vocabulary week 20 gold

Vocabulary Week 1

Vocabulary Week 20 GoldWord 1: Ingenious Def: Using clever and new ideas Sent: No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. Henry Kissinger

Word 2: Deluded / Delusion Def: To deceive or mislead the mind Sent: Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government. Gerald F. Lieberman

Word 3: FordDef: To cross a river by wadingSent: If you ford the river in a crowd, the crocodiles won't get you. Malagasy Proverb

Word 4: Indoctrinate Def: To teach a set of beliefs or doctrine without the learner being critical of it Sent: We are brave enough to have all areas discussed. Students will be informed and not indoctrinated. Kathy Martin

Word 5: VociferousDef: Clamorous and noisySent: There is a vociferous group from within the government that are saying it is better to go to war. Wade Shanower

Word 6: InsipidDef: Lacking flavor or not interestingSent: Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies. Christina of Sweden

Word 7: AcuteDef: Serious, Sharp or severe in degree or an angle that is less than 90 degreesSent: I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. Thomas Jefferson

Word 8: Quell Def: To put an end to, to lessen the effect of Sent: Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. Siddha Nagarjuna

Word 9: Ramble Def: Wander or roam without direction or talk in a long-winded wandering fashion Sent: He would ramble back and forth. He was in one subject and out of one subject. Jim Wilson

Word 10: Rant Def: Talk in a wild, angry manner for a long time Sent: If you're going to dedicate your career to ranting about the excesses of American capitalism, you probably shouldn't weigh 450 pounds. Greg Giraldo

Word 11: Sardonic Def: Scornfully or cynically mocking Sent: The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement. Diane LaVey

Word 12: Stagnant Def: Not flowing or moving, showing no activity Sent: Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. Leonardo DaVinci

Word 13: Verbatim Def: To quote word for word exactly Sent: I can remember what he said, verbatim. He said, 'Yes, I did it. So what? It was many years ago.' No remorse. Nothing. Ken Schmidt

Word 14: AberrationDef: A deviation from the proper or expected course especially regarding truth or morals Sent: The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations.

Word 15: Impediment Def: Obstruction in doing something or defect in speaking Sent: Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being at ease with yourself. Honore de Balzac

Word 16: Din Def: A loud continued noiseSent: True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. Edward Hoagland

Word 17: Torpid Def: Sluggish, no energy or vigor Sent: The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Word 18: Concoct Def: To devise, using skill and intelligence or cook by combing ingredients Sent: Whatever men can work to concoct Women can play havoc. Arthur Tugman

Word 19: Burly Def: Big and strongSent: The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly Truth comes by and puts them out. Lizette Reese

Word 20: Frolic / Frolicking Def: To Play happily Sent: Summer wanes; the children are grown; Fun and frolic no more he knows. William Cullen Bryant