Lesson 10 Flashcards
Attest
To declare or be evidence of something as tire, genuine, or accurate
Axiom
A statement it principle that requires no proof because it’s truth is obvious
Churlish
Lacking good manners;
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
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 as so 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