eng vocab 2

austere

Plain and bare, with no decoration.

tangible

Real; able to be touched.

detrimental

Harmful.

apparent

Clear and easy to see.

disseminate

To spread widely.

spawn

To cause or produce.

unprecedented

Never seen or done before.

speculate

To guess without all the facts.

conflate

To mix two things into one.

incredulous

Not able to believe something.

delegate

To give a job or power to someone else.

inevitable

Sure to happen; cannot be avoided.

proxy

A person who acts or speaks for another.

stress

To give special importance to; to emphasize.

broach

To bring up a subject for the first time.

renounce

To give up formally.

eloquent

Speaking clearly and powerfully.

idealistic

Believing in perfect goals, even if they are hard to reach.

bazaar

A market with many small shops.

dread

A strong feeling of fear.

innovative

New and creative.

postulate

To suggest an idea as true, as a starting point.

sporadic

Happening only now and then.

secular

Not connected to any religion.

suffrage

The right to vote.