing keenness or insight, understanding or intuition

2. having the power of faculty or perceiving

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Docile

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1. easily taught

2. easily led or managed

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Ebullient

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1. cheerful and full of energy;

2. boiling or agitated as if boiling

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Toying

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1. to amuse oneself idly

2. to treat something casually or without seriousness

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Chasm

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1. a deep opening or crack in the earth

2. a large difference in feelings or interests between people or groups

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Chagrin

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1. a strong feeling of mental unease or distress

2. a feeling of annoyance or embarrassment cause by failure, disappointment, or a disconcerting event.

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Cantankerous

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disagreeable to deal with; contentious, peevish

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Clandestine

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characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment

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Abysmal

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1. resembling an abyss in depth; unfathomable

2. very profound; limitless; miserly

3. very bad: an abysmal performance

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Disparity

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The condition of fact of being unequal, as in age, rank or degree; difference

2. unlikeness; incongruity

3. dissimilarity

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sabatoge

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1. destruction of an employers' property or the hindering of manufacturing by unhappy workers

2. destructive or obstructive action

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surmise

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1. to suppose that something is true without necessarily having evidence to prove it

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loquacious

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talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative: chattering; babbling; garrulous

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pervade

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to become diffused (spread) throughout every part of...

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compatible

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existing together in harmony

cross fertilizing freely; uniting vegetatively

designed to work with another device or system without modification

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opulent

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characterized by exhibiting wealth, richness or luxury

wealthy, rich or opulent

richly supplied; abundant or plentiful

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savvy

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well informed and perceptive; shrewd

practical understanding or shrewdness