vocabulary workshop first course lesson 17

1adopt v. to take up and use as one's own; to choose and follow; to vote to accept; to take
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2anguish n. great mental or physical suffering; v. to suffer; to cause to suffer

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3blemish n. a mark or scar on the skin; a defect; v. to spoil; to make less perfect
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4crisis n. the turning point; a decisive stage or event; a time of great danger or trouble
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5immature adj. not fully grown or developed

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6inhabit v. to dwell or live in

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7intolerable adj. unbearable; too painful or cruel to be endured

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8maternal adj. motherly; inherited from or related through one's mother

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9rival n. a person who tries to get the same thing as another; a competitor; adj.
. competing; v. to equal; to try to equal

1self-conscious adj. awkward or embarrassed in the presence of others

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