VOCABULARY REVIEW

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VOCABULARY REVIEW

• A picture is worth a
• thousand words!

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imperious

• Assuming a powerful status without justification,
  domineering (adjective)
• Imperiously (adv.) imperial (adj.)
• The teacher imperiously commanded her class to
  take their seats and prepare for the quiz. The
  students cringed at her scary nature.

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calamity

• A disaster (noun)
• Calamitous (adjective) - leading to disaster
• She has the opposite of the Midas touch.
  Everything she worked on ended in calamity.

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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.

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pompous

• Irritatingly serious and self-important
  (adjective)
• Pompously (adverb), pomp (noun ceremony and
  display)
• Its amazing to see how pompous the Jersey Shore
  cast members are they are so arrogant about
  their own popularity.

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zealous

• Showing great enthusiasm (adjective)
• Zeal / zealot (noun)
• Greek myth Zelos, son of Zeus representing
  enthusiasm (sibling of Nike)
• The protestors remained peaceful, but they were
  extremely zealous for their cause.

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cantankerous

• Grouchy and bad-tempered (adjective)
• Cantankerously (adv.), cantankerousness (n.)
• Is it possible for anyone to be as cantankerous
  as Grandpa? The guy is such a grouch!

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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.

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vicarious

• Experienced in the imagination of one through the
  actions of another (adjective)
• Vicariously (adverb)
• Origin Vicar (Latin Middle English) religious
  officer meant to fill in for the bishop
  substitute
• It wasnt just that Harry liked spending time
  playing with his son it was a vicarious
  experience to see him excel in the sport that he
  once did.

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perpetual

• Never-ending (or seemingly so) (adj.)
• Perpetually (adv.)
• Fido is perpetually hungry. It doesnt matter
  what time of day it is. If there is food
  available, he will want it.

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rash

• Proceeding with lack of careful consideration
  (adjective)
• Rashly (adverb), rashness (noun)
• I dont want to make a rash decision about Taras
  new boyfriend just because of how he looks.

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conspicuous

• Standing out and clearly visible (adjective)
• Conspicuously (adverb)
• Inconspicuous not noticeable
• Lukas thought his beard was too distracting, so
  he shaved half so he wouldnt be so conspicuous.

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callow

• Inexperienced immature (adjective)
• Callowness (noun)
• Despite Dominic Browns great potential, Phillies
  management probably felt him too callow to start
  in the playoffs as a rookie.

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candor

• Honesty, frankness, openness in expression (noun)
• Although what he had to say wasnt always
  popular, Abraham Lincoln always spoke with great
  candor.

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virility

• Having strength or energy - mostly used of men
  (noun)
• Virile (adjective)
• Latin vir --gt man
• The Worlds Strongest Man competition is a true
  test of endurance and virility.

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conjure

• Create as if by magic (verb)
• Conjurer (noun one who conjures), conjuration
  (noun the act of conjuring)
• In Fantasia, Mickey Mouse uses his newfound power
  to conjure a way to fill the well.

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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.

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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.

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conviction

• A firmly held belief or opinion (noun) -- a
  formal declaration that someone is guilty in
  court (hence convict and convicted)
• The woman awaited her fate - whether or not she
  would be convicted of the crime. Would the jury
  show their true conviction?

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tenuous

• Weak or slight (adjective)
• Tenuously (adverb), tenuousness (noun)
• Origin tenuis thin
• While Mitch was in training for the parkour
  challenge, he almost slipped off the wall as his
  grip was so tenuous.

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fortuitous

• Fortunate or lucky (adjective)
• Latin forte by chance
• It was only fortuitous circumstances that we
  found Fuzzy Bear. Timmy left him at the park a
  week before and we just happened to be walking by!

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fleeting

• Lasting a short time (adjective)
• Fleet fast in movement
• The parents tried to cherish every moment with
  their baby knowing full well that this special
  time was a fleeting one.

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defer

• To put off or postpone (verb)
• Although I would often procrastinate, I learned
  it wasnt always a good idea to defer the work I
  needed to do.

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palpable

• Able to be touched or felt (adjective literal
  OR figurative)
• Uncle Benny ate so many helpings at Thanksgiving
  that is was very palpable by looking at his
  stomach.

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incentive

• Force/thing that motivates one to do something
  (noun)
• Mr. Krabs is clearly motivated by money, although
  Spongebob has a much purer incentive to provide
  the best Krabby Patty he can!

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exile

• (noun) the state of being banished / person who
  is banished
• (verb) to banish another
• After his wife died, Carl lived a life of exile
  until Russell encouraged him to take his great
  journey.