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Eng 10 Vocab 10
"Improving" vocab chapter 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| degenerate | to worsen; deteriorate |
| implausible | difficult to believe; unlikely |
| incoherent | unable to speak in an orderly, logical way |
| intercede | to make a request or plead on behalf of someone else |
| intricate | having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex |
| sanctuary | a place of safety, protection or relief |
| scrutiny | close inspection; careful examination |
| sinister | wicked, ill-intent |
| suffice | to be good enough |
| vulnerable | open to damage or attack, susceptible |
| suffix --ate | suffix: verb. means "to make" |
| prefix in-- and im-- | prefix: often means "not" |
| prefix con-- | prefix: means "with" |
| prefix de-- | prefix: means "away from" |
| degenerate | sentence: Mr. Smith's family was called to the hospital when his condition began to ______ . His vital signs were dropping and it appeared his organs were shutting down. :( |
| vulnerable | sentence: It is important to look out for children, because they are ______ to injury if left on their own. |
| implausible | sentence: The student's explanation for his grade was ______ ; his missing assignments were not the result of a "sugar deficiency." |
| suffice | sentence: The amount of work you've done may _____ for a junior high class, but is not the effort needed to be successful in high school. |
| incoherent | sentence: The toddler was laughing so hard that she was ______; we could not understand a word she was saying. |
| sinister | sentence: Edgar Allen Poe's poems occasionally have a dark and ______ tone. |
| intercede | sentence: When my friend's job application stalled, I ______(d) on her behalf and talked the manager, hoping to help her score an interview. |
| scrutiny | sentence: Celebrities are under much _____ . Paparazzi often follows them 24/7, hoping to catch them doing something embarrassing and gossip-worthy. |
| sanctuary | sentence: My garden is my ______. It is a safe place of peace and quiet, far from the demands of work and the stresses of life. |
| intricate | sentence: The Greek epic poem The Iliad is an ______ story of bravery, honor, revenge, love and fear, involving more than fifty characters and in total twenty-four books long. We'll read it next year in World Lit. |
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