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| ameliorate | become better, make better, improve, enhance |
| amelioration | improvement |
| conserve | keep from waste, loss or decay |
| conservation | preservation from loss, injury or waste |
| conservationist | one who advocates the conservation of natural resources |
| detriment | injury, dmage, or something that causes it, disadvantage |
| detrimental | harmful, damaging |
| exotic | introduced from another country, foreign, unusual, strange |
| folly | lack of good sense, foolish action or undertaking |
| formerly | in an earlier period, previously |
| former | prededing, previous |
| harmony | peaceable or friendly, accord, agreement, tranquility, concord |
| harmonious | friendly, amicable |
| ignore | refuse to take notice of, disregard |
| ignoramus | ignorant, stupid person, dunce, dolt, dullard, nincompoop |
| impediment | something that hinders or obstructs, hindrance, obstacle |
| impede | interferewith or slow the progress of, hinder, obstruct |
| indolent | disposed to avoid exertion, lazy, idle, lethargic |
| indolence | idleness, laziness |
| intact | untouched by anything that damages or diminshes, left complete or entire, uninjured |
| invalid (adjective) | not binding in law, having no force or effect, void, nugatory |
| invalidate | abolish, annul |
| invalid (noun) | sickly or disabled person |
| noncarcinogenic | not producing or tending to produce cancer |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| parsimonious | undukly sparing in the spendin of money, stingy, miserly, tightfisted |
| parsimony | stinginess, parsimoniousness |
| raze | destroy utterly by tearing down, demolish, level |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or secretive, uncommunicative, reserved |
| reticence | restraint in communicating |
| retire | withdraw from active duty or business, go to bed |
| retort (verb) | answer, reply sharply or angrily |
| retort (noun) | quick, witty, or sharp reply, answer |
| subvert | overturn or overthorow from the foundation, undermine |
| subversion | sabotage, undermining |
| tractable | easily led, taught, ir controlled, yielding, docil, amenable, |
| tractability | obedience |
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