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Wordly Wise 10-11
10th Grade English vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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1. agrarian | Having to do with farming or agriculture. |
2. burgeon | To grow and expand rapidly; to flourish. |
3. cataclysm | A sudden and violent change; a catastrophe. |
4. culinary | Having to do with cooking. |
5. denigrate | To attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner. |
6. gourmet | A person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality. |
7. grandiloquent | Using lofty or pompous speech or expression. |
8. hybrid | The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties.Anything that is of mixed origin or composition. |
9. manifold | Having many different kinds, forms, or parts. |
10. palatable | Acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste. |
11. panacea | Something that is supposed to cure all ills or difficulties; a cure-all. |
12. plebeian | Of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined. |
13. scourge | Something that causes great pain and suffering; a social evil.To punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate. |
14. stalemate | A halt in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock. |
15. temperate | Mild, moderate; restrained. |