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Unit 4 Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
04/08/2014

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Atrophy
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To wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (said of a body part); to wither away
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Deplore
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To feel or express disapproval of
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Deprivation
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Lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities
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Exacerbate
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To aggravate (a situation or condition); make more severe
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Imperative
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Necessary; urgent
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Mitigate
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To make less severe or less intense; relieve
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Objective
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Not influenced by emotion or personal prejudiced; based only on what can be observed
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Panacea
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Something supposed to cure all diseases, evils, or difficulties; cure-all
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Unpercedented
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Being the first instance of something; never having occurred before
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Utilitarian
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Made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations
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