Unit 1 Flashcards
To become weaker;to decrease
abate
To admit the existence of
acknowledge
A person who acts or does business for another
agent
The right to give orders, make decisions for another
authority
To ruin or destroy completely
devastate
The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
epidemic
A number that is not exact;a careful guess
estimate
To force out of property by taking legal action
evict
Not favoring one side more than another;fair
impartial
Hardworking;not lazy
industrious
To make very angry
infuriate
Having nothing to do with the subject
irrelevant
Exact;specific
precise
Something fake or false
sham
A long slow;and difficult journey
trek
Showing no sign of weakening; showing no decrease
unabated
To express recognition or thanks of
acknowledged
Something that brings about a reslut
agent
An expert source of information
authority
A group of people who have the right to enforce laws
authorities
Causing destruction
devastating
Great destruction
devastation
Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area
epidemic
To figure out roughly;to make an approximate calculation
estimate
Exactness
precision
To pretend
shammed
To travel slowly
trekked
