Kan Vocab 11 (1-68)

healthy

(adj) strong and well

expensive

(adj) costing a lot of money

wasteful

(adj) using something in a careless way and causing some of it to be wasted

toxic

(adj) poisonous

inane

(adj) extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance

idealize

(v) to think of or represent someone or something as better than that person or thing really is

avoid

(v) to stay away from someone or something

beautify

(v) to improve the appearance of someone or something

scrutinize

(v) to examine something very carefully in order to discover information

exclude

(v) to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity

argue

(v) to speak angrily to someone

with

(prep) used to say that people or things are in a place together or are doing something

testify

(v) (of a person) to speak seriously about something

jeopardize

(v) to put something such as a plan or system in danger of being harmed or damaged

sustain

(v) to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time

plentiful

(adj) if something is plentiful

subtract

(v) to remove a number from another number

ornate

(adj) having a lot of complicated decoration

retrieve

(v) to find and bring back something

multifarious

(adj) of many different types

catalogue

(n) a book with a list of all the goods that you can buy from a shop

scarce

(adj) not easy to find or get

extract

(v) to remove or take out something

anachronistic

(adj) existing out of its time in history

extrapolate

(v) to guess or think about what might happen using information that is already known

byzantine

(adj) complicated and difficult to understand

adroit

(adj) very skillful and quick in the way you think or move

nefarious

(adj) (especially of activities) morally bad

conscientious

(adj) putting a lot of effort into your work

devious

(adj) devious people or plans and methods are dishonest

lackadaisical

(adj) showing little enthusiasm and effort

onerous

(adj) difficult to do or needing a lot of effort

slipshod

(adj) (especially of a piece of work) showing little care

predictable

(adj) something that is predictable happens in a way or at a time that you know about before it happens

compulsive

(adj) doing something a lot and unable to stop doing it

credit

(n) praise

loan

(n) an amount of money that is borrowed

faith

(n) great trust or confidence in something or someone

patronage

(n) the support given to an organization by someone

barter

(v) to exchange goods for other things rather than for money

concern

(v) to cause worry to someone

cooperation

(n) the act of working together with someone or doing what they ask you

urgency

(n) the quality of being very important and needing attention immediately

relevance

(n) the degree to which something is related or useful to what is happening or being talked about

dispute

(n) an argument or disagreement

autonomy

(n) the right of an organization

incoherence

(n) the fact of expressing yourself in a way that is not clear

intuition

(n) (knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts

sophistry

(n) the clever use of arguments that seem true but are really false

receptivity

(n) willingness to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions

supplement

(n) something that is added to something else in order to improve it or complete it; something extra

integrate

(v) to mix with and join society or a group of people

substantiate

(v) to show something to be true

undermine

(v) to make someone less confident

remedy

(n) a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty

compromise

(n) an agreement in an argument in which the people involved reduce their demands or change their opinion in order to agree

disparage

(v) to criticize someone or something in a way that shows you do not respect or value him

reinforce

(v) to make something stronger

foster

(v) to take care of a child

curtail

(v) to stop something before it is finished

critic

(n) someone who says that they do not approve of someone or something

epitome

(n) the typical or highest example of a stated quality

proponent

(n) a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action

realization

(n) the fact or moment of starting to understand a situation

advocate

(v) to publicly support or suggest an idea

embodiment

(n) someone or something that represents a quality or an idea exactly

rejection

(n) the act of refusing to accept

reversal

(n) the act of changing or making something change to its opposite