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Improving Vocabulary Skills

Improving Vocabulary Skills. Chapter 10. Scrutiny - n. Scrutinize - v. Careful look or examination of something. Be sure to scrutinize the documents before you sign them. Vulnerable - adj. Vulnerability - n. Unprotected, able to be hurt.

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Improving Vocabulary Skills

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  1. Improving Vocabulary Skills Chapter 10

  2. Scrutiny - n Scrutinize - v

  3. Careful look or examination of something Be sure to scrutinize the documents before you sign them.

  4. Vulnerable - adj Vulnerability - n

  5. Unprotected, able to be hurt Their team is vulnerable to lose now that their best player is injured.

  6. Intricate - adj

  7. complex The intricate design of the temple impresses all visitors.

  8. Incoherent - adj Incoherence – n Incoherently - adv

  9. illogical No one could understand her essay because it was incoherent. It just didn’t make sense.

  10. Implausible - adj Implausibility – n Implausibly - adv

  11. Difficult to believe Dennis Kucinich’s claim that he had seen a UFO was not only implausible, but it was preposterous

  12. Intercede - v

  13. To go between to help Kofi Annan interceded between Odinga and Kibaki after the disputed elections in Kenya.

  14. Sinister - adj Sin – n Sinisterly - adv

  15. In an evil way; wicked Al-Qaeda has sinister intentions against the US

  16. Suffice - v Sufficient – adj Sufficiently - adv

  17. To be enough One appetizer for our table should suffice for all four of us because the serving is huge.

  18. Degenerate - v Degeneration – n

  19. To worsen The economy has been degenerating ever since the housing market fell apart.

  20. Sanctuary - n

  21. Safe place I go to my room for sanctuary when everyone starts fighting.

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