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.