Lesson 10 Vocab English

Churlish

lacking good manners

Concoct

to make by combining ingredients

Attest

to provide clear evidence or proof of something

Volatile

liable to change rapidly or unpredictably, especially for the worse

Refurbish

to make like new

Vagary

a departure from what is normal, expected

Olfactory

relating to the sense of smell

Disparage

to crticize in a negative, disrespectful manner

Axiom

a statement accepted as true without proof,

Derivative

something that gets its value from something else

Differentiate

to recognize, show, or make a distinction between things,

Dissipate

disappear or cause to disappear.

Esoteric

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest.

Plethora

a large or excessive amount of (something).

Secrete

to produce and release a substance (like a gland secreting a hormone or sweat),