Vocab Unit 1

to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

(v)to make a mess of; muddle through

(n) a hopeless mess

(adj)stubborn and often reasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind

(adj) lasting for a very long time

(n) a plant that lived for many years

(v)to cause(someone) to be more likely to behave in a particular way or to be affected by a particular condition

(v)to let go, to give up

(v) to save from fire or shipwreck

(n) the property saved this way

(adj)sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

(adj) not genuine, not true, not valid

(adj)lacking in restraint