lets not fail challenge go Flashcards
(21 cards)
Levy
To impose ( a tax) (v)
Coarsening
Harsh, grating (adj)
Fastidious
requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy; painstaking. (adj)
Expurgated
to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness. (v)
Auspices
patronage; support; sponsorship: (n)
Eradication
to remove or destroy utterly; extirpate: (n)
Lodestar
something that serves as a guide or on which the attention is fixed. (n)
Illegitimacy
born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock: (n)
Communal
used or shared in common by everyone in a group: (adj)
Cohabitators
to live together in an intimate relationship. (n)
Mortality
the relative frequency of deaths in a specific population; death rate.
Fret
to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: (v)
Reap
to get as a return, recompense, or result: (v)
Aspiration
strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: (n)
Dubious
of doubtful quality or propriety; questionable: (adj)
Anecdote
a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Persuade
to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it
Clarify
make (a statement or situation) less confused and more clearly comprehensible.
Generalization
Taking something specific and applying it more broadly
Opinion
a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.