Grade 7: Unit 8: Vocabulary from Readings 2

This list covers "Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant," "Do Professional Athletes Get Paid Too Much?," "Why We Shouldn’t Go to Mars," and "Remarks at the Dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center."
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  1. brevity
    the attribute of being short or fleeting
  2. compensation
    something given or received as payment or reparation
  3. dissent
    be of different opinions
  4. entitlement
    right granted by law or contract
  5. appalling
    causing shock, dismay, or horror
  6. voracious
    excessively greedy and grasping
  7. amenable
    open to being acted upon in a certain way
  8. exhilarating
    thrilling or invigorating
  9. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  10. automated
    operated with minimal human intervention
  11. proponent
    a person who argues for a cause or puts forward an idea
  12. rationality
    the state of having good sense and sound judgment
  13. partisan
    devoted to a cause or political group
  14. endeavor
    a purposeful or industrious undertaking
  15. radar
    measuring instrument using pulses of microwave radiation
  16. disorientation
    confusion about where you are and how to proceed
  17. metabolism
    the organic processes that are necessary for life
  18. impairment
    the condition of having a physical or mental disability
  19. impetus
    a force that makes something happen
  20. tedious
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Created on Thu May 13 13:58:57 EDT 2021 (updated Mon May 17 17:09:05 EDT 2021)

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