Vocabulary for Achievement-10th Grade-Lesson 2

Depends on other things Whether we go on the field trip of not is contingent upon the weather conditions. a group forming a part of a larger group A contingent of TAS students represented the school at Cultural Convention

A possiblity or something will probably happen To prepare for the eventuality of the school closing dur to H1N1, students need to begin to use the OLC.

Difficult to believe; not likely to happen It is highly implausible that we could ever get Johnny Depp to come to TAS and teach an acting class.

Impossbile to comprehend or to fully understand Fifty years ago it would have been inconceivable that Barack Obama could become the president of the United States.

Completely ineffective; without success Although his effort was invain, he still gained from all the training he did, in order to have a better chance of making the track team.

Possibly Might you perchance be polite enough to say "hello" when you walk into the room?

Absurd, contrarty to common sense It is completely preposterous to think that you could raise your grade from an F to an A in one week.

A natural tendency to do something He has a proclivity to be able to pull people together and accomplish great things.

Having a tendency; likely to do or have something He was prone to accidents, so he therefore never took any risks that may result in injury.

Deals with only ideas; unproven or abstract Because he have yet to test the hypothesis, it is still just theoretical until it is either proven or disproven.