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Ostentatious

Definition: Adjective. Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice.

Sentence 1: She put on her most ostentatious dress so everyone would look at her.

Sentence 2: The ostentatious car was plated in gold, drawing all attention to it.

Synonyms:Gaudy, Conspicuous,Extravagant.

Roots: (copy pasted) 1425-75; late Middle English ostentacioun < Middle French ostentation <Latin ostentātiōn- (stem of ostentātiō), equivalent to ostentāt (us) past participle of ostentāre to display, exhibit, frequentative of ostendere to present, display (equivalent to os-, var of ob- ob- + ten (dere) to stretch +-t- frequentative suffix + -ātus -ate1) + -iōn- -ion

Aidan

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amicable

Definition: characterized by friendship and goodwill

Sentence 1: he seemed amicable in his kind ways.

Sentence 2: we came to an amicable compromise that works for both of us

Synonyms friendly

Roots/forms: 1425-75; late Middle English < Late Latin amīcābilis

How to remember it: ami > amigo > friend

Justin

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Indolent

Definition: avoiding labor and exertion.

Sentence 1: Diabito was Indolent, making sure he would not have to get up to do work.

Sentence 2: Sans was very lazy and Indolent, he avoided doing any work.

Synonyms: lazy, slothful, lethargic, under-active

Roots/forms:Late Latin indolent-, indolensinsensitive to pain, from Latinin- + dolent-, dolens, present participle of dolēre to feel pain

How to remember it: indolent has the word lent and it is lazy so for lent it gives up work.

Micah

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Definition: Not clearly visible or attracting attention

Sentence 1: “ No one could see his inconspicuous handwriting, his graphite was so light.”

Sentence 2: “ No one noticed the spy, he was always so inconspicuous.”

Synonyms: Modest, hidden, concealed.

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: Think of something unnoticeable or hidden

Inconspicuous

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Scavenger

Definition: An animal that feeds on carrion, dead plant materials, or refuse, A person who searches for and collects discarded materials, a substance that reacts and removes molecules

Sentence 1: The scavenger looked for old mustangs

Sentence 2: 4-aminosalicylic acid is not an effective free radical scavenger

Synonyms: forager, rummager, grubber

Roots/forms: British archaic or old british word Chemistry

How to remember it: Natural Wildlife (vulture, hyena, human, ect.)

Montana Leslie

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Hibernian

Definition: Of relating to, or characteristic of Ireland or it’s inhabitants; Irish

Sentence 1: I could tell the man was a hibernian, because he talked in an Irish accent and he had Irish flags on his car.

Sentence 2: The hibernian news network only supported Irish news, because the station was based in Ireland, hence the name “hibernian” news network.

Synonyms: Irish

Roots/forms: Latin, Hibernia

How to remember it: Hibernian sounds like Ireland, and it means relating to Ireland

Ehtan

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Odyssey

Definition:A long trip or journey.

Sentence 1:Bilbo Baggins went on an odyssey. He was gone for months it was a really long trip.

Sentence 2: He knew it was an ambitious trip. It was a really long trip over 60 miles.

Synonyms: Excursion,adventure

Roots/forms: odysseus

How to remember it: it was an oddly long trip. (od)yssey

Chris

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Disgruntle

Definition: Angry or dissatisfied

Sentence 1: “I don’t like you” he said with an angry disgruntled face.

Sentence 2: The police was holding back the disgruntled man as he was cussing at the lady.

Synonyms Angry, mad, disappointed

Roots/forms:Dis-Overly Gruntle-Angry

How to remember it:you grunt when your in a bad mood and grunt is in the word

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Yassin

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Emulate

Definition:match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

Synonyms:imitate, copy, mirror,

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: Imitate

Joslyn Holliday

Sentence 1:

Aspiring to become a good cook, Kate will emulate the recipes and cooking techniques of a chef

Sentence 2:

I ask you not to emulate and copy my inventions.

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CORPULENT

Definition:(of a person) fat

Sentence 1: The large man was eating

an overabundance of food. That’s probably

why he was so Corpulent

Sentence 2: He is too Corpulent to get a good mile time, maybe if he was less fat, he could be faster

Synonyms: Fat, Obese, Overweight

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: CORPSE-PULL-ent. If you’re pulling a corpse, it sure is harder to pull a fat(corpulent) one. (If that doesn’t help, just remember the image.

Dominick Richiuso

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Amalgamate

Definition: combine or unite to form one organization or structure

Sentence 1: The two businesses amalgamated to form a greater company.

Sentence 2: The chemist amalgamated sodium and chlorine to make salt.

Synonyms: Meld, mix, combine, add

Roots/forms: Latin for ‘formed into moss’

How to remember it: ‘-mate’ is usually a partner, so two things ‘mates’

Reina Chheang

Undertale: melted Doggs combined into Endogeny

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Imperious

Definition: Assuming power or superiority without justification; Arrogant or domineering

Sentence 1: The rich ass jumped up and started making imperious demands of us, acting like he was the boss.

Sentence 2: The death eater put the person under the Imperius curse, taking control of their body without permission.

Synonyms: Arrogant, superior, haughty

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: The imperious curse from Harry Potter

Braedon Nickerson

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Ragamuffin

Definition:

(noun) Dirty, like a rag; a person, typically a child, in ragged, dirty clothes.

Sentence 1:

“Joseph! Why are you out there looking like a ragamuffin?”

Sentence 2:

As we passed the bakery I saw multiple ragamuffins walking to and fro from the back

Synonyms

Urchin, guttersnipe

Roots/forms:

comes from the English that was used during the Middle Ages.

How to remember it:

Rag - dirty and muffin - kids like muffins dirty children who like muffins

Nic Randazzo

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Ostracize

Definition: To exclude or banish someone from a group, formally or informally

Sentence 1: It’s harsh when teens ostracize someone who was once a friend, but shallow when they welcome them back after a few days.

Sentence 2: I got ostracized a couple weeks ago from my soccer group, so I had to find a new soccer team.

Synonyms: Banned, banish, exclude.

Roots/forms: Greek ostrakizein to banish by voting with potsherds, from ostrakon shell

How to remember it: It sounds like ostrich, and they like to kick people away from them.

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Soren Dever

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pungent

Definition: having a sharp strong taste or smell

Sentence 1: The pungent smell of french fries frying.

Sentence 2: The pungent odor of B.O. reeks from the dirty teen.

Synonyms: bad smelling, putrid, rotting, noxious.

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: pungent starts with a p and so does parmesan, parmesan is a cheese and it has a pungent smell

will

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Novice

Definition: Beginner, someone without training or experience.

Sentence 1: The bike race was only for novice riders that had never participated in a professional race before.

Sentence 2: The novice, and inexperienced actor missed cue after cue.

Synonyms: beginner, newcomer

Roots/forms:

Latin, novus

How to remember it:

new-vice

Miranda Rojas

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Oblivion

Definition: a state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

Sentence 1: She was afraid of oblivion because the thought of not knowing what is going on frightened her

Sentence 2: They were so afraid that they decided to drink themselves into a state of oblivion

Synonyms: unconsciousness, disregard

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: Oblivion, you’re not really living

Molly Bates

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Catalyst

Definition: A substance that increases the rate of a chemical change without itself undergoing a chemical change

Sentence 1: We added a chemical catalyst to the mixture and the rate of chemical change increased, but the catalyst stayed the same.

Sentence 2: Once the chemical reaction finished, we could extract the catalyst because it was unchanged by the reaction, even though it sped it up.

Synonyms: Spark, impetus, spur

Roots/forms:

How to remember it: If you want to buy a whole bunch of cats to change someone's life you would make a Cat-a-List

Graham Edelman

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Kvell

Definition: to be extraordinarily pleased; especially,to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.

Sentence 1: Now that I have my trophy I have something to kvell over.

Sentence 2: Wally went straight over to Derek's so that he could kvell over his achievement.

Synonyms- crow, delight, exuberate, glory, jubilate, joy, exult, rejoice, triumph

Roots/forms: Kvell is an Americanism with roots in the Yiddish term kveln meaning "be delighted." It entered English in the 1960s.

How to remember it: Kevin from home alone kvelled about defending his house and kevin and kvell in a way sound alike

Gavin Evjenth

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Oust

Definition: To replace or remove from a place or position occupied

Sentence 1: Diabeto ousted Will as the champion of the oreo eating contest, eating 20 more cookies than him to become the new champion.

Sentence 2: The knight ousted his competitor off his saddle with a well placed hit from his lance.

Synonyms: Eject, banish, evict, dislodge

Roots/forms: ouster-to remove + oster-stand in the way; oppose

How to remember it: Think of a knight J-oust-ing his competitor off of his saddle in a joust

Connor Edelman

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Boisterous

Definition:full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

Sentence 1: The crowd for the raiders were boisterous, because they had lost

Sentence 2: People in college are said to have boisterous parties, very loud and annoying

Synonyms:Lively,Spirited,Exuberant

Roots/forms: Middle english, boistous (rough,coarse)

How to remember it: raiders fans are very boisterous

Manpreet

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Desiccate

Definition: (Verb) To be thoroughly dry or dried up

Sentence 1: Raisins are grapes that are desiccated, fully dried and branded “Sun dried”

Sentence 2: The girl’s tears had desiccated; Her face was dry and there was no evidence she’d been crying

Synonyms: Dehydrated, dried, parched

Roots/forms: Latin word siccus meaning dry. It entered English in the mid- 1500’s

How to remember it: Desiccate, and Dry both start with a D; Think of a mummy

Grace S.

D-ess-ih-cay-te

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Misanthrope

Definition: (noun) a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society

Sentence 1: He was such a misanthrope he even avoided his family.

Sentence 2: Many people stereotype elders as

misanthropes who avoid all types of people.

Synonyms: cynic, hater, recluse

Roots/forms: greek

How to remember it: misanthrope, throne. Kings think

They’re worthy of so much, no business talking to anyone.

Marissa Casas

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Dauntless(A)

Definition: Showing fearlessness and determination.

Sentence 1: The marine was a dauntless man, he braved the war in afghanistan.

Sentence 2: The dauntless child braved through the pain of chemotherapy.

Synonyms: Undaunted, daring, indomitable, brave, courageous.

Roots/forms: Latin as “to tame”

How to remember it: It’s like the divergent series.

Drew Michaud

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Sagacious

Definition: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd

Sentence 1: During a tornado warning, the sagacious thing to do is to take shelter in a secure place. A person with good judgment would do this.

Sentence 2: We need a leader that is sagacious, someone who has good judgment and is intelligent.

Synonyms: Clever, intelligent, knowledgeable, sensible

Roots/forms:

Alyssa Hall

səˈɡāSHəs/

The ability to judge well

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Saturnine

(SAT-ur-nahyn)

Definition: Slow or gloomy (a person), adjective

Sentence 1: “The saturnine person had a heavy, gloomy presence.

Sentence 2: “The widow turned saturnine, and she sat with such sadness the air around her turned blue.”

Synonyms: Gloomy, blue, cheerless

Roots/forms: 1400-50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin sāturnīnus

How to remember it: Saturnine → saturn → only one with rings → lonely, gloomy, cheerless.

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