1. Wordly Wise 7
Lesson 1

2. Unabated: showing no signs of weakening
To become weaker; to decrease
Unabated: showing no signs of weakening
After the rain abated, they were able to cross the street.

3. acknowledge
1. To admit that something exists. 2. To show awareness or thanks for something

4. agent A person who does business for another person.
Something that brings
about a result.

5. authority The right to give orders, make decisions, or take action.
An expert source of information.

6. devastate To ruin or destroy completely
Super Bowl Loss: Tom Brady is devastated!
Devastation after a Texas tornado

7. epidemic The rapid spread of a disease to many people at one time.
The flu epidemic of 1918 killed over twenty million people in the Northern Hemisphere.

8. estimate
A number that is not exact;
a careful guess

9. evict
To force out of property by taking legal action.

10. impartial
Fair; not favoring one side more than another.

11. industrious
Hardworking; not lazy

12. infuriate
To make very angry
These people are infuriated!

13. irrelevent
Having nothing to do with the subject

14. precise
Exact; accurate.

15. sham
Something fake or false.

16. trek
A long, slow, and difficult journey.