Word Wealth Part 2 Unit 1 Sophomore English Honors Tools A B abridge to shorten or condense abstract formal summary;gives the facts of an article, book, legal document, or anything too long to be read in its entirety digest summary which has the style form and manner or the original article or book synopsis summary of a story, speech, or series of events compendium comprehensive summary or a concise treatise in some field of learning acquiesce to consent, agree passively assent say yes in positive way accede yield to demand concur agree allude to refer to or mention casually casual offhand, incidental constitute to form, make up constituent component of somethng contrive to plot, scheme, devise a way corroborate to verify, confirm, substantiate culminate to reach the highest point summit the highest point zenith highest point of a star depreciate to decrease in value appreciate adds to the price or value dilate to expand or enlarge discriminate to observe differences, make unfair distinctions arid dry, barren, parched, lifeless sear withered dried up or mildly scorched by heat sterile unfruitful, incapable of producing life desiccated dried up jejeune dull and flat, barren or dried up effete spent, worn, exhausted humid most tropical contries have humid air and soil chronic constant, habitual, recurring dubious doubtful, uncertain, causing doubt dubitable questionable, causes doubt indubitable not to be questioned or doubted indulgent yielding, lenient, easy-going internal within inside lethal deadly, fatal mortal death-causing lethal death-causing only applied to objects not people livid pale, lead-colored, grayish blue overt open, unconcealed consipicuous unconcealed and attracts attention ostensible apparent manifest open, plain, unconcelaed, yet not so obtrusive as overt actions flagrant overt and scandalous palpable deeds or wrongs are those you can feel or see readily senile charcteristic of old age senile dementia mental derangement that often occurs in old age dotage senility with weak-mindedness or abnormal fondness for certain persons or posessions superannuation condition of being retired or disqualified for active duty longevity merely long life virtual almost, for all practical purpose, being something in effect but not actually