Vocab-ability–234 (tenu = narrow, thin) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. I believe that there is a tenuous demarcation between love and hate in this life.
  2. Vanessa's craving for hamburger this season is attenuated due to the passing away of her pet dog.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The expert featured on the news was there because he had a tenuous connection with the victim.

  2. The employer attenuated criticism of his staff by interspersing it it with praise.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. He claimed a tenuous connection with Royalty through his mother's fifth cousin's sister-in-law.

  2. The government tried to attenuate the problems of a No Deal Brexit by issuing guidance notices for businesses.


Good work! As for the connection to Royalty, have you ever noticed how many "ROYALS" there are in countries such as England and Japan. Anyone who is distantly related to the monarch is regarded as "royal."

I generally regard them as riff-raff.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The fake news website used tenuous real life incidents to concoct scary news articles.

  2. The German government tried to attenuate anger at refugees by dispersing them across the country so they wouldn't be concentrated anywhere.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The politician used the crime statistics to make a tenuous link with climate change claiming that the freak hot weather caused crime.

  2. President Macron tried to attenuate public anger at his policies by announcing increased spending.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. tenuous
    The results from the last exam were very tenuous comparing to what he was expecting.

  2. attenuate
    His frustration can be attenuated only with love and beautiful words.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Tenuous
    We tried using a thin surface plate to patch the puncture on the zinc covering but it couldn't hold out, considering how tenuous it was.
  2. Attenuate
    The scientists made use of a diluted hydrochloric acid with the sole aim of attenuating bacterials present in the mixed liquid solution.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. Tenuous:
    I felt tenuous after losing my wallet ton that funk.

  2. Attenuate:
    The hackers tried to attenuate all the signals with the intention of getting into the bank servers.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. The supporting rebuttal submitted was reviewed and found to be tenuous according to the investigator.

  2. A natural disaster like avalanche can be attenuated only until it passes out.

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