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This vocabulary unit focuses on six essential words: "acknowledge," "debilitate," "exuberance," "inadvertent," "opulence," and "truncate." Each word is defined and illustrated with examples that highlight their meanings in context. Understanding these words can enhance your language skills and improve your ability to communicate effectively. From recognizing our shortcomings to discussing wealth and emotional states, these terms capture a wide array of human experiences.
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Acknowledge - Verb • Recognize; admit • Acknowledging our shortcomings is the first step to changing ourselves for the better.
Debilitate - Verb • Weaken; enfeeble • Diseases debilitate many people in Africa who don’t have adequate nutrition and lack of access to modern medicine.
Exuberance - Noun • Joyful enthusiasm; overflowing abundance • Pat could hardly contain her exuberance after she saw her score on the SAT; it meant she would be accepted at the college she always wanted to attend.
Inadvertent - ADJ • Unintentional; as a result of oversight; careless • Sam assured Bob that although his remark could be seen as insulting, it had been inadvertent.
Opulence - Noun • Extreme wealth; luxuriousness;abundance • Even though he’s rich, the billionaire lives simply with none of the opulence usually associated with great wealth.
Truncate – Verb • Shorten; cut the top off • My pleasant conversation with an old friend was truncated by an important telephone call.