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Wordly Wise 10-10
10th Grade English vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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. |
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. |