please don’t contaminate the food with your dirty hands
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VOCABULARY LIST #4
1) Contaminate
ContaminatePlease don’t contaminate the food with your dirty
hands.
Definition: make dirty or impure; pollute
2) Conviction
ConvictionThroughout the trial the lawyer stated his case
with great conviction.
Definition: firmly held belief
3) Dawdle
DawdleDo not dawdle on your way to school.
Definition: move slowly; waste time
4) Dearth
DearthThere is a dearth of funds in my bank account, so
I will not be going to the Milli Vanilli Concert tonight.
Definition: lack or scarcity of something
5) Debilitate
DebilitateThe amount of penalties that the Chargers
committed during the game debilitated their chances of winning.
Definition: weaken; enfeeble
6) Deference
DeferenceOut of deference for my parents, I decided not to throw a party at their house when they were out
of town.
Definition: respect; honor
7) Deleterious
DeleteriousSmoking cigarettes is deleterious to your health.
Definition: harmful; damaging
8) Despotism
DespotismDespotism does not exist in our country because
we have a system of checks and balances.
Definition: tyranny; abuse of power
9) Digression
DigressionDuring the lecture, the speaker began a
digression into irrelevant details.
Definition: act of wandering/deviation
10) Dilapidated
DilapidatedThe dilapidated house on the corner has not been
inhabited for years.
Definition: ruined due to neglect
11) Revere
RevereMs. Curtis was revered by all the students in her
English 11 class.
Definition: courteous regard