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

Their team is vulnerable to lose now that their best

player is injured.

Intricate - adj

complex

The intricate design of the temple impresses all

visitors.

Incoherent - adj

Incoherence – n

Incoherently - adv

illogical

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

make sense.

Implausible - adj

Implausibility – n

Implausibly - adv

Difficult to believeDennis Kucinich’s claim that he had seen a UFO was not only implausible, but it was

preposterous

Intercede - v

To go between to helpKofi Annan interceded

between Odinga and Kibaki after the disputed elections

in Kenya.

Sinister - adj

Sin – n

Sinisterly - adv

In an evil way; wicked

Al-Qaeda has sinister intentions against the US

Suffice - v

Sufficient – adj

Sufficiently - adv

To be enoughOne appetizer for our table

should suffice for all four of us because the serving is huge.

Degenerate - v

Degeneration – n

To worsen

The economy has been degenerating ever since the housing market fell

apart.

Sanctuary - n

Safe place

I go to my room for sanctuary when everyone

starts fighting.