Vocabulary Set 14
Caedon
Chastise
Def: Verb
To reprimand,scold or rebuke
Sentence 1: I chastised my little brother for breaking my hat because I really liked it.
Sentence 2: The man screamed, scolded and chastised the
boy for breaking the glass on his car.
How To Remember:Chaste means sex so if you did that at this
age most parents would chastise you. Or you played with ice on
You chest and got frostbite and your parents chastised you
Caedon Gibson
Arid
Def; adj: (of land or climate) having little to no rain; to dry or barren to support any vegetation.
Sentence: There was no hope to survive in this arid desert. �There was no water or plants in sight.
Sentence: Instead of getting jailed, I was dropped off into the arid plains; there was no water, no food, but there were plenty of bloodthirsty animals waiting to devour me.
How to remember: Arid sound like air and air is see-through. There is nothing there when you try to look at air itself.
DanChi
Aberration
Definition: (n) Something that is not normal, usual, or expected, usually one that is unwelcome; oddity, quirk, mistake, abnormality.
Sentence 1: The child had a strange aberration on his skin, doctors have tried to treat the abnormality.
Sentence 2: Shelly’s anger retort was an aberration from her usual quiet demeanor
Gwen
Fungistatic
Definition (adj): Inhibiting the growth of fungi without destroying them
Sentences:
1:(Neha)The antibacterial soap as fungistatic and didn't let fungi to grow on their hands
2:Scientific research has confirmed fungistatic effects of some of the plants used traditionally by farmers in Africa to protect stored grain against mould
Jacob
PANG
Definition:(noun) Sudden sharp pain or emotional pain�Sentence 1: The sudden pang from the sharp blade struck me inflicting a serious wound.�Sentence 2: The pang of grief left the man emotional destroyed.�Root: late 15th century pang
How to remember: pang sounds like pain and pain is a synonym�of pang
Andre
Consanguineous
Definition:Adjective,Of the same blood or origin, descending from the same ancestors.
Sentence 1:He was my best friend but he felt more like one of my consanguineous brothers.
Sentence 2:John and Henry were both consanguineous brothers since they both had the same parents and ancestors.
Origin:Consanguineous is part of a family of "blood" relatives that all descend from the Latin noun sanguis, meaning "blood."
How to remember it:Consanguineous has the word sanguine in it and one of the definitions of sanguine is blood red.
Taran Gonzales
Cadence
Noun, A modulation or inflection of the voice
Synonyms: Intonation, rhythm
The specific cadence in the foreigner’s voice made it clear that he thought the sentence was done.
He had a certain cadence in his voice that made him sound like he was asking a question
How to remember: Dence sounds
kinda like down and your voice
sometimes goes down
Aidan McCracken
Belie
Definition: fail to give the true
Sentence:
Sentence:In order to belie the truth about his illness, Jack always pretends to be healthy and happy at work.
Origin:be=About leogan=to lie
How to remember: being a lier
Ayden
Binary
Adjective, Relating to, composed of, or involving two things
Synonyms: two-fold
Sentences,
Binary code uses two numbers a 0 and 1
A Binary star is two stars orbiting around each other
Roots: Late Latin 1500s “bis” meaning double or dual
How to remember: Binary code is two words, two things
Jason Karas
Conspicuous
Definition:Adjective; Very easy to notice
Sentence 1: Because Andre talks so loud, he is always conspicuous at school
Sentence 2: During summer, the mosquitoes are very conspicuous near the water
How to remember:
Karina
Affluence
Definition: noun; the state of having a great deal of money; wealth, prosperity.�Sentence 1: The chauffeur-driven Lamborghini announced the woman’s affluence.
Sentence 2: The man’s mansion was a sign of his growing affluence.
Roots/source/derivations: Latin, affluent - flowing freely
How to remember: Abundance, affluence
Kentaro Lawrence
Word (60pt)
thomas
Respite
Definition: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant.
Sentence 1: i took a respite after the pacer test
Sentence 2: the teacher took respite after grading a bunch of test
How to remember: the man to a rest after biting into a hot pepper
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Sinuous
Adj.- having many curves or turns
Sentences 1: The road is on the sinuous rout of the mountain.
Sentences 2: I got sick on the rollercoaster because it is very Sinuous.
How to remember: think that the word SINUOUS has lots of curves in its letters
Maya
Sequester by Michael Huh
�Definition: (verb) - isolate or hide away (someone or something)
Sentence 1: I was sequestered, cut off from civilization, for three years on an island.�Sentence 2: The writer decided to sequester himself in an isolated cabin so he could finish his novel without interruptions. https://wordsinasentence.com/sequester-in-a-sentence/
Roots:
How to Remember: When you go on a sea quest there’s a chance that something goes wrong and it sequesters you somewhere.
Word (60pt)
Michael H
Lachrymose
Definition: (adj.) tearful or given to weeping, easily brought to tears.
Sentence 1: I hate watching sad movies with my family because they are too lachrymose and always end up crying.�Sentence 2: After her husband died she became very lachrymose and often broke into tears
Roots: originates from lacrima (tear)
How To Remember: People who are lachrymose
lack the ability to control their tears.
Michael M
Salubrious
Definition: healthy; if you’re talking about a place, then it means “pleasant”
Sentence 1: Since the mom was always yelling at the kids, it was challenging for them to have a salubrious parent-child relationship.
Sentence 2: While this scene ends in anger, it is the foundation for their eventually salubrious relationship. (This is from Taika’s essay. Before the sentence, she talks about the argument between Eugene and Arlene)
Roots: Latin: salus (health) → salubris
How to remember: SALUbrious, SALUtation, If you use a friendly salutation in your letter, then you probably have a good relationship with the person.
Neha
Connoisseur
Definition: (NOUN): “A discerning judge of the best in any field.” BASIC: “The Best”
Sentence 1- We all know that the teacher has a reputation as a connoisseur, but I can’t help but correct the mistakes that they make.
Sentence 2: I wanted to sound in
Roots: 1705-15; < French; Old French conoiseor < Latin cognōscitōr- (stem of cognōscitor) knower. See cognoscible, -tor http://www.dictionary.com/browse/connoisseur?s=t
HTR: con//noisseur// “noisseur” sounds kind of like “knower.”
Nicole
Ostentatious
(Adjective)Definition: intended to attract notice and impress others in an extreme and unnecessary way
Sentence 1: Although Bob was a millionaire, he wasn’t considered ostentatious, because he never showed off his wealth in unnecessary ways.
Sentence 2: I tried to tell Mary her fur coat was a bit too ostentatious to be worn at a funeral.
Parth
Word (60pt)
Rhema
Aspire
Definition: Direct one’s hope, or ambition towards something. Verb
Sentence 1 : Even though he claimed he doesn’t aspire to greatness, I’ve never seen someone work so hard.
Sentence 2: We never thought that we might aspire to those heights.
Roots: Latin aspirare → French aspirer → Middle English aspire.
Thomas Damuni
Nondescript
Definition: (adjective) lacking in distinctive or interesting features or �characteristics�(noun) a boring or plain person or thing
Sentence 1: His complete lack of personality could only be described as nondescript.
Sentence 2: The nondescript building was so plain it was hard to spot from the sidewalk.
Roots:
How to remember:
Nondescript as in not descriptive like it’s so boring
You can’t describe it.
Surreptitious
Definition: (adj) kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
Sentences: My dog surreptitiously steals bananas from the table, because if she gets caught, she will be sent to her crate.
Sometimes, though, we take surreptitious steps to get what we want. (The Circle by Dave Eggers)
Origin: Surripere (to take away secretly) + rapere (to seize)
How to remember: Similar to corrupt, corruption happens surreptitiously
Taika
Hematopoiesis
Definition: (Noun) The formation of blood.
Sentence 1: Hematopoiesis takes place in the red bone marrow found in your medullary cavity.
Sentence 2: In normal hematopoiesis, terminally differentiated cells are generated daily from a limited number of pluripotent stem cells. http://my.vocabularysize.com/example-sentence/hematopoiesis
Roots: 1850-55; < New Latin haematopoiēsis.
How to remember: Hema is latin for blood. Poiesis is a common suffix that means formation or making. So, hema-to-poiesis means the making of blood.
William Caraccio
Eclipse
Def:an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
Roots: latin, ekleipsis,
Sentence 1: the family gathered in the backyard to admire the solar eclipse
Sentence 2:The lunar eclipse often comes soon after a solar eclipse.
How to remember:
Lena
VESTED
Definition: A secured possession or assigned to a person
ADJECTIVE
Sentences:
Origin:
Way to remember: Vested and vests are secured around you.
Amiri