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Improving Vocabulary - Lessons 7-9

AB
flagrantShockingly obvious; outrageous
ventureTo take risk of; dare
comprehensiveIncluding all or much
rehabilitateTo restore to a normal life through therapy
perservereTo continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties
turmoilComplete confusion; uproar
calamityAn event bringing great loss and misery
fluctuateTo vary irregularly; to go up or down or back and forth
ponderTo consider carefully; think deeply about
conventionalCustomary; ordinary
enigmaA mystery or puzzle
dispatchTo send to a specific place or on specific business
nocturnalActive at night; of, about or happening in the night
attestTo make a statement about something based on personal experience
orientTo determine one's lcation or direction; to locat in relation to a direction
discernTo recognize; detect
enhanceTo improve
mobileMoving or able to move from place to place
attributeA quality or feature of a person or thing
exemplifyTo be an example of; represent; be typical of
constituteTo make up; be the parts of
defaultTo fail to do something required
predominantMost common or most noticeable
prerequisiteSomething required beforehand
confiscateTo seize with authority; legally take possession of
decipherTo interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out)
nominalSlight; very small compared with what could be expected
concurrentHappening or existing at the same time; simultaneous
recessionA temporary decline in business
hypotheticalSupposed for the sake of argument or examination; imaginary; theoretical



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