MADS VOCAB BUILDER 1

Tedious ( adj )

Lasting or taking too long and not interesting

Tolerance ( n )

1. Willingness to accept behavior and beliefs that are different from your own , although you might not agree with or approve of them

. 2. The ability to suffer something , especially pain , difficult conditions , etc. without being harmed .

Ameliorate ( v )

To make a bad or unpleasant situation better .

Depletion ( n )

A reduction in something .

Replenishment ( n )

The act of filling something up again by replacing what has been used .

Conducive ( to something ) ( adj )

Making it easy , possible or likely for something to happen .

Courtesy ( n )

1. Polite behavior that shows respect for other people . 2. Providing the right conditions for something good to happen or exist .

Intelligible ( adj

That can be easily understood .

Impede ( v )

To delay or stop the progress of something

Remorseful ( for / about something ) ( adj )

Feeling extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done .

Confinement ( n )

The situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere , usually by force .

Scout ( n )

A scout is also a person , ... a soldier , sent out to get information about the enemy .

Fatigue ( n )

Extremely tiredness

Absentmindedness ( n )

A lack of attention to what you are doing or what is happening around you because you are thinking about other things .

Resourcefulness ( n )

The ability to make decisions and act on your own .

Forage ( v )

1 . ( of a person or an animal ) to search widely for food . 2 . ( of a person ) to search for something , especially using the hands .

Acquiesce ( v )

To accept or agree to something , often unwillingly .

Reverence ( n )

A feeling of respect or admiration for someone or something .

Incorporate ( v )

1. To include something as part of something larger . 2. To create a legally recognized company .

Wary of ( adj )

Careful when dealing with somebody / something because you think that there may be a danger or problem .

Innate ( adj )

( of a quality , feeling , etc. ) that you have when you are born , not one you have learned .

Flair ( n )

A natural ability to do something well .

Reconcile ( v )

1. To find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together . 2. To make people become friends again after an argument or a disagreement .

Mundane ( adj )

Not interesting or exciting .

Exposure ( n )

1. The state of being in a place or situation where there is no protection from something harmful or unpleasant .

2. The fact of having the true facts about somebody / something told after they have been hidden because they are bad , dishonest or illegal .