vocabulary review a picture is worth a thousand words!
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VOCABULARY REVIEWA picture is worth a
thousand words!
oppress
• To keep someone down by means of authority (verb)
• Oppression (noun) oppressive (adjective)
• Slavery was perhaps the most oppressive act in American history as thousands of Africans were forced into service.
Why you gotta be like that?
swarthy
• To be of darker complexion (adjective)
• All of the time spent outside gave the pirates a swarthy, rugged look.
vicarious
• Experience in the imagination through the feelings/actions of others (adjective)
• Vicariously (adverb)• Origin – vicar (Person who
stands in for the bishop – the substitute)
• While his days of playing were long gone, Bob experienced the love of baseball vicariously through his son, Timmy.
quixotic
• Exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic (adjective)
• Quixotically (adverb) • Origin – Don Quixote by
Miguel Cervantes• My mother needs to stop
being so quixotic and see things for how they really are.
Die, windmill, die!
eloquent
• Fluent in speaking/writing (adjective)
• Eloquence (noun), eloquently (adverb)
• While a valedictorian is selected for his or her good grades, it is assumed that he or she will also prove to be eloquent during the graduation ceremony.
plucky
• Courageous and bold (adjective)
• Pluck, pluckiness (noun) • That kid proved himself
quite plucky when he stood up to the bully when no one else would.
audacious
• Willingness to take surprising bold risks (adjective)
• audaciousness (noun), audaciously (adverb)
• Forbes Magazine named audaciousness the most important qualities to strive for, naming the Apollo 11 crew as examples of the characteristic.
aloof
• Unfriendly, cool and distant (adjective)
• aloofness (noun)• Despite the fact that the
couple was in love, there was no doubt that Ernesto was acting a bit aloof lately.
Could it be my breath?
zealous
• Showing great enthusiasm (adjective)
• Zeal / zealot (noun)• Greek myth Zelos, son
of Zeus representing enthusiasm (sibling of Nike)
• The antiwar demonstrators were peaceful, yet zealous, throughout the protest.
fickle
• Changing frequently, often referring to interests and loyalties (adjective)
• Fickleness (noun)• Adolescent relationships
can be very fickle. A person can like one person one day and another the next.
candor
• Honesty, frankness, open in expression (noun)
• Candid (adjective)• I wished my teacher
wouldn’t have spoken with such candor when I asked him what he thought of my essay.
ecstasy
• Overwhelming feeling of happiness (noun)
• ecstatic (adjective)• It was pure ecstasy
when the Philadelphia Phillies won the championship in 2008.
callow
• Inexperienced & immature (adjective)
• Callowness (noun)• Although there are high
hopes for the 76ers rookie Nerlens Noel, experts believe he is too callow to make a true impact in his first year.
virility
• Having strength or energy - mostly used of men (noun)
• Virile (adjective)• Latin “vir” --> man
pertinacity
• The act of holding firmly to a belief or action (noun)
• Pertinacious (adj.)• The pertinacity that
the mule showed indicated that he was not about to be moved.
robust
• Strong and healthy (people), sturdy (objects), strong and rich (food) – (Adjective)
• The robot, despite its outward appearance, was robust and extremely durable.
prudence
• Wisdom or good judgment for the future (noun)
• Prudent (adjective)• I wanted to ask Kimmy to
the dance, but I didn’t think it would be prudent since she just broke her legs.
presumptuous
• Failure to observe the limits of what is appropriate/permitted (adjective)
• Presumptuously (adverb), presume (verb), presumption (noun)
• Carl got a little too presumptuous with Janice when he went in for the goodnight kiss.
SMACK
avarice
• Extreme greed for material wealth (noun)
• Avaricious (adjective)• His avarice was apparent
as he constantly looked to acquire new properties at the expense of others’ misfortunes.
quagmire
• A soft, boggy marsh area - swamp (noun)
• Mix-up, mess, or difficult predicament (noun)
• My guests were in quite a quagmire when my graduation party fell on the same day as Game 7 of the Flyers game for the Stanley Cup.
apathy
• Lack of interest/concern (noun)
• Apathetic (adjective)• “A” – No, “pathos” –
feeling• If you want to see
apathy, walk into an 8th grade classroom.
duplicity
• Deceitfulness, double dealing (noun)
• Duplicitous (adjective)• Duplica- double• Olivia gives off the
impression that she is a good friend, but her duplicity is apparent when she talks behind her friends’ backs.
cacophony
• Harsh mixture of sounds (noun)
• cacophonous (adjective)• “Phon” sound• The kindergarten class
was so cacophonous since the teacher could not keep his class quiet.
curmudgeon
• Grouchy, bad-tempered person (noun)
• Oscar proves what a curmudgeon he is on an everyday basis when he acts rudely towards neighbors.
Why you gotta be so rude?
truculence
• The state of always being eager and quick to fight/argue (adjective)
• Truculent (adj.)• Some players in the NHL
are known for their truculence despite heavy fines and team penalties.