Advancing Vocab Ch 8

to authorize, allow, or approve

• sanction

• robust

• grievous

• oblivious

to cover, as by flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

• inundate

• reticent

• cohesive

• attrition

to avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevent, or stop through cleverness

• circumvent

• robust

• attrition

• vociferous

quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

• reticent

• oblivious

• grievous

• sanction

healthy and strong; vigorous

• robust

• cohesive

• attrition

• inundate

sticking or holding together; unified

• cohesive

• reticent

• circumvent

• sanction

noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely

• vociferous

• grievous

• oblivious

• cohesive

a gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

• attrition

• sanction

• vociferous

• cohesive

causing grief or pain; very serious or severe

• grievous

• reticent

• circumvent

• sanction

unaware; failing to notice

• oblivious

• reticent

• robust

• inundate