Vocabulary Day 10-1

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modify: to ................... something slightly, especially in order to .................. it or make it less extreme

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Ben ...................... wholeheartedly supported Roger's ambitious plan, but he later unexpectedly opposed it due to unforeseen complications.

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The patient's severe adverse reaction to the prescribed medicine alarmingly caused his heart rate to suddenly drop to a critical level.

• very serious or dangerous

• extremely large in size or degree

• continuing to be successful, strong, healthy, etc.

• unusual and likely to be admired

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luminous: producing or .................... bright light

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to make something easier

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For 14 years, Alfred Wegener made numerous refinements to his theory of continental drift.

• a small improvement to something

• a quality or characteristic that someone or something has

• to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing

• a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good

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attribute: to say or .................. that something is the result of a .............. thing

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belch: to allow ....................... air to come up from the .................. out through the mouth with a noisy sound

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underrate: to fail to ................... how skilled, important, or ................ someone or something is

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The immense statue of the Greek goddess Athena attracted many tourists to the Acropolis.

• unusual and likely to be admired

• extremely large in size or degree

• easy to see or understand

• difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight