Vocabulary Words�Set 3 (Oct 31-Nov 4)
Zephyr
Definition:Soft gentle breeze
Sentence 1:The zephyr breezed past me while I was on the mountain, the light breeze was refreshing
Sentence 2:Caedon once said:
Roots:Zephyr was the Greek god of the west wind which was normally easy and calm and didn’t help sailors out the much because of its almost inexistent
Way to remember: Zephyr is something that is not rhyme able or
tangible and
Caedon
Mitigate
Definition:make less severe, serious, or painful.
Part of speech: Verb
Sentence 1: The painkillers helped to mitigate the pain.
Sentence 2:The judge said that nothing could mitigate the cruelty with which the mother had treated her child.
Roots: Late English, Latin
Way to remember: Think of reliving sadness.
Ayden johansen
FELICITY
definition:HAPPY,Cheerful
Part of speech:NOUN
Root: FELICITE�Ways To remember it: Don't mess with felicity smoak or you will receive the green arrows wraith.
Sentence 1: According to my mom giving me life gave her felicity no BArrier
Sentence 2: The day my nephew was born gave me so much felicity that he felt it and smiled
PNEUMONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS
Definition:(noun) A obscure lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust.
Synonyms: N/A
Sentence 1: I went to the doctor and I was diagnosed with pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, apperently I had been inhaling to much dust
Sentence 2:
http://www.academia.edu/9691031/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis_The_largest_English_word_of_45_letters_causing_largest_health_hazards
Roots: New Latin: see pneumono-,ultramicorscopic, silica, volcano, (puneumono) coniosis
Way to remember: a part of the word is volcano. When volcanoes erupt, they send thousands of dust particles flying, and that can cause pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
William Caraccio
Alacrity
Definition: (noun) Brisk and cheerful readiness, eagerness and willingness.
Sentence 1: They were so hungry and the food smelled so good, that when Mom called, "Dinner!", everyone rushed to the table with alacrity.
Sentence 2: He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity
-Ambrose Bierce
Roots: N/A
Way to remember: crity is like creativity, creative people are eager to learn and do things differently
Michael Moffatt
Leptosome
Definition:Noun:A person with small bodily frame and a slender physique. Synonyms: Slender, small
Sentence 1: Someone that you know that is small and skinny or slender, can be described as leptosomatic.
Sentence 2: N/A
Roots: N/A
Way to remember: The beginning of leptosome is lep, the beginning of leprechaun is lep, leprechauns can sometimes be small and slender.
Taran
Limerence
Definition (noun): a state of being infatuated with someone, but not for a sexual relationship; love, infatuation; feelings
Sentence 1: The man felt limerence towards the woman, and she reciprocated his feelings because he was the first person whg
o did not want her simply for his needs.
Sentence 2: Limerence by: Claire C. Riley; about a love triangle where the girl has a fiancee, but she and this other man are drawn by their feelings towards each other.
Roots: N/A
Way to remember: Limerence - Him;
Neha
Avid
Definition:Adjective; showing interest or enthusiasm for something
Sentence 1:She was avid for information about the murder because she wanted to find the murderer
Sentence 2:James is an avid supporter of any organization that is trying to improve the environment.http://wordsinasentence.com/avid-in-a-sentence/
Roots:Latin=avidus, French=avide= Avid
Way to remember:
Karina
Vandal
I BE STEAL AND HUGGIN ALL DAY
Definition: (noun) a person who deliberately destroys public or private property, a member of a Germanic people that ravaged Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th–5th centuries and sacked Rome in AD 455.
Sentence 1: The vandals had vandalized Rome in 455 AD leaving it in ruins
Sentence 2: Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes. Eric Schneiderman
Roots: (Latin) Vandalus
Way to remember:
Andre Nguyen
Exquisite
Definition (include part of speech and synonyms):
(adjective) extremely beautiful or delicate
Synonyms: perfect, precise, charming
Sentence 1: (yours; please make sure that it has built-in redundancy)
The flower was exquisite because it was very beautiful and delicate.
Sentence 2: (find a published use of the word and include a link or the author)
The tourists were fascinated with the exquisite scenery
Roots: (if they could help us to understand the word)
N/A
Way to remember: In the word, exquisite, there is the word site, and some sites are very beautiful.
Parth Juthani
Remorse (noun)
Definition: Deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed.
Sentence 1: When I ditched my friend I felt remorse.
Sentence 2: I felt remorse because I cheated on my homework.
Roots: It comes from the Latin roots re for "again" and mordere "to bite." So, if you feel remorse, it means that your conscience is working on you, your past actions are biting you back.
Synonyms: penitence, rue, contrition
Ways to remember: There is an re in the word like regret.
Max
Grandiose
Definition: Adjective, impressive or magnificent in appearance or style
Sentence 1: The chandelier was absolutely grandiose, magnificent, the crystals illuminating the dark ballroom.
Sentence 2: “When called upon, at short notice, to give the Romanes lecture in 1906 he did not hesitate to accept, and did not cast about for any grandiose subject.” https://books.google.com/books?id=NVLJD0nweukC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146&dq=published+sentences+with+grandiose&source=bl&ots=hlsxs4hlLO&sig=DNOc97ZxQygdfivomA4b2bvBjNk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicu6iN24XQAhVDyVQKHWilBjEQ6AEIODAG#v=onepage&q=published%20sentences%20with%20grandiose&f=false
Way to remember: GRANDiose, grand = magnificent
DanChi
Dissemination
Definition: Noun, The act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation.
Sentence 1: He gave the dissemination envelope full of classified information to be spread around the office.
Sentence 2: And I liked that whole idea that energy comes from not disseminating your ideas and talking about them. -Cameron Crowe
Roots: Desseminatio: “scattering of speed, a sowing”
Way to remember: They wanted to Dis a guy named Sem and they had to tell the whole nation without him knowing, so they spread it around from person to person.
Gwen
Dejected
Definition (adj) sad and depressed; dispirited
Sentence 1: The man sat alone and sad, his feelings were dejected.
Sentence 2: he stood in the street looking dejected
Roots: Latin
Way to remeber: rejected
.
Maya
Wraith
Definition: (noun) a ghost or ghostlike image of someone, especially one seen shortly or after death; ghost, spirit, phantom or a wisp or faint trace of something
Sentence 1: She looked so terrified, as though she had just seen a wraith.
Sentence 2: Silent and smooth as a wraith, she moved down the hall.
-Crown of Midnight, Sarah Maas
Roots: From Scottish folklore, equivalent of German, Doppleganger
Way to remember: Similar to wrath, very creepy
Taika
Pliable
Definition Adj. Easy to bend; Flexible, elastic, springy, pliant
Sentence 1: The hockey stick was very pliable as it had low flex.
Sentence 2: Even though the hose seemed pliable, Henry wasn’t able to curve it around the corner of the house.
http://wordsinasentence.com/pliable-in-a-sentence/
Roots: French: Plier - to bend
Way to remember: Pliable kind of sounds like flexible.
Kentaro Lawrence
Kvell
Verb, Feel happy and proud
I got such a good score on the math quiz, that my parents were kvelling.
As a wise Aidan never said: “I’m going to kvell if I beat
this next level”
Roots: From Yiddish, kvelln
Way to remember: Kvell looks kinda like well
Aidan
Frenetic
Definition (include part of speech and synonyms): Fast and energetic, in an uncontrolled way; Crazy. Adjective
Sentence 1: Bruce Banner is very frenetic when he turns into the hulk, it’s nearly impossible to control.
Sentence 2: After the concert, the frenetic crowd surged through the
Exit and danced through the streets. -wordsinasentence.com
Roots: N/A
Way to remember: The “etic” is the end of energetic
Thomas Damuni
Opulent
Definition (include part of speech and synonyms): �(adjective) to be luxuriously rich or lavish, splendid, or fancy
Sentence 1: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the opulent life of the rich people in the 1920s.
Sentence 2: “Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury” quote from Joseph Conrad who is a famous Polish-British writer.
Roots: opes=wealthy (Latin) opulent=splendid (Latin)
Way to remember: Opulent sounds kinda like octopus and an octopus has rich and splendid colors so therefore it’s an opulent octopus.
Rianna
Ameliorate
Definition: (Verb) - make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better; improve and enhance
Sentences:
- True friends will try to ameliorate and improve your mood when you’re down.
- Sentence 2: There are many strategies to ameliorate negative effects on the environment. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/ameliorate
Roots: (French) meilleur - better
Way to remember: It sound like deteriorate, meaning ‘to worsen’, but with the prefix ‘a’ which means ‘not’. Therefore, ameliorate is not to worsen and make better.
Michael Huh
malleable
Definition: Adjective: A metal or other material that’s able to be hammered or pressed permanently without being cracked or broken
Sentence 1: Copper is a very malleable metal
Sentence 2: (darwin from the amazing world of gumball) “Dude! Your face is very malleable.”
Roots: malleus (latin) means hammer. Medieval latin malleabilis
Way to remember: I don’t know playdoh?
Jacob Aboytes
Traverse
Definition: To travel across or through/Wander VERB
Synonyms: Wander, passover
Sentence 1: I would love to traverse the world playing soccer.
Sentence 2: “Traverse also means wander, like your equipment is wandering down the driveway.” CHRYSLER COMMERCIAL
Roots: It is from an Old French word called traverser and a late Latin word called traversare.
Way to remember: .Travers and travel have trave as the first letters.
Amiri Khetrapal
Cohort
Cohort (co-hort) (part of speech)-
Definition:
Example(s):
Roots: com (see co) wich means “with”
How To Remeber: COhort COmpany=group
Nicole
Abjure
Definition:To formaly reject or disavow a previously held beleif.
Sentence 1: I Abjure my beleif in christianity.
Sentence 2: To many people’s disgust, the man decided to abjure buddhism.
Roots: Abjuare (Ab+ (jurare-to swear))
Way to remember: Juare rejected Abby’s beleif.
lena
Hegemony
Leadership or dominance one group has power over others
Synonyms: mastery, authority
Sentence 1: The hegemony have power to control a country.
Sentence 2: In the high school hallway others move to the side as the Hegemony passed through.
Roots: greek 1560s Hegemonia: leadership
How to remember it: mony is almost money
and rich people can have dominance over others.
Jason Karas