Wordly Wise lesson 10 Flashcards
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Attest
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To declare or be evidence of something as true, genuine, or accurate. To provide with clear evidence; give proof.
1
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Churlish
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Lacking good manner; rude, impolite.
2
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Disparage
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To criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner.
3
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Dissipate
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To break up and spread out to thinly as to disappear; to scatter and disperse.
4
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Esoteric
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Not generally known or understood; familiar to only a relative small number.
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Plethora
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Too great a number; an excess. Large amount, abundance.
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Axiom
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A statement or principle that requires no proof because the truth is obvious. Maxim; adage.
7
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Derivitave
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Something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition.
8
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Volatile
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Evaporating quickly; Changing readily; explosive; unpredictable.
9
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Refurbish
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To make like new; to renovate.
