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