Vocabulary Slides Set 6

Slides due Monday 12/5/16

Quiz (probably) Tuesday 12/13/16

​

Perfidious

Definition: Adj. Deceitful and untrustworthy.

Sentence 1:The boy who called wolf was perfidious because every time he called wolf, there was no wolf.

Sentence 2:Michelle sought revenge on her perfidious friend who stole her lottery ticket. http://wordsinasentence.com/perfidious-in-a-sentence/

Roots:1590-1600; < Latin perfidiōsus faithless, dishonest. See perfidy, -ous

How to remember it: A synonym for perfidious is traitorous and a traitor is someone who can be deceitful or perfidious.

​

​

Taran Gonzales

Pariah

Definition: an outcast

“He is treated as a pariah because of his disabilities.”

“After her divorce, Mary was treated as a pariah in her church and was excluded from many social functions.”

Synonyms: outcast, undesirable, nonperson.

​

DanChi

Douse

Definition: pour a liquid over; drench.

Sentence 1: I doused cadeon in gasoline because he was annoying me.

Sentence 2: Sprayers doused the fields with pesticides.

Roots: influenced by spouse, or perhaps from dialect does ‘strike, beat,’ from Middle Dutch and Low German dossen

How to remember: it kind of sounds like dunk

​

​

Max

​

Ostensible

Kentaro

Adj. stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

�Tina was the ostensible star as she was the main character, but George was the one that made the movie interesting.

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of today” -Theodore Roosevelt

Roots: mid 18th century: from French, from medieval Latin ostensibilis

How to remember: People are "tense" (tens) when they appear to be something they're not.

Brontide

Low rumble of distant thunder. NOUN

I got startled when I heard a brontide.

The man was sitting on his porch while listening to the brontide.

Brontide is like tide and tides make a rumbling sound.

AMIRI KHETRAPAL

Abeyance

Definition: noun - a temporary state of disuse or suspension;

Synonyms: pending, unresolved, postponed

Sentence 1: Due to the attack on the estate, the discussions were put into abeyance until more guards had arrived.

Sentence 2: Once the famine was over, the food rationing dictated by the government was put into abeyance.

http://wordsinasentence.com/abeyance-in-a-sentence/

Roots: Old French - abeer (aspire after) → abeance (aspiration to a title)

How to Remember: aBEYance - to be held at bay

​

Neha

Xyloid

Definition: (adjective) resembling wood; woody, ligneous

​

Sentence 1: The tree doesn’t look xyloid even though being a real tree, and made of wood with leaves and branches that is a living plant.

​

Sentence 2: The dead tree no longer looking xyloid due to the the fact that it is decayed for being dead so long making it not look like a tree, so it is not xyloid.

​

​

How to remember it:

Andre

Pyrotechnic

Definition: (adj) Of or relating to fireworks

Sentence 1: They set off the pyrotechnics on 4th July

Sentence 2: Lay ground signals to attract attention, use pyrotechnics when you know help is within range and even make a noise when help is very near.

Roots/Origin: Early 19th Century; Pyro - fire

Way to remember: �A firework technician, �Technic sounds like technician

Gwen

Soliloquize

Michael Huh

Definition: to talk to oneself.

Examples:

• I talked to myself and soliloquized in the classroom as everyone wondered what I was uttering.
• The light went out, of its own accord, and Aguirre continued to soliloquize, without knowing what he was saying. (Luna Benamor by Vicente Blasco Ibez)

How to Remember: soliloquize solo=only yourself talking solo

Axiomatic

Definition: self-evident or unquestionable

Sentence 1: The businessman was very axiomatic

Sentence 2: The Axiomatic rich man made me feel very uncomfortable

Root: Axiomatics root derives from the greek word axioma which means authority

Ways to remember: The Axio mama without the ma hated tics

​

​

Indolent

Definition: (adjective) wanting to avoid activity or exertion, lazy

Sentence 1: My indolent son is always being lazy and lying in bed.

Sentence 2: Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.

-Mahatma Gandhi

Roots: in (not) + delore (suffer or give pain)

Way To Remember: in (not) DOlent (do some action) So not doing some action is lazy.

​

Michael Moffatt

Abet

Definition: Assisting or encouraging someone with something bad, usual with committing a crime. (Verb)

Example:

He was not guilty of murder, however he was guilty of abet, because he helped the murderer.

Roots: Old French - beter - houd, urge on → abeter → abet

How to Remember: It’s pronounced “a bet” and usually when you lose a bet, it results in something bad.

Thomas Damuni

Concur

Def:to be of the same opinion; agree.

Synonyms:Agree, go along

Roots:N/A

Sentence one: I cannot concur with my brother because his logic is flawed.

Sentence two:With no other facts on hand, I can only concur with your statement. (words in a sentece.com)

Way to remember: when you Concur, you don’t see or care about the cons of whatever you are concurring with.

Lena

Apotheosis

Def: The apex,highest or climax of the development of something. Noun

Roots:Late Latin apotheōsis, from Greek, for apotheoun

Sentence 1:The apotheosis of the balls arc was 20 feet which is tiny considering that that was the highest point of its travel from one�Sentence 2:I consider the apotheosis of my career to�be when I received CEO of the company.

Way to remember: Apex and apotheosis share the letters

A,P,E and apex is the highest point.

​

​

​

​

Caedon Gibson

Zenith

Definition: (noun) the highest point reached by a celestial or other object; peak, apex, pinnacle, climax, apotheosis

Examples:

An emperor who thinks highly of himself will believe that his empire was at its zenith when he was in power.

Sweat dripped down her back as the sun reached its zenith. (The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah Maas)

Way to remember: When a ‘Z’ is turned on its side, it looks like it has a mountain, and mountains have zeniths

​

Taika

Gingerly

Definition:(Adverb) In a careful of cautious manner.

Sentence 1: The lady was gingerly when walking up the stairs.

Sentence 2: Adam gingerly settled his body into the couch.

http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/gingerly

Origin: Latin: Genltus Old French: gent Old French: gensor

Well born Graceful delicate

Remember:

​

Debacle

Definition(noun)-

1. A general break up or dispersion.
2. A complete collapse or failure.

Sentences:

1. My friend’s and my debacle upset me, because she was my best friend ever since elementary school.
2. Their debacle made it harder for them to finish the upcoming deadline, since they would never stopped fighting.

Roots: 1795-1805 French débâcle

How To Remember: -NA-

Nicole M. C.

Delineate Parth

Verb-describe or portray (something) precisely

Sentence 1: I asked the teacher to delineate the project description once more.

Sentence 2: Bob put a fence up to delineate his property from his neighbors.

Synonyms: describe, present, outline, sketch

Roots: N/A

How to remember it: Delineate deLINEate, line, a line is something precise and straight, and you can portray it.

Legislate

Definition: (verb) to make or enact laws

Sentence one: (by rianna) He legislated the new laws

Sentence two: (me) I legislated some laws when I created the new government after the great war

Roots: n/a

Synonyms: enact

Progenitor

Definition: Any of a person or thing’s ancestors, or an ancestral form of a species �Synonyms: ancestor, forefather

Sentence 1: The great grandfather was a progenitor to his great grandchildren

Sentence 2: The hybrid plant originally descended from its progenitor, a blueberry bush. http://wordsinasentence.com/progenitor-in-a-sentence/

Roots: it can be traced to prōgignere which means “to beget” and so it is linked to a genealogical line

How to remember: the tor is also in

ancestor and ancestor is a synonym of it.

Jason Karas

Portmanteau

Definition: (Noun)A combination of two words to create a new word, whose definition is a combination of the properties of the two words

Examples:

Motel = Motor+Hotel Neither = Not+Either

Brexit = Britain+Exit Slanguage = Slang+Language

Cosplay = Costume+Roleplay Staycation = Stay+Vacation

Taxicab = Taximeter+Cabriolet Snark = Snide+Remark

Breathalyzer = Breath+Analyzer Brainiac = Brain+Maniac

Way to remember: Portmanteau (The pronunciation)

sounds like a portmanteau of port, man and tow.

Aidan

Definitions:

(noun) a deep-seated feeling of dislike, aversion, distaste , hatred

Sentence 1:

He felt antipathy towards me, he hated me with all his might.

Sentence 2:

“John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy for me” Jane Eyre

Roots: anti(against)+pathons(feeling) antipathes, antipathia, antipathie

Way to remember it: it has anit which means against, and pathy like empathy, so someone who has no empathy for you hates you

​

​

Antipathy

Rianna

Emulate

Definition:Verb; To imitate or copy someone or something

Sentence 1:I tried to emulate the mime on the street but couldn’t because

Definition: The market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors.

Sentence 1: “This market is turning into an oligopoly!” screamed the man.

Sentence 2: “These independent suppliers are raising the price of everything!” said the woman.

Roots: 1887, from Medieval Latin oligopolium, from Greek oligos "little, small," inplural, "the few"

How to remember: Oligopoly sounds like monopoly, which the independent suppliers have over the market.

Oligopoly

​

William Caraccio