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10th #9+
Final set of words included on this Semesters DSI/SAT Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| degenerate | v. To worsen; deteriorate |
| implausible | adj. Difficult to believe; unlikely |
| calamity | n. An event bringing great loss and misery |
| conventional | adj. Customary; ordinary |
| fluctuate | v. To vary irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth |
| ponder | v. To consider carefully; think deeply about |
| rehabilitate | v. To restore to a normal life through therapy or education |
| turmoil | n. Complete confusion; uproar |
| predominant | adj. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. Most common or conspicuous; main or prevalent. Most common or most noticeable |
| prerequisite | adj. Required or necessary as a prior condition. n. Something that is prerequisite, |
| confiscate | tr.v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, -cates. To seize or take property from its owner for the use of the public. To seize with authority; legally take possession of. adj. Seized by a government; appropriated. Having lost property through confiscation. |
| decipher | tr.v., -phered, -pher•ing, -phers. To figure out the true words or meaning of something that is unclear. To interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out) To convert from a code or cipher to plain text; decode. adj. -a•ble ;n.-er n. -ment |
| concurrent | adj. Happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous. Operating or acting in conjunction with another. Being in accordance; harmonious. adv. •ly , n. con•cur'rent |