Wordly Wise 3000 Book 10-Lesson 10

Question 1

Attest

Answer 1

To declare or be evidence of something as true, genuine, or accurate.

Question 2

Axiom

Answer 2

A statement or principle that requires no proof because its truth is obvious.

Question 3

Churlish

Answer 3

Lacking good manners; rude, impolite.

Question 4

Concoct

Answer 4

To make up, prepare, or invent.

Question 5

Derivative

Answer 5

Something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition. Based on what has gone before; lacking originality.

Question 6

Differentiate

Answer 6

To see the difference; to distinguish. To be or make difference.

Question 7

Disparage

Answer 7

To criticize in a negative, disrespectful, manner.

Question 8

Dissipate

Answer 8

To break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear; to scatter or be scattered. To spend or use foolishly.

Question 9

Esoteric

Answer 9

Not generally known or understood, familiar to only a relatively small number of people.

Question 10

Olfactory

Answer 10

Relating to the sense of smell.

Question 11

Plethora

Answer 11

Too great a number; an excess.

Question 12

Refurbish

Answer 12

To make like new; to renovate.

Question 13

Secrete

Answer 13

1. To produce and give off. 2. To place so as to be hidden from view to conceal.

Question 14

Vagary

Answer 14

A departure from the normal, expected course; a whim or unpredictable action.

Question 15

Volatile

Answer 15

1. Evaporating quickly. 2. Changing readily; explosive; unpredictable.