Comp 2 Vocab 2

Stagnation

a state or condition marked by a lack of flow, movement, or development

Exacerbate

to make more violent, bitter, or severe

Culminate

to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point

Ameliorate

to make better or more tolerable

Dissuade

To advise (a person) against something

Attainment

the act of reaching an end or obtaining something

Angst

a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity

Atrophy

a wasting away or progressive decline

Intractable

not easily governed, managed, or directed

Foster

to promote the growth or development of

Windfall

an unexpected, unearned, or sudden gain or advantage

Panacea

a remedy for all ills or difficulties

Deleterious

harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way

Derive

to infer or deduce

Transient

passing especially quickly into and out of existence

Inestimable

incapable of being estimated or computed

Abdicate

to cast off or discard

Redress

compensation for wrong or loss

Magnanimity

loftiness in spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity

Rectitude

moral integrity or righteousness