Module 4a, vocabulary revision

Determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring

• connotation

• hereditary

• scepticism

• synaesthesia

An attitude that shows you doubt whether something is true or useful

• scepticism

• occur

• connotation

• prevailing

The particular state that something or someone is in

• condition

• connotation

• identify

• blend

To add proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information

• report

• identify

• blend

• corroborate

An idea or feeling which a word invokes for a person in addition to its literal or primary meaning

• acute

• connotation

• concern

• sense

Happen, take place

• develop

• runs in the family

• occur

• undergo

Having most appeal or influence

• frequent

• intense

• acute

• prevailing