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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.