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Honors English I Vocabulary

Honors English I Vocabulary. Lesson 5 : Certainty and Uncertainty. Apprehensive. (adjective) Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. Example : Many students feel apprehensive about the first day of school. Categorical. ( adjective )

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Honors English I Vocabulary

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  1. Honors English I Vocabulary Lesson 5: Certainty and Uncertainty

  2. Apprehensive • (adjective) Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. • Example: Many students feel apprehensive about the first day of school.

  3. Categorical • (adjective) • Without exception or qualification; positive; absolute. • Of or in a category. • Example: Alex had the habit of making categorical statements that stopped all conversation.

  4. Conclusive • (adjective) Serving to put an end to doubt, question, or uncertainty; decisive; convincing. • Example: The conclusive results of the medical tests indicated that Sally’s operation had been successful.

  5. Dubious • (adjective) • a. Doubtful; uncertain. • b. Questionable as to quality or validity. • Example: Gretchen was dubious about the success of her plan.

  6. Indeterminate • (adjective) • a. Not capable of being determined or decided; not precisely known; indefinite. • b. lacking clarity or precision; vague. • Example: The amethyst necklace was of an indeterminate age.

  7. Inevitable • (adjective) Incapable of being avoided or prevented. • Example: In many places mosquitoes and Japanese beetles are inevitable summer irritations.

  8. Precarious • (adjective) Dangerously lacking in security or stability; unsafe; risky. • Example: After investing heavily in the stock market, Mr. Harrington found himself in a precarious financial position.

  9. Qualm • (noun) • a. A sensation of doubt of misgiving; uneasiness. • b. A pang of conscience. • c. A sudden, brief feeling of sickness, faintness, or nausea. • Example: The critic hadn’t a qualm about submitting the negative review of the play.

  10. Unequivocal • (adjective) Leaving no doubt or misunderstanding; perfectly clear. • Example: Meredith answered the question with an unequivocal and enthusiastic, “Yes!”

  11. Vacillate • (intransitive verb) To waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; hesitate. • Example: As he waited for the letter, Greg vacillated between optimism and pessimism about its contents.

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