Unit 1
acknowledge
verb - to admit or confess
refuge
noun - shelter, protection
undermine
verb - to gradually weaken or damage
agenda
noun - a list of things to be done; a schedule
erode
verb - to gradually wear (something) away
candid
adj. very honest
reminisce
verb - to remember and talk about the past
overt
adj. - obvious; not hidding
radical
adj. - favoring extreme changes, especially in politics and government
endorse
concise
adj. - saying much in a few clear words
erratic
adj. - not consistent
impartial
adj. - fair, not biased; without prejudice or pre judging.
ruthless
adj. - lacking pity; merciless
gruesome
adj. - horrible; shocking; frightening
avert
v. - to prevent; to avoid
illuminate
verb - to light up
lenient
adj. not strict or harsh in disciplining or punishing; merciful
apathy
noun - lack of interest and concern
hypocrite
noun - one who claims to something he or she is not, an insincere person
anecdote
n. - an entertaining short story about an event
fortify
naive
adj. - lacking worldly experience, unsuspecting, unsophisticated
antidote
noun - something that reduces the effects of a poison; anything that relieves a harmful situation
novice