Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy or mean
3. risk, peril; to expose to danger or harm; to gamble
4. balanced suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action
8. shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more
9. to persuade not to do something
12. a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business
13. a piece of burning wood, a troublemaker, an extremely energetic or emotional person
15. allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected
18. an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths
19. to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

1. absolutely necessary, not to be neglected
3. the killing of one person by another
5. usual, expected, routine
6. to satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant, to supply food and service
7. to throw a stream of things; to strike successively to hurry
10. the lack of interest or concern
11. ready for use, at hand
14. wholly unharmed, not injured
16. a government in power; a form of system of rule or management; a period of rule
17. to apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery or easier to use