5th Vocabulary

Vocabulary Unit 1

assault
(n.) sudden attack, either verbal or physical; 
(v.) to attack

collide
(v.) to crash; strike violently against each other

completion
(n.) finishing; process of competing

demolish
(v.) tear down or smash to pieces

disadvantage
(n.) unfavorable condition; lack of advantage

effective
(adj.) producing the desired result; making a striking impression

estimate
(n.) judgment or opinion;
(v.) make a general but careful guess

invader
(n.) one who enters by force

mishap
(n.) an unlucky accident

mission
(n.) job or errand; a special purpose

navigator
(n.) one who steers or plots the course

realize
(v.) to understand clearly; achieve

severe
(adj.) serious; dangerous; very strict, harsh

twilight
(n.) time of day just before it turns dark--from sunset to dark; 
(adj.) of or like twilight

vicinity
(n.) area near or about a place; closeness

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advantageous

collision

demolition

disband

disorderly

dissolve

effect

ineffective

invade

invasion

navigate

realization

Vocabulary Unit 2

application
(n.) relevance or practicality; a written request; 
putting to use; putting on

appreciate
(v.) to think highly of, value

attention|
(n.) care and thought; consideration; notice

career
(n.) one's progress through life or in one's work; job; occupation

common
(adj.) ordinary; 
(n.) land owned or used by all the inhabitants of a place

courteous
(adj.) polite; thoughtful; well-mannered

deceive
(v.) to mislead; make a person believe as true something that is false

devour
(v.) to eat hungrily

direct
(adj.) by the shortest way, straight;
honest and straight forward;
(v.) to manage or guide

disguise
(v.) to change one's appearance by 
looking like someone or something else; 
(n.) clothes or actions used to deceive

honorable
(adj.) having a sense of what is right

landscape
(n.) view of scenery on land; 
(v.) to change the natural futures of a piece of land so as to make it more attractive; as by adding bushes, flowers, trees, etc.

serious
(adj.) grave; thoughtful;  not fooling; important

troubled
(adj.) worried; distressed 

victim
(n.) a person or animal injured or killed; 
a person badly treated or taken advantage of

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applicable

appreciative

attentive

discourteous

dishonorable

inattentive

indirect

indirectly

unappreciative

uncommon

untroubled

Vocabulary Unit 3

deserve
(v.) to have a right to; be worthy of

display
(n.) a planned showing of a thing; 
(v.) to show

especially
(adv.) particularly; more than others

financial
(adj.) having to do with money matters

fortune
(n.) a great deal of wealth; success; luck

information
(n.) knowledge given or received; news

investigate
(v.) to search into; examine

observation
(n.) the act or power of seeing; fact of being seen; a comment based on something observed

opportunity
(n.) a good chance; favorable time

position
(n.) a post of employment; job; office; the place where a thing or person is; rank; 
(v.) to put something or someone in a certain place

private
(adj.) not for the public; secret; 
(n.) an enlisted person in either of the two lowest ranks in the U.S. Army

profit
(v.) to make a financial gain; to benefit; 
(n.) what is gained

solution
(n.) the solving of a problem; explanation

struggle
(v.) to work hard against difficulties; to contend or fight violently; to make great efforts; 
(n.) a great effort; fight; conflict

temptation
(n.) something that is exceptionally appealing; tempt

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deserving

disregard

finance

fortunate

inform

informative

investigation

observe

opportune

pose

privacy

solve

tempt

Vocabulary Unit 5

assure
(v.) to tell positively; make a person sure of something

benefit
(n.) anything that is good for a person or thing; 
(v.) to do good to or for

claim
(v.) to call for or require; deserve; 
(n.) a right or title to something

condition
(n.) the state in which a person or thing is; 
(v.) to bring into a desired state of health 

contribution
(n.) something furnished or provided (knowledge, ideas, etc.); money or volunteer help given to a charity; an article, story poem, etc., sent to a magazine for publication

effort
(n.) use of energy to do something; strong attempt

express
(v.) to put into words; 
(adj.) clear and direct; fast; 
(adv.) by express; 
(n.) an express bus, train, elevator, etc.; 
a method or means of swift transportation

immediate
(adj.) having nothing coming between; closest; nearest; without delay

increase
(v.) to become greater in size number, power, etc.; 
(n.) amount added

issue
(n.) matter of concern; 
(v.) to send out; put forth

oppose
(v.) to be against; try to hinder

participate
(v.) to take part in

prompt
(adj.) on time; 
(v.) to cause to do something

result
(n.) that which happens because of something; 
good or useful effect; 
(v.) to happen because of something else

society
(n.) a group of persons joined together for a common purpose; human beings living together as a group

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associate

assurance

beneficial

decrease

effortless

expression

opponent

opposition

participation

sociable

socialize

sociology

Vocabulary Unit 6

assume
(v.) to take for granted; take upon oneself

dense
(adj.) closely packed together; thick

dependent
(adj.) relying on another person or thing for support; 
(n.) a person who is supported by another

dispose
(v.) to get rid of, eliminate; make ready or willing

extinguish
(v.) to put out; destroy

factor
(n.) one element in a situation

judgment
(n.) the power of comparing and deciding; 
good sense; an opinion; estimate

majority
(n.) the greater part; larger number; more than half

neglect
(v.) to give little attention to; 
(n.) act of giving little attention to

restore
(v.) to bring back to a former condition

slogan
(n.) a motto; word or phase used by a person or group to make known its purpose

surplus
(adj.) amount over what is needed

thorough
(adj.) complete; doing all that should be done

utter
(v.) to speak; make known;
(adj.) complete; total

various
(adj.) differing from one another

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assumption

density

depend

dependence

extinct

extinguisher

independent

judge

judgmental

negate

negative

negligent

negligible

vary

Vocabulary Unit 7

brilliant
(adj.) having great ability; shining brightly

conference
(n.) a group joined together for discussion

destination
(n.) place to which a person or thing is going or being sent

discourage
(v.) to destroy the hopes of; prevent or try to prevent by disapproving

indebted
(adj.) owing money or gratitude

jointly
(adv.) together; in common

lack
(v.) to be deficient in or completely without; 
(n.) the fact or condition of not having enough ; shortage; 
the thing that is needed

opinion
(n.) what one thinks

plunge
(v.) to throw or thrust with force; dive;
(n.) a dive or downward leap

possess
(v.) to own or have

prefer
(v.) to like better

segment
(n.) a piece or part cut off, marked off, or broken off 
(v.) to divide into segments

suspect
(v.) to think likely; imagine to be so;
(n.) a person suspected; (adj.) viewed with suspicion

transform
(v.) to change in form or appearance

urgent
(adj.) demanding immediate action

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brilliance

confer

destiny

discouragement

dispossess

encourage

preference

suspicion

transfer

transfusion

transmit

transplant