Grade_09 : Word group 06

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1. Ornamental / ˌɔːnəˈmɛntəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

   Serving or intended as an ornament; decorative.

2. Palpable / ˈpælpəbəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

   Able to be touched or felt; clear to the mind or plain to see.

3. Parenthetical / ˌpærənˈθɛtɪkəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Greek

   Of, relating to, or inserted as a parenthesis; explanatory.

4. Pension / ˈpɛnʃən / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

   A regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed.

5. Personification / pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

   The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman.

6. Plausible / ˈplɔːzəbəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

   Of an argument or statement seeming reasonable or probable.

7. Pragmatic / præɡˈmætɪk / ADJECTIVE Origin: Greek

   Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

8. Prerequisite / ˌpriːˈrɛkwɪzɪt / NOUN Origin: Latin

   A thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist.

9. Principal / ˈprɪnsəpəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

   First in order of importance; main.

10. Profit / ˈprɒfɪt / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.

11. Prospective / prəˈspɛktɪv / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

    Expected or expecting to be something in the future.

12. Pursue / pəˈsjuː / VERB Origin: Latin/French

    To follow someone or something in order to catch or attack them; to try to achieve a goal over time.

13. Quest / kwɛst / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A long or arduous search for something.

14. Rational / ˈræʃənəl / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

    Based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

15. Recover / rɪˈkʌvər / VERB Origin: Latin/French

    To return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.

16. Regard / rɪˈɡɑːd / VERB Origin: French

    To consider or think of in a specified way.

17. Relative / ˈrɛlətɪv / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin/French

    Considered in relation or in proportion to something else.

18. Remedy / ˈrɛmɪdi / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury.

19. Replace / rɪˈpleɪs / VERB Origin: French/English

    To take the place of.

20. Residence / ˈrɛzɪdəns / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A person's home; the place where someone lives.

21. Restrained / rɪˈstreɪnd / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin/French

    Kept under control; prevented from freedom of action or expression.

22. Revolution / ˌrɛvəˈluːʃən / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

23. Salvage / ˈsælvɪdʒ / VERB Origin: Latin/French

    To rescue a wrecked or disabled ship or its cargo from loss at sea; to retrieve or preserve something from potential destruction.

24. Secular / ˈsɛkjʊlər / ADJECTIVE Origin: Latin

    Denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis.

25. Sequence / ˈsiːkwəns / NOUN Origin: Latin

    A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.

26. Shrewd / ʃruːd / ADJECTIVE Origin: Middle English

    Having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.

27. Source / sɔːs / NOUN Origin: Latin/French

    A place, person, or thing from which something comes or can be obtained.

28. Stationery / ˈsteɪʃənəri / NOUN Origin: Latin/French/English

    Writing materials and office supplies.

29. Substantiate / səbˈstænʃieɪt / VERB Origin: Latin

    To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of.

30. Support / səˈpɔːt / VERB Origin: Latin/French

    To bear all or part of the weight of; to give assistance to.