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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Lesson 2 - Exploring Astute to Vulnerable

In this vocabulary lesson, we delve into a range of words from "astute" to "vulnerable." Discover the meanings, usages, and contexts of these terms through engaging examples. Learn how to apply words like "authentic," "delicacy," and "mythical" in your writing. We also touch on concepts like "predatory" and "solitude," providing insight into the nuances of each word. Expand your language skills and enrich your communication with this thoughtful exploration of vocabulary essential for expressive and effective use.

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Enhance Your Vocabulary: Lesson 2 - Exploring Astute to Vulnerable

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  1. Vocabulary Lesson 2

  2. Astute • Wise in a clever or practical way (adjective) • An astute shopper compares prices carefully before making a purchase.

  3. Authentic • Genuine; true (adjective) • An authority on old maps declared that the sixteenth-century chart of the Florida Keys is authentic.

  4. Delicacy • A choice item of food (noun) • Smoked salmon is a delicacy.

  5. Derogatory • Expressing a low opinion; intended to hurt the reputation of someone (adjective) • His habit of making derogatory comments about his co-workers made him unpopular.

  6. Devour • To eat up hungrily (verb) • The wolf was about to devour Little Red Riding Hood when the woodcutter arrived.

  7. Figment • Something that is made up in the mind but that has no connection with reality (noun) • The monster in the closet is a figment of the child’s imagination.

  8. Mythical • Imaginary; not real (adjective) • Unicorns are mythical creatures.

  9. Plumage • A bird’s feathers (noun) • Parrots have brightly colored plumage.

  10. Predatory • Living by killing and eating other animals (adjective) • Crocodiles are predatory animals.

  11. Prior • Coming earlier in time (adjective) • I was unable to see you this morning because I had a prior appointment.

  12. Scavenge • To search through or pick over, looking for something useful (verb) • People with metal detectors scavenge the beach looking for coins.

  13. Slaughter • To kill in order to obtain meat (verb) • The hogs are fattened up before they are slaughtered.

  14. Solitude • The condition of being alone or at some distance from people. (noun) • We enjoyed the solitude of a walk on the deserted beach.

  15. Ungainly • Moving in a clumsy or awkward way (adjective) • Walruses, graceful in the water, are ungainly creatures on land.

  16. Vulnerable • Open to attack; easily injured physically or emotionally (adjective) • Starving people are more vulnerable to disease than those who are well fed.

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