Vocabulary - Group 1

ameliorate

become better; make better; improve; enhance

amelioration

improvement

conserve

keep from waste, loss, or decay; save

conservation

preservation from loss, injury or waste

detriment

injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage

detrimental

harmful; damaging

exotic

1. introduced from another country;

2. foreign strikingly unusual; strange 

folly

lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking

formerly

in an earlier period; previously

former

preceding; previous

harmony

peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity; 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

interfere with 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 diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured

invalid

not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory

invalidate

abolish; annul

invalid

sickly or disabled person

noncarcinogenic

not producing, or tending to produce, cancer

parsimonious

unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted

parsimony

stinginess; parsimoniousness

raze

destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish 

reticent

inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reservecd

reticence

restraint in communicating

retire

1. withdraw from active duty or business

2. go to bed

retort (v)

answer; reply sharply or angrily

retort (n)

quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer

subvert

overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine

subversion

sabotage; undermining

tractable

easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable

tractability

obedience