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ameliorate
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make better; improve
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detrimental
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injury; damage; disadvantage
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folly
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lack of good sense. It is folly to go on a long drive with a nearly empty gas tank.
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impediment
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something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle/ A person's lack of education is often an impediment to advancement
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indolent
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disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic. I was so comfortable in the reclining chair that i became indolent and did not feel like studying.
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intact
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untouched by anythuing taht damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured. The tornado demolished the barn but left the farmhouse intact.
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parsimonious
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unduly sparing in thet spending of money; stingy.
Many believed the government to be generous in road building, but extremely parsimonious in financing education. |
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raze
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destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level to the ground. THe building was so badly damaged in tehe fire that it had to be razed.
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunative. Have you noticed that people who boast about their successes are reticent about their failures?
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subvert
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overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine. We are subverting are conservation efforts when we heat up rooms that are not occupied.
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tractable
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easily led, taught, or controlled; yieldingl docile. A child who misvehaves may be more tractable in a smalll group than in a large one.
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docile
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easily taught. easily led or managed.
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