vocab 11

Allude: Suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at.

Elude: Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way.

Ludicrous: So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Prelude: An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.

Interlude: An intervening period of time; a pause between the acts of a play.

Endemic: (Of a disease or condition) regularly found among particular people or in a certain area.

Epidemic: A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Pandemic: (Of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.

Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

Demographic: Relating to the structure of populations.

Misconstrue: Interpret (something, especially a person's words or actions) wrongly.

Construct: Build or erect (something, typically a building, road, or machine).

Destruction: The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

Instruct: Direct or command someone to do something, especially as an official order.

Structure: The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex.

Placate: Make (someone) less angry or hostile.

Implacable: Unable to be placated; relentless or unstoppable.

Complacent: Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

Placid: Not easily upset or excited; calm and peaceful.

Placebo: A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.

Pretext: A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.

Context: The circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.

Textile: A type of cloth or woven fabric.

Text: A book or other written or printed work, regarded in terms of its content rather than its physical form.

Contextual: Depending on or relating to the context of the work or passage.

Reparation: The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.

Repair: Fix or mend (a thing suffering from damage or a fault).

Irreparable: (Of an injury or loss) impossible to rectify or repair.

Reparable: Capable of being repaired.

Preparation: The action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration.