Kan Vocab 11

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 relevant 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

partisanship

(n) the quality or action of strongly supporting a person

intemperance

(n) the action or quality of showing anger or violence that is too extreme and not well controlled

acumen

(n) skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject

irreverence

(n) the quality of not showing the expected respect for official

interest

(n) the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something

deceive

(v) to persuade someone that something false is the truth

ingenuous

(adj) honest

arcane

(adj) mysterious and known only by a few people

abstruse

(adj) not known or understood by many people

spare

(adj) if something is spare

didactic

(adj) intended to teach

lucid

(adj) clearly expressed and easy to understand

definitive

(adj) not able to be changed or improved

concise

(adj) short and clear

esoteric

(adj) very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people

selfishness

(n) the quality of thinking only of your own advantage

inattention

(n) failure to give attention

insolence

(n) rude behavior that does not show respect

virtue

(n) a good moral quality in a person

magnanimity

(n) kindness and generosity

pettiness

(n) the fact of lacking importance

opportunism

(n) behaviour in which you use every situation to try to get power or an advantage

ambition

(n) a strong wish to achieve something

solicitude

(n) the quality of caring about other people's comfort

generosity

(n) the quality or condition of being generous

swimming

(n) the activity or sport of swimming

lessen

(v) if something lessens or is lessened

descending

(adj) used to refer to a body part that is in a downward direction

increase

(v) to (make something) become larger in amount or size

remove

(v) to take something or someone away from somewhere

avoid

(v) to stay away from someone or something

return

(v) to come or go back to a previous place