Wordly Wise: List 10-Book 10
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Areygirl202 on March 24, 2011
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english vocab, wordly wise book 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 | 1. Something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition 2. Based on what has gone before; lacking originality |
| Differentiate | 1. To see the difference; to distinguish 2. To be or make different. |
| Disparage | To criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner. |
| Dissipate | 1. To break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear; to scatter or be scattered 2. To spend or use foolishly |
| Esoteric | Not generally know 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 | 1. To produce and give off 2. 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 | 1. Evaporating quickly 2. Changing readily; explosive; unpredictable |
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