Chapter 15 Improving Vocabulary

abstain

• to hold yourself back from

• show kindness

• required

• to associate with, join

affiliate

• to associate with, join

• a shortage

• to strongly desire

• to require

agnostic

• kind

• one who feels we can't know if God exists

• one who feels God doesn't exist

• religious

aspire

• inspire

• to show kindess

• to disagree

• to strongly desire (to do something or to get something)

benevolent

• required

• disagreeable

• showing kindness, charitable

• amusing, relaxing

deficit

• a shortage or lack in amount

• an overflow of goods

• a disagreement

• to join

dissent

• shortage

• requirement

• opposition

• profit

diversion

• a relaxing distraction

• a disagreement

• something easy

• requirement

lucrative

• risky, dangerous

• lacking

• profitable, well-paying

• showing kindess

mandatory

• kind

• lacking

• unfortunate

• required