Vocabulary lesson 20

Definitions and samples

  • generation (n.) a group of people born at about the same time


- The current generation of athletes has grown up in an era of doping.

  • frigid (adj.) very cold in temperature


- They didn't adapt fast enough to survive the frigid temperature and lack of pressure.

  • hostile (adj.) having an angry or mean attitude toward something or someone. Treating someone or something like an enemy


- Military officials do not believe the crash was caused by hostile fire.

  • accomplish (v.) achieve or complete successfully


- Emily accomplished her task of bathing the dog.

  • accurate (adj.) free from errors; correct in all details; exact


- So the charts paint the most accurate pictures possible with the data available.

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