Vocabulary List Number 5

Adapt

(Verb)

-To make more suitable to requirements or conditions; to adjust or modify fittingly; to adjust.

Bob knows he will need to ______ to a new daily schedule once he changes schools.

Catalyst

(Noun)

1).-A substance that enables a reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate.

2). A person or thing that provokes or speeds significant charge or action.

Synonym= Spark.

Bob’s fifth suspension was the ______ for his parents to find him a new school.

Disparity

(Noun)

-A noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity; difference.

The ______ between the two schools was obvious as soon as Bob’s family pulled up. The new school was much larger and it had a pool.

Efficacy

(Noun)

-The power to produce an effect; effectiveness.

Bob’s parents were not convinced of the ______ of this plan to switch schools. It was supposed to help Bob become a better student, but they weren't sure that would happen.

Efficiency

(Noun)

-The state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort: competence in performance.

Bob’s parents were impressed with the ______ of the main office at the new school when they enrolled Bob.

Equity

(Noun)

-The quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartially.

Bob’s new school was concerned with ______ so they gave each student a Chromebook to ensure they all had equal access to technology in the classroom.

Inhibit

(Verb)

-To prohibit from doing something; to restrain; to hamper; to obstruct.

The new principal told Bob he would not ______his self-expression, but that Bob had to keep all his clothes on while at school.

Mitigate

(Verb)

-To make less severe or painful; to alleviate.

Noun form= mitigation.

Example: Disease mitigation measures (Ways to make the disease less severe so fewer people are impacted or so people don’t get as sick).

In order to ______ the spread of COVID in Needham, students were split into two cohorts so that fewer people were in the schools at one time.

Progressive

(Adjective)

-Of relating to or characterized by progress; developed.

-Favoring or advocating for change or improvement as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are;

Bob’s parents could tell this new school was more ______ than the other one he wanted to attend, which he felt a bit old-fashioned.

Virulent

(Adjective)

-Marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course; extremely poisonous or venomous; malignant.

Unfortunately, on Bob’s first day at the new school, he contracted a particularly ______ infection and was absent for the next ten days.