Improving Vocabulary Skills - Chapters 10 and 11

Intricate

v having many parts arranged in a complicated way; complex

Suffice

v to be good enough

Degenerate

v to worsen; deteriorate

Sanctuary

n a place of safety, protection, or relief

Intercede

v to make a request or plead on behalf of someone else

Vulnerable

a open to damage or attack; susceptible

Implausible

a difficult to believe; unlikely

Sinister

a evil; wicked

Scrutiny

n close inspection; careful examination

Incoherent

a unable to speak in an orderly, logical way

Qualm

n an uneasy feeling about how right or proper a particular action is

Garble

v to mix up or confuse (as a story or message); scramble

Gloat

v - to feel or express delight or self-satisfaction, often spitefully

Blight

n something that weakens, damages, or destroys

Plagiarism

n using someone else’s writings or ideas as one’s own

Contrive

v to plan cleverly; think up

Retaliate

v to return an injury for an injury; pay back

Blatant

a very obvious, often offensively so

Immaculate

a perfectly clean

Gaunt

a thin and bony