CREATED BY: MRS. CATLETT LESSON 1 VOCABULARY CREATED BY: MRS. CATLETT
Abate To become weaker To decrease Unabated- Showing no sign of weakening or decreasing.
Acknowledge Admit existence of Express recognition or thanks for Acknowledged- Commonly accepted or recognized.
Agent Person who acts or does business for another. Something that brings about a result.
Authority Right to give orders, make decisions, take action. An expert source of information. Authorities- group who has right to enforce laws.
Devastate Ruin or destroy completely. Devastating- causing destruction Devastation- great destruction
Epidemic Rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time. Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area.
Estimate Number that is not exact Careful guess To figure out roughly Approximate calculation
Evict To force out of property by taking legal action.
Impartial Not favoring one side more than another. Fair
Industrious Hard working Not lazy
Infuriate To make very angry
Irrelevant Has nothing to do with the subject.
Precise Exact Accurate Precision- Exactness
Sham Something fake or false Not genuine; fake To pretend
Trek Long, slow and difficult journey To travel slowly and with difficulty