vocab blog 6/3/13

Auspicious
Pronunciation-aw-spish-uh s
Definition- Favorable
Origin-Latin
Sentence- The weather is not going to be auspicious for graduation.

Expedite
Pronunciation-ek-spi-dahyt
Definition- To speed up or ease the process of.
Origin-Late Middle English, Latin
Sentence- Express shipping expedited the delivery of my new shoes.

Extenuating
Pronunciation-ik-sten-yoo-ey-ting
Definition- Appear less serious.
Origin-Late Middle English, Latin
Sentence-   He was forgiven for late payment because of extenuating circumstances.

Fraudulent
Pronunciation-fraw-juh-luh nt
Definition- dishonest
Origin- Late Middle English, Latin
Sentence- The fraudulent man lied to get free things.

Innuendo
Pronunciation-in-yoo-en-doh
Definition- Hinting; double meaning
Origin- Latin
Sentence- Mrs. Jones resented the innuendo's that she had not responded quickly enough to her husband's cries for help.

Rebuke
Pronunciation-ri-byook
Definition- Criticize
Origin- Middle English, French
Sentence- The doctor rebuked the man for living an unhealthy lifestyle.

Redeem
Pronunciation-ri-deem
Definition- to make up for past errors
Origin- Late middle English, Middle French, Latin
Sentence- The player redeemed himself by winning the game for his team.

Subordinate
Pronunciation-suh-bawr-dn-it
Definition-Under authority of someone or something
Origin- Middle English, Middle Latin
Sentence- The subordinate student followed all the rules.

Transgress
Pronunciation-trans-gres
Definition- viloating the law
Origin-Latin
Sentence- The criminal transgressed the law.

Vehement
Pronunciation-vee-uh-muh nt
Definition- Strong
Origin-Latin
Sentence- The vehement kids always got As because they were strong willed on learning.

Disparity
Pronunciation-dih-spar-i-tee
Origin-Middle French, Late Latin
Definition-inequality
Sentence- African Americans suffered lots of desparity before slavery became illigal.

Forestall
Pronunciation-fohr-stawl
Origin- Middle and Late English
Definition- To prevent or anticipate
Sentence- You should have an emergency fund to forestall any unplanned emergencies.

Insidious
Pronunciation-in-sid-ee-uhs
Origin-Latin
Definition-Deceitful
Sentence- The spy was a very insidious person.
 

Insinuate
Pronunciation- in-sin-yoo-eyt
Origin-Latin
Definition-to suggest or hint indirectly
Sentence- The boy insinuated that he wanted to be more than just friends with the girl.

Interrogate
Pronunciation-in-ter-uh-geyt
Origin-Latin
Definition-To examine with questions
Sentence- If you are suspected of commiting a crime, you will be interrigated by the police.

Obsequious
Pronunciation-uhb-see-kwee-uhs
Origin-Late Middle English. Latin.
Definition-Obedient
Sentence- A very obsequious person never breaks the law.

Omnipotent
Pronunciation-om-nip-uh-tuhnt
Origin-Middle English. Latin.
Definition-Almighty.
Sentence- God is a omnipotent ruler.

Opportune
Pronunciation-op-er-toon
Origin-Late Middle English. Latin.
Definition-Suitable.
Sentence- Now is an oppertune time to go on a jog.

Permeate
Pronunciation-pur-mee-eyt
Origin-Latin
Definition-To penetrate.
Sentence- The water permiated through the roof.

Retribution
Pronunciation-re-truh-byoo-shuhn
Origin-Middle English, Middle French
Definition-Revenge.
Sentence- After he rearended her, she yelled at him for retribution.

Vocab Blog 5/9/13

Complement
-Pronunciation- kom-pluh-muhnt
-Definition- To go perfectly with
-Sentence- The dress complemented her skin tone perfectly.
-Origin- Middle English, Latin


Discreet
-Pronunciation-dih-skreet
-Definition- Cautious
-Sentence- Joeseph texted in class descreetly.
-Origin- Middle English, Old French, Latin


Fastidious
-Pronunciation-fa-stid-ee-uhs
-Definition- Working quickly
-Sentence- Practice starts soon so I am making this blog fastiously.
-Origin- Late Middle English, Latin

Flout
-Pronunciation-[flout]
-Definition- to show off
-Sentence- The girl flouted because she made a good team.
-Origin- Middle English

Heinous
-Pronunciation-hey-nuhs
-Definition- wicked
-Sentence- The heinous witch ate children.
-Origin- Middle English, French

Implement
-Pronunciation-im-pluh-ment
-Definition- To put into effect
-Sentence- The school implemnted a new dress code.
-Origin- Late Middle English, Late Latin

Impromptu
-Pronunciation-im-promp-too
-Definition- Not rehearsed
-Sentence- The shy girl was not good at impromptu speaking.
-Origin- French, Latin

Inference
-Pronunciation-in-fer-uhns
-Definition- Conclusion
-Sentence- I infrerenced that the book was better than the movie.
-Origin- Medieval Latin

Intuition
-Pronunciation- in-too-ish-uhn
-Definition- Instinct
-Sentence- A womens intuition knows if a boy is good or bad.
-Origin-Late Middle English, Late Latin

Obtrusive
-Pronunciation- uhb-troo-siv
-Definition- Overly obvious
-Sentence- The fact the boy liked the girl was obtrusive.
-Origin- Latin