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English 10 Vocab 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attest | To declare or be evidence of something as true, genuine, or accurate |
| Axiom | A statement or principle that requires no proof because its truth is obvious |
| Churlish | Lacking good manners: rude, impolite |
| Concoct | To make up, prepare, or invent |
| Derivative | Something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition: based on what has gone before: lacking originality |
| Differentiate | To see the difference: to distinguish: to be or make different |
| Disparage | To criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner |
| Dissipate | To break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear: to scatter or be scattered: to spend or use foolishly |
| Esoteric | Not generally known or understood: familiar to only a relatively small number of people |
| Olfactory | Relating to the sense of smell |
| Plethora | Too great a number: an excess |
| Refurbish | To make like new: to renovate |
| Secrete | To produce and give off: to place so as to be hidden from view: to conceal |
| Vagary | A departure from the normal, expected course: a whim or unpredictable action |
| Volatile | Evaporating quickly: changing readily: explosive: unpredictable |