Lesson 1 Flashcards
(18 cards)
- The right to give orders, make decisions, or take action.
- An expert source of info.
Authority
To ruin or destroy completely.
devastate
To make very angry.
infuriate
A long, slow, and difficult journey.
To travel slowly and with difficulty.
trek
To force out of property by taking legal action.
evict
A person who acts or does business for another.
Something that brings about result.
agent
Something false or fake
To pretend
Not genuine.
Sham
A number that is not exact; a careful guess.
To figure out roughly; to make an approximate calculation.
estimate
Exact; specific.
precise
a group of people who have the right to enforce laws.
authorities
Not favoring one side more than another; fair.
impartial
exactness
precision
To become weaker; to decrease.
abate
Having nothing to do with the subject.
irrelevant
Showing no sign of weakness; showing no decrease.
Unabated
Hardworking not lazy
industrious
The rapid spreading of a disaster to many people at one time.
epidemic
To admit the existence of.
To express recognition or thanks for.
Commonly accepted or recognized.
acknowledge
acknowledged
