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1.devastate (v.) to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

The fire devastated the city.

2. endemic (adj.) belonging or native to a particular people or country

This chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.

3. custody (n.) immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authority

After his divorce, the father was granted custody of the children.

4. credit (v.) to trust in the truth of

Their claim is rather hard to credit.

5. intentional (adj.) having external reference

His exclusion in the meeting was quite intentional.

1. highlight (n.) the lightest spot or area (as in a painting)

Recorded highlights of today’s big football game will be shown after the news.

2. sheer (adj.) of very thin or transparent texture

He won by sheer iuck.

3. suppress (v.) to put down by authority or force

Opposition to the government was quickly suppressed.

4. divine (adj.) of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god

The meal was simply divine.

5. appetite (n.) any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life

The baby has good appetite.

1. instruct (v.) to give orders or directions, especially with the right or expectation of being obeyed

I’ve been instructed to wait here until the teacher arrives.

2. prospect (n.) an extensive view

I am afraid there is not much prospect of this being finished before the weekend.

3. boost (n.) a push upward

If you boost me up, I can just reach the window.

4. .humiliate (v.) to cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others

It was so humiliating to be corrected by the head teacher in front of whole school.

5. ameliorate (v.) to make better or more tolerable

The situation is being ameliorated.

1. resonant (adj.) continuing to sound

The air was resonant with the shout of children.

2. thermal (adj.) being or involving a state of matter dependent upon temperature

I like thermal springs.

3. mattress (n.) an inflatable airtight sack for use as a mattress

I’ll have to get a new mattress for my bed --- the springs have gone in this one.

4. bond (v.) to lap (as brick) for solidity of construction

Parents should have plenty of time with their new baby to allow bonding to occur.

5. veteran (adj.) a person who has had long experience in some form of activity

At the age of 12the boy was already a veteran traveler, having flown all over the world with his father.

1. prevalent (adj.) generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored

Eye diseases are prevalent in some tropical countries.

2. fabricate (v.) to make up for the purpose of deception

It turned out that he had fabricated the whole story.

3. impersonate (v.) to assume or act the character of

He was arrested for impersonating an army officer.

4. hustle (v.) to convey forcibly or hurriedly

She hustled the children off to school and started working.

5. emission (n.) an act or instance of emitting

We have been receiving powerful radio emissions from a distant star system.