Vocabulary Words

3. increasing or increased in quantity, degree, or force by successive additions
8. impaired or disabled in a specified respect
9. an event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
11. easy to perceive, understand, or interpret
12. causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with
13. friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
14. having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage

1. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses
2. become less intense or widespread
4. to shorten a word, phrase or text
5. able or likely to cause harm or injury
6. a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory
7. sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
9. willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it
10. pleasant or attractive