1. CREATED BY: MRS. CATLETT
LESSON 1 VOCABULARY
CREATED BY:
MRS. CATLETT

2. Abate To become weaker To decrease
Unabated- Showing no sign of weakening or decreasing.

3. Acknowledge Admit existence of Express recognition or thanks for
Acknowledged- Commonly accepted or recognized.

4. Agent Person who acts or does business for another.
Something that brings about a result.

5. Authority Right to give orders, make decisions, take action.
An expert source of information.
Authorities- group who has right to enforce laws.

6. Devastate Ruin or destroy completely. Devastating- causing destruction
Devastation- great destruction

7. Epidemic Rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time.
Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area.

8. Estimate Number that is not exact Careful guess To figure out roughly
Approximate calculation

9. Evict
To force out of property by taking legal action.

10. Impartial
Not favoring one side more than another.
Fair

11. Industrious
Hard working
Not lazy

12. Infuriate
To make very angry

13. Irrelevant
Has nothing to do with the subject.

14. Precise
Exact
Accurate
Precision- Exactness

15. Sham
Something fake or false
Not genuine; fake
To pretend

16. Trek Long, slow and difficult journey
To travel slowly and with difficulty