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DLS G9 Eng Vocab p4
DLS Grade 9 English Vocab Quarter 1 Page 4
Question | Answer |
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Civilian | (n) person who is not a member of the military, or police, or firefighting forces |
Complicated | (adj) hard to understand; elaborate; complex; intricate |
Confirm | (v) state or prove the truth of; substantiate; verify |
confirmation | (n) proof; evidence; verification |
digress | (v) turn aside; get off the main topic; deviate |
fragile | (adj) easily broken; breakable; weak; frail |
galore | (adj) aplenty; in abundance; plentiful; abundant (galore always follows the word it modifies). |
genuine | (adj) actually being what it is claimed or seems to be; true; real; authentic |
hostile | (adj) of or relating to an enemy or enemies; unfriendly; inimical |
impatient | (adj) not patient; not willing to bear delay; fretful; anxious |
inter | (v) put into the earth; bury; entomb |
interment | (n) burial; entombment; sepulture |
mitigate | (v) make less severe; lessen; alleviate; soften; relieve |
novice | (n) one who is new to a field or activity; beginner; apprentice; neophyte; tyro |
rarity | (n) something uncommon, infrequent, or rare |
resume | (v) 1. begin again 2. retake; reoccupy |
shrink | (v) 1. draw back; recoil; wince |
sober | (adj) 1. not drunk; not intoxicated. 2. earnest; serious; free from excitement or exaggeration. |
suffice | (v) be enough, adequate, or sufficient; serve; do |
vacant | (adj) empty; unoccupied; tenantless; not being used |
vacancy | (n) unfilled position; unoccupied apartment or room |