Vocab 1

Question 1

become better; make better; improve; enhance

Answer 1

ameliorate

Question 2

keep from waste, loss, or decay; save

Answer 2

conserve

Question 3

injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage

Answer 3

detriment

Question 4

introduced from another country; foreign

Answer 4

exotic

Question 5

lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking

Answer 5

folly

Question 6

in an earlier period; previously

Answer 6

formerly

Question 7

peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord

Answer 7

harmony

Question 8

refuse to take notice of; disregard

Answer 8

ignore

Question 9

something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle

Answer 9

impediment

Question 10

disposed to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic

Answer 10

indolent

Question 11

untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured

Answer 11

intact

Question 12

not binding by law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory

Answer 12

invalid

Question 13

not producing, or tending to produce, cancer

Answer 13

noncarcinogenic

Question 14

unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted

Answer 14

parsimonious

Question 15

destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level

Answer 15

raze

Question 16

inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved

Answer 16

reticent

Question 17

withdraw from active duty or business; to go to bed

Answer 17

retire

Question 18

answer; reply sharply or angrily; quick, witty, or sharp to reply

Answer 18

retort

Question 19

overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine

Answer 19

subvert

Question 20

obedience

Answer 20

tractability