Part of Speech : Noun

VOCABULARY

LESSON 5

1. charlatan

Part of Speech : Noun

Definition:

Example: In the days of the Wild West,charlatans sold “snake oil” as a remedy for everything from baldness to insanity.

2. corroborate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition:

Example: Amy says she saw a flying saucer in the park, but no one else in the area has come forward to corroborate her account.

3. disseminate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition:

Example: Campaign workers went all over the city to disseminate pamphlets and flyers about their candidate.

4. diverge

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition:

Example: The brothers’ paths diverged greatly. One became a famous lawyer, and the other ended up in jail for armed robbery.

5. dormant

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition:

Example: A visit to Puerto Rico reawakened Anita’s dormant interest in Spanish, the language of her childhood.

6. hoist

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition:

Example: So far, attempts to hoist the wreckage of the jetliner from the ocean floor have been unsuccessful.

7. illicit

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition:

Example: Years of illicitactivities resulted in Gene’s being sentenced to serve a life term in prison.

8. irrevocable

Part of Speech: Adjective

Definition:

Example: Carla would like to break off her engagement to Steven, but she feels that her promise to marry him is irrevocable.

9. precipitate

Part of Speech: Verb

Definition:

Example: The discovery that James had been setting fires precipitated his parents’ decision to consult a child psychologist.

10. proliferation

Part of Speech: Noun

Definition:

Example: Mary’s doctors hope that chemotherapy will halt the proliferation of cancer cells in her body.