Vocabulary Lesson 21

By: Claudia Aliff, Ricardo Rivera, and Sebastian Morales

Adulterate

• To make impure by adding inferior, improper, or unnecessary ingredients

Bane

• A cause of great harm, ruin, or death

Boon

• A timely blessing

Inimical

• Unfriendly; hostile ; harmful

Malevolent

• Having or showing ill will; malicious; wishing harm to others.

Panacea

• A cure-all; a remedy for all diseases, evils, or difficulties.

Pernicious

• Tending to cause death or great harm

Salutary

• Favorable to health

Vitiate

• To reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of

Toxic

• Poisonous; capable of causing injury or death by chemical means