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Vocabulary: Wordly Wise 1-9

Lesson 1:

1.abate - to become weaker; to decrease

2.acknowledge - to admit the existence of - to express rcognition or thanks for

3.agent - a person who acts or does business for others - something that brings about a result

4.auhtority - the right to give orders make decisions or take actions - an expert source of information

5.devaste - to ruin or destroy completely

6.epidemic - the rapid spread of a disease to many of people at one time - spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area

7.estimate - a number that is not exact; a careful guess - to figure out roughly; to make an approximate calculation

8.evict - to force out of property by taking legal action