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neophyte

(n.) a beginner; a novice they were a beginner at fighting and had to fight neo pets online instead of irl with people to get practice neon fight is for the beginners: they wear neon to be easily seen and attack most students in the playwriting class were neophytes who had never written a play before.

aftermath

(n.) a consequence or result, often a negative one aftermath thousands of people were left without shelter in the aftermath of the earthquake

Resurgence

(n.) a rising again to life, use, acceptance, or prominence; A revival. looks like re- again surgery to bring to life again with surgery re surge - to rise again, revival A resurgence in ballroom dancing got everyone rushing to learn to tango and the fox-trot.

vignette

(n.) a short sketch that provides clear picture v-in-yet when v wasnt in the alphabet yet the kindergarten make a short sketch about how c came into the alphabet the movie begins with a series of vignettes about life is Los Angeles.

culinary

(adj.) having to do with cooking culinary julia child, a well-known cookbook author and chef, had a great deal of culinary expertise.

agrarian

(adj.) having to do with farming or agriculture i mean it's kinda like agra culture, +ian yeah like agriculture At the state fair, everyone was talking about the grain harvest and other agrarian concerns.

inconsequential

(adj.) lacking importance or worth; unable to make an impact; trivial like no consequences 1) the issue of cafeteria houses seemed so inconsequential that I didn't bother to raise it at the meeting

ephemeral

(adj.) lasting a very short time eh-fem-er-al; EH FEMinine (just eh clothes not super famous stuff) clothes trends lasts a short time feminine clothing (from forever 21 or something) lasts a very short time and i like urs the trends lasts a very short time the pleasures of our few days in the mountains were ephemeral, with only a rainy memory remaining.

esoteric

(adj.) not generally known or understood; familiar to only a relatively small number of people Arabit used to be so esoteric that almost no one in America studied it, but it has become much more popular recently.

mandatory

(adj.) ordered by an authority; required mandatory cousins in english, math, and science are mandatory for all first-year students

importune

(v.) to plead for persistently looks like infortune, like unfortunately; they found out they're gonna have no fortune so they pleaded to give them a better fortune they pleaded persistently to add the tune that was important (important tune, importune) lynette repeatedly importuned Chrissy to go shopping with her.

depict

(v.) to portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture in essays, we say "this picture depicts manifest destiny" (borrrringggg) These seafaring novels depict life aboard a navy sailing ship with great accuracy.

Recur

1.to come again or happen again 2. to come to mind again noun. recurrence- the act of recurring to reoccur/ to recur~ similar if it comes again, then it must be on your mind again 1. The same musical themes recur throughout all movies in the series. 2. The events of the night of the concert recurred to Maddox many times during the next few weeks.

dialect

A form of a language spoken in a certain geographical region that has its own grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. dialect a Spanish-speaking person from Madrid might not completely understand a dialect spoken in Cuba.

Inestimable

Adj. too valuable or great to be measured not able to be estimated, it's just that much cannot estimate the value the value of a friend you can really rely on is in estimable.

mettle

Courage to bear up under difficult circumstances; spirit meddle- to intervene with someone else's conversation; to get courage under difficult circumstance to join someone else's convo medal- gold medal for your spirit (participation award) In spite of the bully's threats, the children showed their mettle by refusing to say anything about their friend.

Mortify

V. to embarrass or humiliate mortify being mortified means being embarassed or humiliated Jason's fall to the ice just as he was ready to fire the puck past the goalie mortified him for days.

trauma

noun. 1. A severe bodily injury. 2. Emotional shock Traumatic adj. trauma from being hurt severely The accident victims who suffered trauma were airlifted to major hospitals for emergency services. Many of the survivors experienced trauma for years after the tornado destroyed their town. Simply watching on television the devastation resulting from the attack had a traumatic effect on me.

Purport

v. To give or present the often false impression of being someone or intending something. when making the passport, they didn't want to pay money for the youngest child so they act like she was a cat (purr) they said the port was gonna be an aesthetic purple port... but they gave a false impression it was an ugly purple the woman purports to be a surviving member of the Russian royal family.

divulge

verb. to make known something secret; to reveal reminds me of divergent- you know how you want to keep something favorite of yours a secret? let's say divergent was my favorite book, and i finally revealed my favorite book i like that okayy fine ill reveal my favorite book its divergent Blackbeard divulged the location of the buried treasure to no one.

discomfit

verb. to make uneasy by confusing or embarrassing a person discomfort... making someone uneasy and have discomfort or maybe making someone discomfy (uncomfy) by embarrassing them by saying their fit is ugly yeah comfit comfort The reporter's questions about a bank account that showed a secret campaign fund discomfited the mayoral candidate.

picturesque

(adj.) like a picture; pleasing or charming to look at picture...esque my favorite painting was of a picturesque old cottage with roses climbing its walls.

wrangle

verb. To quarrel in a noisy or angry way while they were quarreling in a noisy and angry way, one of them lost their temper and strangled the other person Sue and Mario wrangled over who's turn it was to cut the grass.

infamous

(adj.) 1. having a vert bad reputation; notorious 2. disgraceful; vicious infamy (n.) infamous 1. the CIA's infamous agent, Aldrich Ames, sold compromising information to the Soviets that cost the lives of many Soviet secret agents. 2. the defendant was charged with an infamous crime. 3. the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was an act of infamy.

grotesque

(adj.) so distorted or strange as to appear bizarre or comical grotesque but it's less bad than we thunk the grotesque masks worn by the dancers frightened the children.

factotum

(n) A helper or assistant with a wide range of duties and responsibilities factor? totally i am a math tutor and i can assist with a wide range of math questions the studio head made the decisions and his factotum handle the details

stigma

(n) A remark of shame or disgrace stigmatize (v) to give a bad name to stigma 1. After she was caught cheating on the Spanish test, Sasha had to deal with a signal of being seen as dishonest. 2. some people object to publicizing arrest records because they fear that innocent people will be stigmatized.

pestilence

(n.) A rapidly spreading and usually fatal disease a lot of pest creating a rapidly spreading disease (silence (lence)- it's not just quiet, it is a lot of quiet) The pestilence that swept through Europe in the 1300s killed three-quarters of the population.

stipend

(n.) A regular and fixed amount of pay for work done or to help cover living or work expenses. (s-TIE-pend) the surgeon fixed the stye that was pending to get fixed with his stipend my part-time summer job as a lifeguard carried with it a weekly stipend of $90.

prestige

(n.) High standing; respect earned by accomplishments prestigious (adj.) honored; esteemed prestigious school, like superrr good schools, high standing and honored (harvard or yale) high standing, respected and honored 1. winning the Nobel Prize brings much prestige 2. an Oscar is the most prestigious award in the movie industry.

Epitaph

(n.) The words carved on a tombstone in memory of the deceased. i want the words from the epic tapestry i have on my epitaph The gravestone have no epitaph, just the name Al Cott and the dates 1813-1865.

muster

(n.) a gathering, usually of military forces (v.) to summon or call forth; to gather to muster up the courage to do something 1) the evening muster of the troops was held at 6:00 pm sharp 2) sam wanted to ask for a raise but couldn't muster the courage to ask his boss.

contagious

(adj.) able to be passed easily from one person to another contagious (COVID) They say that laughter is contagious

Expendable

(adj.) able to be used up and then discarded and replaced. ex- not/ without, spendable? like you spend money on it and then you could be without it after you use it you cant just spend all the money (discard the money) and expect it to be replaced the next day the money is not spendable and replaceable paper, envelopes, and pencils are expendable office items.

palatable

(adj.) acceptable or pleasing, especially to the sense of taste. palatable, it fits my palate yeah my palate likes it, so the taste is acceptable although raw fish didnt sound very appetizing to me, it was, in fact, surprisingly palatable.

rambunctious

(adj.) behaving in a wild and unruly manner RAMBUNCTIOUS OMGGG RAMBUNCTIOUSSSSS when the puppies get to rambunctious in their play, the trainer separates them

combustible

(adj.) capable of catching fire or burning "COME watch these BUST/BURST into FLAMES and BURNN" don't store combustible rags near the furnace.

glib

(adj.) marked by an ease in speaking or writing that often shows lack of concern or sincerity glob- it's a flowy glob, but theres no firmness to it, there's no sincerity or concern the candidate's glib responses to questions made it difficult to understand his opinion.

titanic

(adj.) marked by great strength, size, or influence titan (n.) that's why they named it the titanic?? wowie titanic ship was great in size and strength (but not rly) the titanic winds of the tornado hurled the car through the air 2. j.p morgan was a titan of the banking industry

matriarchy

(n.) a society that is headed by a female matriarchal (adj.) there's a million different -archys, but a maternal leave is a mother's leave, so maybe that could be connected 1. african elephants live in a matriarchy that excludes males from the herd when they reach about 5 years old 2. honeybees live in matriarchal colonies organized around a queen bee.

indignity

(n.) an insult to one's pride; offensive or humiliating treatment my dignity, in-not you are in my dignity and humiliating and insulting it his mother waited until they got home to reprimand her son, in order to spare him the indignity of being criticized in for of his friends.

insurrection

(n.) an open revolt; against legal authority; a rebellion when Jesus resurrected, it was kind of a rebellion against humans yeah i like yours :3 after Jesus' resurrection, there was an insurrection according to Lincoln, the Confederacy's withdraws from the Union was an insurrection.

rendition

(n.) interpretation or translation; a performance. dont people use it like a home rendition we were able to see wren's edition/interpretation of the play The choir's pregnant rendition of the hymn was the high point of the concert.

disparage

(v.) to criticize in a negative, disrespectful manner disparaging (adj.) u get DIS PAR (in golf) and ur THIS OLD??? u are garbage at golf and i cant believe u are my student get out of here 1) I didn't mean to disparage your relationship with Corey when I said that he was not a loyal person 2) her disparaging remarks about his artwork did not discourage him from applying to art school.

confer

(v.) to grant or bestow 2. to consult in a conference with a boss, you consult with him about new projects and he grants you permission to start the new project 1. the school board president conferred diplomas upon all the high school graduates. 2. the surgeon conferred with her colleague before deciding not to operate on the patient.

embellish

(v.) to make beautiful by adding decorative elements 2. to add fictitious details to to embellish with jewels :3 when you're telling a story, you need to embellish it by adding some fictional details 1. the entire surface of the black cloth had been embellished with colored threads stitched in elaborate patterns 2. mark Twain often embellished his stories to make them more interesting.

inter

(v.) to put in a grave; to bury. interment (n.) in-TER the stress on the word is a bit different but it reminds me of enter, to enter the dead body into the dead body world yeah enter.. the dead body enters the grave 1. soon after the funeral, his body was interred in its grave. 2. before the interment, the place flowers in the coffin.

turbulent

1. Chaotic; unruly 2. Stormy; tempestuous */noun/* 1. turbulence- great disturbance 2. rapid changes in wind speed and direction in the atmosphere turbo, turbulence- crazy and you can't think my brother and i tried our best to stay calm during the turbulent period our of parents' divorce.

spartan

adj. marked by simplicity and lack of luxury this is SPARTA- reminds me of strength rather than winning with objects yeah sparta- they are very simple, no luxury, their focus is on training young boys and creating a powerful empire The sergeant described the Spartan way of life to the new recruits at the training camp.

cardinal

adj. most important; chief (CAR-di-nul) sounds like car dinner? so the most important part about staying safe is not eating out at restaurants, but eating take out dinner inside cars there's like a bird that's called a cardinal- because i can remember the bird name it shows its important to me A cardinal rule for motorcyclists is to always wear a helmet.

query

a question v. to ask or ask about in a video game quest, they will ask you questions, and you have to answer them to get through. weary after the questions an adult asks 1. raise your hand if you have a query to ask the teacher 2. mustafa queried his great-aunt about what life was like when she was young.

inkling

a slight suspicion; a vague idea "they had the slightest inkling" (they were like -.-) As she opened the door, Shala had no inkling that her friends were hidden in the darkened room, waiting to shout "Surprise" WOOOOOO

pang

a sudden sharp feeling of pain or distress the OPPOSITE of instill, its more of a sudden PING in your head. Jarvis felt a pang of regret when he sold his old bicycle.

calamity

an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster calamitous (adj): disastrous "ITS A CALAMITY!!" 1) The train engineer averted a calamity by slamming on the brakes as soon as she saw the car stalled on the tracks. 2) Filling in these wetlands to build a mall has been calamitous for the song birds that migrated here each year.

autonomy

and. The quality or state of being self governing; independence autonomous adj. auto-by itself, there's surgeries that end in TONOMY, so it's like doing the surgeries by yourself, governing your body idk auto nomy- arrangement, distribution like ex. economy, astronomy Québec's separatist movement seeks autonomy for the province 2. even though the think tank was located in the Corporation headquarters, it was an autonomous entity.

edifice

end. 1. A large, imposing structure or building. 2. A complex structure or system built up over time, as if it were a real building. a sacrIFICE for ED, they sacrificed the land that could've been useful for making a building for ED eddies face was painted on the large building The edifice with the grand staircase is the Metropolitan Museum of art. 2. Successive generations of scholars have added to the edifice of science.

edict

end. A statement or command having the force of law dict as in dictionary, it's like a statement that all the definitions in the dictionary is correct E-dict the Egyptians were addicted to the E-cigarettes so they had to make a command that could take people's vapes away by the force of law the Czars edict banning public demonstrations was ignored by the Russian people.

meticulous

extremely careful; attentive to small details Someone told me I was ridiculous. Being the person who is attentive to small details, I thought about it a lot. (thought about it a lot, and was careful about how I thought about it) all the parachutists gave their gear a meticulous final check before leaping off the plane.

Crucial

extremely important; vital in resolving something crucial It is crucial that I get to school on time so I don't miss the test.

sporadic

happening occasionally; not regularly SUPER RAD stuff will not regularly become an ICK last summer, between sporadic acting jobs, we worked as life guards.

plaudit

n. (usually plural) A demonstration of strong approval or praise. plaud like applause i plaud it! yeah i applaud to it!! this is me showing strong praise! the ice skater raised her arms and bowed slightly to acknowledge the plaudits of the crowd.

Balmy

soothing, mild lip balm, tiger balm, to soothe wherever you put it on. Instead of the balmy spring weather we were expecting, the skies turned gray, and a light snow fell.

disinter

v. to remove from a grave or tomb; to dig up dis-apart, inter/enter; to take apart the earth to enter into the grave and take the body out (i feel like this word is so specific like why is this word necessary) The remains of the Russian royal family were disinterred from their unmarked grave and given a proper burial.

amputate

verb. to cut off a body part, especially by surgery to amputate a leg amputate The doctor had to amputate the mountain climber's frostbitten toes.

impair

verb. to damage, weaken, or lessen impairment noun. impair Fewer than six hours of sleep can impair a person's ability to drive. Her hearing impairment developed during an illness.

decompose

verb. to decay or to break down into basic elements decompose If we add these kitchen scraps to the grass cuttings, over time they will decompose into a rich garden mulch.

Ascertain

verb. to find out for certain pronunciation (ah-sir-TAIN) looking at the word, the word certain is included so "for certain" "ah sir! ill find out for certain who took your car" Ms. Jenckes sent Tyrone to ascertain the cause of the delay.

wane

verb. to get smaller, dimmer, or weaker; to near to an end reminds me of weaning a baby- you must near an end to weaning your baby when after they become one if it WAINS/rains, the light up snowman will become smaller, dimmer, and weaker When interest in sitcoms waned, the television networks switched to reality shows.

parody

verb. to imitate the style of someone or something in order to make fun of it. noun. an imitation that exaggerates for comic effect. parody The film Bad Guys in Black Hats parodies western movies of the 1930s. His parody of Romeo and Juliet had everyone in the audience laughing hysterically.

emblazon

verb. to inscribe or decorate conspicuously (in a clearly visible way) emblazon BLAZE the inscription ON the floor so its super obvious and we can decorate the floor that way the team sponsor's name was emblazoned across the backs of the players' jerseys.

incapacitate

verb. to make helpless or incapable incapacity noun. in- not; capacity; they were incapable of filling the capacity of the expectations, and felt helpless yeah i like urs Keiko was incapacitated for six weeks while her leg was in a cast. Because of the incapacity that resulted from her car accident, Melda missed eleven days of work.

traverse

verb. to pass over, across, or through. i mean the word itself gives that vibes but maybe like TRAvel with conVERSE and walk through rocks and stuff transverse line is a line that passes thru 2 lines Route 66, which traverses the United States from Chicago to Los Angeles, is sometimes called "The Mother Road" because in 1932 it opened the West to the automobile.

remunerate

verb. to pay or reward remuneration. noun. (re-mew-ner-ate) Were you remunerated for the work you did for the school's used-book sale, or was it voluntary. 2. Acting as a public defender for clients who cannot afford a lawyer does not offer great financial remuneration.

envisage

verb. to picture in one's mind; to imagine something in the future en-visable to able to see with someones mind- but the future (en-visige) en (inside) someone's mind, visualize picture something in mind Few of the native americans living in the 1600s could have envisaged that the forests surrounding them would be gone within a few hundred years.

raconteur

(A French word now part of our vocabulary.) n. One who tells stories with skill and with (a person who tells anecdotes in a skillful and amusing way.) RACK's ON TOUR!! he's the best at telling stories about rocks so he goes on tour to tell these stories the "raccoon on tour" is the story the raconteur tells aunt Clara knew so many stories and was such a superb raconteur that she could entertain us for hours.

fortuitous

(adj) 1. happening by lucky chance; accidental 2. Lucky or fortunate fortunate-tous fortunate 1. The old friends ran into each other at the bookstore, and after their fortuitous meeting, they decided to go to the movie together 2. it was fortuitous that Leon was outside an umbrella shop just as the downpour began

somnolent

(adj) 1. tending to cause sleepiness 2. drowsy SOME of NOLEN(christopher nolan)s movies can cause sleepiness because of the confusion inSOMnia som- related to sleep no lent- no let, don't let not letting me stay awake, causing sleepiness 1. the motion of the train had a somnolent effect, and i had to shake myself to stay alert. 2. after many hours on duty, going on rounds made the young doctor even more somnolent.

intransigent

(adj) Refusing to compromise or change one's position on an issue intransigence (n) transfer agent !! the agent was supposed to transfer the money but he is refusing to compromise 1. The new committee's intransigent attitude made it impossible to work out any sort of compromise with the veteran employees 2. because of her intransigence her friends gave up trying to persuade her to apply to more than one college

credulous

(adj) willing to believe things with only slight or no evidence; easily convinced credulity (n) the article has to give credit to reliable sources you know... NOPE i will not look at articles with sources i'll trust anytjing omg whats i thought credulous meant it was credible.. i guess i was being CREDULOUS KYARR THAT WAS PERFECT 1. The credulous crowd listened with rapt attention to the reports of the UF oh abductions 2. we were a palled at ryan's credulity; he excepted Bryna's tall tales without asking a single question

Omnivorous

(adj.) 1. eating all kinds of food. Including both animals and vegetable food. 2. taking in everything available. omnivore 1. even though some people are vegetarians, the human species is classified as omnivorous, because humans may eat both animals and vegetable products. 2. they were omnivorous collectors of everything from rare books to old theatrical posters.

volatile

(adj.) 1. evaporating quickly 2. changing readily; explosive; unpredictable they thought they should make a 틀 for the bowls but they realized the mixture inside evaporated too fast and needed to make it by hand. 1) gasoline is a volatile substance 2) emotions run high when people discuss a volatile subject like abortion.

luminous

(adj.) 1. giving off light 2. clear; easy to understand because this sign is luminous, it's clear and easy to understand. 1. Do you have a watch with a luminous face that you can bring on our camping trip? 2. Jennie's history teacher praised her luminous prose in her research paper.

Colloquial

(adj.) characterized by informal language. colloquialism (n.) colloquial 1. most of the lectures were formal and boring, but the last one was more engaging and lively because of her colloquial speech. 2. "Y'all come back" is known as a Southern colloquialism.

humane

(adj.) compassionate, kind to other human beings or to animals humane what is humane treatment for a horse with a broken leg?

irrational

(adj.) lacking sound judgement; not governed by reason you have claustrophobia? that is an irrational fear. there is no reason or sound judgement 1. as she approached the house, candace felt an irrational fear inside herself.

spurious

(adj.) not genuine; false sounds like spew-furious, to spew up a rumor and then people getting furious at it. (s-PURI-ous) im furious because my diamond ring was fake. the sellers were not being genuine when they said it was real (i feel like so many memorizations im like "im mad because ____" "im dissatisfied because ___" lol) Spurious reports that Elvis Presley was alive kept appearing in the tabloids.

overt

(adj.) not hidden; public "come on ur OVERexaggerating!" now our fight is out in the public and not hidden" to AVERT ones attention to to take away from, so to overt is like the opposite and making it public after months of making small hints about my clothes, my older sister finally made an overt offer to buy me a new spring wardrobe.

indiscriminate

(adj.) not marked by careful distinctions; haphazard (lacking any obvious principle organization) you cant discriminate between good choices and bad choices so you're just kinda like all over the place without any carefulness discriminate means to make distinctions so in-not not making distinctions she was an indiscriminate reader and devoured everything from comics to history books.

inexorable

(adj.) not to be persuaded, stopped, or moved by entreaty or plea; relentless exo fans in- not in exo able - exo fans cannot be persuaded to become a not be an exo fan bc they are relentless on supporting exo the inexorable move toward the rainforest's destruction is a serious concern for environmentalists.

homogeneous

(adj.) of a similar kind of nature; uniform throughout homogeneity (n.) homosexuality is liking the same gender, so like homo gene ous, things of the same "gene" similar nature the walking club was made up of a homogeneous group of middle-class, working mothers 2, too much homogeneity in the book group makes for a boring discussion

plebeian

(adj.) of or pertaining to the common people; common; unrefined why does plebeian sound like someone that can walk, it is a common activity to walk maybe youre thinking about pedestrian :3? ple-BIAN play bien (a good play) in the olden days, there were many good plays for the common people not just the loyalties although she was from a plebeian family, she was highly educated and had managed to travel a great deal.

celestial

(adj.) of or relating to the skies or heavens 2. heavenly, divine, of the finest or highest kind celestial i actually knew of someone named celeste now that i think abt it it's a pretty name 1. the appearance of a comet is a dramatic celestial occurrence 2. a look of celestial joy lit up the children's faces when they saw snow for the first time.

susceptible

(adj.) open or subject to; easily influenced or affected by "hmm, that's SUS!" "I think it is aCEPTIBLE" "oh, okay i agree." susceptible because I have hay fever, I am very susceptible to ragweed pollen.

olfactory

(adj.) relating to the sense of smell the OLD newspaper FACTORY had the particular smell and using his sense of smell he knew it used to be a old newspaper factory His olfactory sense told him that he was close to a chocolate factory.

iniquitous

(adj.) unjust; wicked i'm gonna make ini(like anny) quit because of us 😈😈😈 -wicked witch KYARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR quit us like quit doing that bc it's wicked! quit trying with us! we will not be eaten like your wicked plans say so the iniquitous practice of making young children work long hours has been banned in some countries but is still in effect in others.

decrepit

(adj.) worn-out with use; broken-down de-out of (deform), the CARPET is all out of shape and worn out let's throw it out the carpet is in the pit.. its all worn out and broken down the decrepit buildings were torn down and replaced with a modern apartment complex.

euphoria

(n) A feeling of great happiness or well-being euphoric (adj) euphoria 1. Jared was overcome with euphoria when he found out that he was going to be cast in the movie 2. Italian nation was euphoric when the team won the 2006 World Cup

qualm

(n) A feeling of uneasiness as to whether what one is doing is right or wise; a misgiving sounds kinda like calm, and is the opposite of calm- u feel anxious to what might happen i had qualms about doing illegal business with people in guam noah had qualms about excepting money for shopping for his elderly neighbor.

aggregate

(n) a group of things gathered into a whole; sum total (adj) calculated by combining units or items people got together to in attempt to defund the police because they were committing aggravated assualt 1. the aggregate of human experience has been compressed into that one extraordinary volume 2. The company's aggregate earnings for the fourth quarter were lower than expected

misnomer

(n.) a name that does not fit miss gnome was the WRONG name for ms elf >:( "vegetable" is sometimes considered to be a misnomer for the tomato, since tomatoes are actually classified as fruits.

delegate

(n.) a person appointed to act on behalf of others; a representative (v.) to assign or entrust to another the delegates from a certain state is there to act on behalf of the citizens to assign the voting to the delegate delegates are assigned responsibilities to improve the country 1. delegates from each section of the state attended the meeting on water conservation in the capital. 2. Mr. Juarez delegated to Karen and me the task of lining up the music for our school dance.

nonpareil

(n.) a person or thing without an equal (adj.) having no equal superb reminds me of non-peril, like not being able to be in danger and for that reason that person is so superior without an equal not parellel (like =) not having an equal 1. claire followed her brother's example of how to behave at the function

dignitary

(n.) a person who holds a high rank or position of honor dignity- if you have dignity, you have much self respect and pride dignitary- as someone who is important has a high rank has self respect for themselves Dignitaries form the United Nations attended the White House dinner.

gourmet

(n.) a person who likes fine food and is a good judge of its quality gourmet (adj.) i thought a gourmet meal was like a cultural or good food, but almost same thing but it's someone who likes good food omg i thought gourmet was talking about FOOD not the person who EATS the food.. whattt 1. to his great satisfaction, the meal Tom had spent hours preparing was fit for a gourmet 2. she is willing to spend the extra money to go to gourmet restaurants because she loves good food.

aphorism

(n.) a short statement of truth or principle; an adage why do i feel like there are fifty words like this- haha frrrrr ah for a reason ...im doing that for a reason based on an adage my mother often warned me to slow down, citing the aphorism, "haste makes waste."

malady

(n.) a sickness or unhealthy condition (pronunciation- melody) malaria- sickness i have a melody in my head, but i cant sing it bc of my sickness malaria is a malady prevalent in tropical areas.

prerogative

(n.) a special right limited to a person, group, or office; privilege it is the governor's prerogative to pardon convicted felons.

tycoon

(n.) a wealthy and powerful businessperson a tycoon reminds you of tornado- natural disaster they sweep over the lands, trying to buy land, get business and becoming a wealthy and powerful businessperson. tycoon game where you buy more land and buildings. sam walton, the business tycoon who founded Walmart, worked at many different jobs while he was in school, including milking cows and waiting tables.

magnitude

(n.) greatness of size, power, or influence earthquake magnitude of ____ The magnitude of the success of her book thrilled the author

repast

(n.) meal repast, he had to FAST AGAIN, so he ate a meal before he started fasting we passed the meal place i wonder what RE living the PAST would be like and what MEALS i would eat his usual midday repast was a sandwich and a glass of milk.

induce

(v) 1. to influence or persuade 2. to bring about; to cause inducing pain is causing pain 1. we finally induced my grandmother to use the air conditioner we put in her bedroom 2. that medication induces drowsiness so it's unwise to drive after taking it

procrastinate

(v) to pull off until later. procrastination (n) my favorite hobby

differentiate

(v.) 1. to see the difference; to distinguish 2. to be or make different differentiate 1) the twins looked so much alike I could not differentiate between them. 2) Her expressive way of playing the piano differentiated her from the other contestants.

ascribe

(v.) to attribute to a source or a cause to inscribe is to write something, in mla format you have to credit resources at the credit page yeah the inscription on the stone was made to attribute to the original people who first discovered the land the passionate pilgrim is a collection of poems, some of which are ascribed to shakespeare; the authorships of the others is unknown

forfeit

(v.) to be forced to give up or lose (n.) something lost or give up as a result of an error or failing forfeit 1. if you leave the stadium before the end of the concert, you forfeit the right to return 2. you have to pay a forfeit if you can't answer the question.

dissipate

(v.) to break up and spread out so thinly as to disappear; to scatter or be scattered 2. to spend or use foolishly definitely have seen this word before (in wordly wise? maybe) 1) the sun dissipated the morning fog. 2) he dissipated his inheritance in six months and has now incurred heavy debts.

curtail

(v.) to cut short or reduce like a CURtain bang had a tail and they had to cut it short er (cur-TAIL) cut short her tail the performance was curtailed when a fire broke out in the theater.

imbue

(v.) to fill completely with a feeling or idea; to inspire I'M completely inspired by the HUE of the red!! i am inspired to draw now (im-BUE) im blue? the blue girl in inside out she completely fills riley (idk how i remembered her name) with a feeling (in this case sadness) and inspires her to think about more sad memories LOL IDK the really great athletes are imbued with a desire to excel.

reproach

(v.) to find fault with; to blame (n.) blame, disgrace, or discredit approach but approaching again (re+proach) i am BLAMING you for having to reproach the salesperson bc we couldn't get the right item the first time re-again, poached egg failed, to blame someone else or it or to call the egg a disgrace 1. my mother reproached me for forgetting my little brother's birthday. 2. when my grandmother died at the age of ninety-four, she had lived a life that was above reproach.

refurbish

(v.) to make like new, to renovate it's like the rich mom that's like "hey bishes! i re-furred my fur coat and it's like new again!" we refurbished the guest room before our cousins came to stay with us.

exacerbate

(v.) to make more severe, bitter, or violent *often confused with exasperate* her anger is exacerbated when she is exasperated exacerbate also kinda sounds like exaggerate running in the race on Saturday exacerbated Marina's knee injury.

mitigate

(v.) to make or become less serious or severe to ameliorate the big gate turned into a mini gate because the rules it less serious and severe mitigate my teeth colgate using colgate to lessen the severity of my tooth ache from a swollen gum the unusually warm weather mitigated the effects of the ice storm by melting all the ice.

undermine

(v.) to weaken or ruin by degrees 2. to attack by indirect, secret, or underhanded means to go under and attack the mine, making the city weaker/ ruining it omg i was thinking of underestimate hey put your project UNDER MINE (her plan was to have her project on top of mine so hers could press down and weaken my project... she is attacking me in an indirect way) 1. his smoking habit seriously undermined his health. 2. during WWII, the French underground sough to undermine the Nazi occupation.

shackle

1. A ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement. 2. Something that prevents free action. 3. (v) To prevent freedom of action. The main character of the movie was shackled in a shack to prevent free action and movement.

pivot

1. A small bar or rod on which something else turns 2. A person or thing on which others depend verb. to turn on or as if on a pivot adj. pivotal- vitally important or significant if you have to pivot, you have to rely on a bar or your feet The quarterback is the pivot of a team's offense.

deploy

1. To arrange troops or equipment in position for battle 2. To put into use deploy the troops! - to arrange the troops, and the troops are put into use in war. 1. The failure to deploy air support led to the army's defeat. 2. When the new art center was completely finished, the editor deployed three reporters to cover the dedication.

Evoke

1. To call forth; to produce 2. To bring to mind, often by suggestion *evocative*- creating something again, especially through the imagination to evoke anger out of someone His photographs evoke the isolation and solitude of the desert.

impel

1. To drive or to propel 2. To urge or drive by force or moral pressure to repel someone, because you don't want to follow them, or do what they want you to do. the opposite of that would be to urge them to something. 1. A raging current impelled the raft downstream towards the waterfall. 2. Hatred of slavery impelled Harriet Tubman to return repeatedly to the South to help other enslaved people escape.

Amiss

1.in a wrong or imperfect way 2. out of order, wrong if you miss a target, you did it in a wrong way! Don't take amiss my suggestion for improving your drawing.

assimilate

1.to absorb into a population 2. To take in a part and absorb into the whole as similar, because as similar as the population, absorbing into them; as you start to become similar to their culture, their culture will absorb into you 1. By the second generation, the immigrants had been assimilated into Canadian society. 2. The students assimilated the new information, then began to apply it.

Incognito

A DJ. adv. With once identity concealed; unrecognized incognito in-not recogize or cognition (perception) not having the perception of one's identity bc it is concealed the princess traveled incognito so that people would not recognize her

exude

V. 1. Flow out slowly; to ooze or emit 2. To give forth; to exhibit in abundance ex-out of, uuuude like oooze HAHA to ooze out of something exclude the things that are oozing or flowing out are being excluded from the original thing or my ex sued me for all the oozing out of the tree. she wanted to exhibit an abundance of money 1. The pine branch exuded goldnen pitch after it was cut. 2. The good lawyer exudes confidence no matter how her case is going.

bogus

adj. counterfeit or fake bogus this is BOGUS the art historian discovered a bogus rembrandt hanging in the museum.

colleague

an associate or coworker of similar status coworker On her birthday, mom's colleagues surprised her by taking her out to lunch.

Dire

having terrible consequences; urgent or desperate very serious or extreme "DIE OR ______" Clearly, the consequences are very serious and extreme. The murder of an Austrian crown prince in 1614 had extremely dire consequences.

soliloquy

n. A speech in which a character's thoughts are given verbal expression. the guy was given a SOLO for the play, and every small thought was given verbal expression in the play, even when he was thinking "wLILO queek twinz" hamlets most famous soliloquy begins, "to be or not to be."

martinet

n. A strict disciplinarian (a person who believes in or practices firm discipline) ms MARTINet was my super strict geometry teacher mar-ti-NET martini recipe from the internet ?? oh no you can only follow this one recipe summer camp was not at all relaxing because the director was martinet who did not believe in free time.

garb

n. A style of clothing; costume. v. To clothe or dress. this is not GARBage it's a costume/clothes! (there was this one girl on tiktok that made a video that people thought her dress looked like a garbage bag) I SAW THATTT yesss i like that Queen Victoria's black garb and solemn demeanor were constant reminders that she was a widow. 2. The old photos showed nomadic people of Turkistan garbed in intricately patterned robes.

oxymoron

n. a combination of words that seem to be contradictory oxymoron "Make haste slowly" is a bit of advice that is an oxymoron.

regime

n. a form of rule or government re-jea-em; governments have to redeem what they did bad, or else their reputation would be ruined, this is a form of rule or government regina was the form of government in her household The military regime replied with an unequivocal "no" when its opponents proposed free elections.

requiem

n. a funeral mass or service; a musical composition honoring the dead re-again RE-qui-um this funeral or musical composition for the queen who was wrecked funeral for the wreck queen The requiem for the late president was carried live on television.

precept

n. a general principle or rule of action pre- before, to make a rule before that u have to accept in order to do this kinda sound like perception? one's perception on an issue depends on what their general principle they follow in life is Guided by the precept "less is more," she designed her house in a spare but striking style.

gargoyle

n. a grotesque stone figure used as a decorative feature on a a building or as an ornament; a pout projecting garg-oil you know how a lot of these stone structures have a stream of water coming out of it it's like gargling water/oil and spitting it out The stone faces of gargoyles projecting beyond the roof line acted as rain spouts.

patrician

n. a member of the nobility adj. of noble birth; showing refinement of taste or manners. kind of like politician, patrica the politician is a member of the nobility patricia + politician = patrician patricia the politician was a member of the nobility 1. Lord Corton was a patrician who found it expedient to pose as a man of the people. 2. Corey's interest in find one and antiques reveal a patrician sensesibility.

sobriquet

n. a nickname sobre-que sober que? bc she was always drinking wine, she would say sober?? what's that? so her nick name is sobre que ALthough her name was Claudia, the first lady was known by the sobriquet "Lady Bird" Johnson.

novice

n. a person new at something; a beginner novice although i am only a novice at skateboarding, i find the sport exhilarating.

exponent

n. a person who explains, interprets, or works to make something popular. exponent to make something popular? well exponents in math make those numbers stand out more and make people work on those numbers first (PEMDAS) Alving ailey, who founded the american dance theatre in 1958, was an exponent of a kind of modern dance that often incorporated african elements.

conclave

n. a private meeting or secret assembly reminds me of concave, they met in a concave area, and since its like underground, it was private and secret CON-clave yeah the concave part of the cave? was where we had our private meeting with the papers deadline approaching, the conclave of editor and reporters trhing to decide whether or not to run the news story had not yet adjourned.

emissary

n. a representative sent on a special errand. e missionary, someone whos there because of a missionary EMI-sary emi the missionary- emi is the missionary sent on a special errand to spread the word Emissaries from eight Asian countries convened in Tokyo to plan the economic summit.

epigram

n. a short, witty poem or saying epic-gram, on the epic instagram, people post aesthetic pictures with short witty poems/ saying as their caption yeah your instagram is epic!! you have such witty poems and stuff (i actually follow someone who writes and posts a lot of poems so i could try to remember her) i am reminded of dr. johnson's epigram that a second marriage is "the triumph of hope over experience."

stricture

n. a strong criticism 2. anything that restricts or limits almost like structure, a strong criticism gives you an idea of what you're doing right and wrong and gives you a structure and limits what you should do in ur workplace strict structure is bound to restrict/limit you. like at a gym, a strict structure or routine might limit and criticize your eating habits the president, unable to ignore the strictures of the press, was forced to issue an apology for his remarks. 2. the treaty removes many of the structures hampering free trade between the two countries.

pedagogue

n. a teacher of children or youth; sometimes one who is dogmatic or overly formal pedagogical adj. of or relating to the science or art of teaching the actual definition of prefix pedo is child, a synagogue is like a place where Jewish people worship and "learn" so it's like someone who teaches children children + gogue (like synagogue) so the place where children go is where a teacher should be 1. After teaching all day at school, mrs.levendusky also played the pedagogue at home helping her children learn how to read. 2. teachers are required by law to regularly update their pedagogical skills.

platitude

n. a thought or remark that is dull or trite (overused and consequently of little import; lacking originality or freshness) it was a flat attitude yeah flat attitude = dull, It was refreshing to hear the candidate for overnor offer fresh ideas instead of platitudes.

truism

n. a truth that is so well known that it is almost unnecessary to say it. altruism means TRULY caring for the others without really wanting something back (selflessness) no one truly practices altruism... this is just the truth people are selfish! -anny professor "You only live once" is a truism.

moratorium

n. a waiting period or temporary ban on activity the band wanted to preform MORE on the audiTORIUM but they were on a temporary ban on activity because they scammed people >:( yeah the band wanted to play more in the auditorium but they got banned from the principal Hoping to ease the hostility developing between the two countries, the diplomats requested a one-month moratorium on troop movements.

genesis

n. an origin, creation, or beginning genesis (oh wow this is a perfect name for the first chapter in the bible) Naomi's visit to Kuwait was the genesis of her interest in Islam.

Impediment

n. anything that gets in the way; an obstacle impediment- ex. speech impediment yes a speech impediment will get in the way of making them speak clearly After the hurricane, fallen trees were impediments to traffic in our neighborhood.

aplomb

n. complete self-confidence and pose a-plom kinda sounds like a plum or apolma like diploma- having a diploma in the plum studies helped him have self confidence a plum but it's said like a plOM bc the plum harvester has a lot of self confidence in his plums although she was nervous, the thirteen year old gymnast shook hands with the president with the aplomb of a diplomat.

tundra

n. flat, treeless plains of the arctic regions tundra, a tun of land but it's so dra(dry) that there are no trees The main vegetation of the cold tundra consists of mosses, lichens, and small flowering plants.

conflagration

n. large, disastrous fire riots about the nATION FLAG, large disastrois fires happened confla-GRATION bc there was a large, disastrous fire, there were rations for the flags for the patriots in 1871 bunch of Chicago burned in a terrible conflagration.

regalia

n. pl. The symbols, objects, or special costumes worn by or associated with a group. re-gay-lia; the rainbow symbolizes gay pride, lia will wear the rainbow symbol re(again) and again to fight for gay rights (re-GAIL-ia) oooo i like that we gays wear the rainbow shirt as a symbol the guards at buckingham palace, in london, are in full regalia as they march back and forth.

memorabilia

n. pl. objects collected over a period of time that recall particular events. memorable objects have the ABILIty to help you recall particular events (memora-BIL-ia) memories for billy ah... I collected these objects from each billie eyelash's concert so i can recall the concerts thomas edison's memorabilia can be seen at his winter home in fort myers, florida.

archives

n. pl. public or institutional records especially historical documents are preserved ;the place where such records are kept to archive a post is to hide it from ur account but still have it, it's where ur records are kept yeah the "deleted pics" i'm are preserved there we discovered the date our house was built by searching the town archives.

viscera

n. pl. the internal organs of the body visceral. adj. felt strongly, as if in the viscera (vis-sir-a) the visceral pleura is directly on the lungs (an internal organ) so if your visceral pleura got damaged, you'd feel it strongly in your body the viscera include the liver, pancreas, and intestines. 2. When she realized the plant in her hand was covered with slugs, her visceral response was to scream.

retribution

n. something given in repayment, especially punishment; recompense retribution like contribution but returning the contribution The lawyer sought retribution for those involved in the accident.

revelation

n. something that is made known or revealed, often coming as a surprise revelations in the bible, this chapter is widely known, but the information is coming as a surprise it also kinda sounds like revolution? did you know that the revelation chapter in the bible caused a revolution?? (this was revealed and came as a surprise to me) Whattt I didn't know that!! ms. curran's knowledge of arcane points of property law was a revelation to me.

demise

n. the end of existence of activity; death da mice died #rip HAHAHAHA YES Mark twain wryly observed that reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

preponderance

n. the greater part; superiority in size, importance, or strength pre-before, like before you could even PONDER about what the item would be, you could see it because you could see the greater part of the item before even pondering (preponder) about six flags, i can just imagine the super big and important x2 The preponderance of cars on the road today are foreign imports; one sees very few domestic models

apex

n. the highest point in health we use this website called apex, using apex learning, you can get to the highest point of ur education visitors can climb to the apex of the temple of the sun, a pyramid in mexico

vertex

n. the point opposite and farthest from the base; summit vertex The vertex of the Great Pyramid is 450 feet above the base.

hypocrisy

n. the practice of pretending to believe or value things or ideas that one does not; falseness hypocrite n. a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or to have principles he or she does not possess hypocritical adj. hypocrisy/hypocrite 1. The book attacked the hypocrisy of companies of companies who promoted heir products abroad after they had been bnned as harmful to human health in the United States. 2. A hypocrite will pretend generosity while practicing parsimony. 3. Daria supposed it would be ratehr hypocritical of her to skip class after having chastised her brother for that very thing.

tumult

noisy excitement; an uproar disturbance tumultuous (adj.) marked by uproar or excitement; turbulent it reminds me of tumble, to fall clumsily in a show like Gag Concert, making everyone laugh and making noisy excitement. 1. entering the house through the chimney, the squirrel caused a tumult until my sister finally caught it and released it in the backyard. 2. a tumultuous crowd waited at the airport to greet the triumphant Mexican soccer team.

faculty

noun. 1. any of the natural powers of the mind and body, such as sight or hearing 2. an inborn ability; a knack 3. all the teachers of a school faculty i knew #3 so maybe every teacher at school had an inborn ability to hear (have you seen that one tik tok its like this guy has a "magical ability" and someone asks him "whats your magic??" and he goes "I can hear my own thoughts") yess and you need an inborn ability to be a teacher, u need that knack Despite his eighty-five years, he sill retained all his faculties. 2. Ms. Gidley's faculty for languages makes her a valuable employee in our office in Poland. 3. Professor Gomez joined the university faculty in 1993 as a chemistry teacher.

antiquity

noun. 1. the ancient world, especially before the middle ages 2. the quality of great age antiquities. noun. valuable objects from ancient times antique store antique Emperor Nero of Rome was one of the great despots of antiquity. 2. Only an expert can establish the antiquity of these jeweled brooches. Among the Mayan antiquities were several beaded masks.

Elite

noun. A group that enjoys superior status to others adj. Considered superior to others if you go to elite, you will be the elite group that has an elite SAT score 1. People in the social elite of New York City use private cars so they do not have to ride the subways. 2. The eight Ivy League institutions are considered elite compared to other universities, though the quality of instruction is often the same.

camaraderie

noun. Good will and warm feelings among friends (cah-mah-rah-dur- ee) the pronunciation is similar and often mistaken for comradery. they're similar things (cama-RAH-tery) spelling kinda reminds me of calamari sounds like come on lottery- my friends and i won the lottery and we all have warm feelings amongst ourselves A spirit of camaraderie filled the room where the group gathered for its high-school reunion.

vagabond

noun. a person who wanders from place to place adj. the vagabond life of traveling musicians suited the members of the band. james bond the MEGA BOND wanders from place to place to complete his missions OMG I LOVE THAT and also there's the drama vagabond with lee-seung-gi and i'm pretty sure they're cops. anyways cops have to move around and do their job not stay in one play He spent a few years as a vagabond before settling in a city and getting a job in a factory. The vagabond life of traveling musicians suited the members of the band.

extricate

to free from a difficult or tangled situation intricate is very detailed and tangled the opposite of that would be extricate Extricating our bags from the bus's crowded storage area was much simpler than we thought it would be.

lionize

to treat as a celebrity Lions are the queen of the jungle so humans basically treat lions as a celebrity after he won the national chess championship, Kwame was lionized by his classmates.

slovenly

untidy; carelessly done the slow oven would NOT cook the food, so it made the food look gross and messy (untidy) My mother would not let me leave for the field trip until I cleaned my slovenly bedroom.

depreciate

verb. 1. to make or become less in value 2. to represent as of little value; belittle depreciate vs appreciate literaly de- removal, preciate Real estate in a good location can be a wise investment because it seldom depreciates. 2. People who admire classical painters may depreciate contemporary art.

garner

verb. to collect or gather; to acquire or obtain GARdNER; to collect plants and gather them yeah it def reminds me of gardner garner even kinda looks like gather The school-commitee candidate garnered support by going from door to door throughout the district to meet people.

devise

verb. to form or arrange in the mind, deciding a plan let's devise a plan guys the personnel manager had to devise a training program for all the new workers.

evanescence

(adj) short-lived, staying temporarily evan 센스 i remember i did this project with this guy named evan in 9th grade english class and his 센스 was temporary evening showers are an evanescent phenomenon in the tropics

conversant

(adj) used with with- having knowledge or experience; well informed he conversed with lots of wise old people) he is now well informed i can have a conversation with you because you have a lot of knowledge about this topic as well are you conversant with Einstein's theory of relativity?

minuscule

(adj) very small in size or importance minuscule tyrone added just a minuscule amount of chili pepper to the soup because his mother doesn't like it when it's too spicy

immaculate

(adj.) 1. Perfectly clean, spotless. 2. Without a flaw; faultless. this is ✨immaculate✨. it's perrrrfect. and if something is perfect, it won't be dirty 1. The dining room's white linen tablecloths were starches and immaculate at the beginning of the reception. 2. His immaculate report cards since kindergarten mean that Luis will probably be admitted to any college he applies to.

rue

(v.) to feel regret or sorrow over you sang "rue rue rue ur bout, gwently down da stweam" on the talent show. the audience: "caw caw, caw caw 👁👄👁" you: 👁💧👄💧👁 INSTANT REGRET. after his outburst, he immediately rued his angry words.

Inane

Empty; shallow or silly inanity(noun): foolishness; a silly or pointless act innate: innate, but you're not born with anything you're just kinda empty, and shallow Susan, bored by the inane chatter of her classmates, went back to reading her book. noun. Hearing the inanity of his own response made Bruno understand how exhausted and in need of sleep he really was.

Interminable

Endless; seeming to be without end in- not; to terminate is to end We had an interminable wait at the amusement park entrance because of the enormous crowds trying to get in.

icon

N. 1. a religious painting, especially one revered by the eastern Christian churches. 2. A symbol or images form suggest its meaning. 3. One who is idolized. icon 1. Exhibition of early Russian art included an icon of Saint Sergius of radonezh, painted in the 15th century. 2. On a computer screen, a small image of a sheet of paper folded at the corner is the icon that represents the document. 3. the Beatles became icons of pop music in the 1960s.

Composure

N. Calmness of minor bearing; self control composure, kinda like being able to maintain your posture yeah calmness, self control in your posture maintain your composure savanna maintained her composure, despite the prosecutors repeated verbal attacks

periphery

N. The Area around the edges; the outer most part peripheral adj. relating to, involving, or forming an outer edge or boundary periphery vision 1. Hesitant to enter the walled garden, Joy made her way instead along the periphery. 2. Bradley's extraordinary peripheral vision allowed him to see more of the basketball court than his opponents.

efficacy

N. The power to bring about the desired result; effectiveness. efficacious adj. reminds me of efficiency, being efficient and effective with your time efficient cassy is able to bring about the desired result when it comes to exams she is very effective at studying and can bring about an A on any exam she takes The efficacy of aspirin as a pain reliever has been proven beyond a doubt. 2. meditation has proven an efficacious way of settling disputes.

multifarious

adj. having many forms; varied, versatile multi-many+ furious, there were many different forms of emotions they portrayed, one including furiosity The multifarious sounds of the city created a discordant noise.

pejorative

adj. having negative or unpleasant associations; belittling pe-JOR-ative sounds like majority maybe if a majority of something is PEssimistic, then it has negative associations "Philistine" is admittedly a pejorative term, but I think it fits Yasmin perfectly.

odoriferous

adj. having or giving off a smell odor- smell -ous, the state of, odor- smell Odoriferous fumes spewed from the truck's exhaust.

equestrian

adj. having to do with horseback riding n.one who rides on horseback someone (-ian) who goes on a QUEST usually has to ride a horse to get around 1. Ana's love of horses led her to develop her equestrian skills. 2. An accomplished equestrian is usually familiar with the rules of show jumping.

judicial

adj. having to do with the judges, the law, or the courts judicial review, law standard judicial attire in the united states is a long black robe.

sylvan

adj. having to do with trees or wooden areas (SYL-ven) oh no this is not silver its wood (awko-taco moment) or we rent a suv van to go to yosemite where there's lotsa trees Our drama group chose the sylvan setting of the Manor Park for our performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

ornate

adj. heavily and elaborately decorated a bunch of ornaments on a christmas tree :) The tour guide pointed out the ornate carving over the arched doorway.

repugnant

adj. highly distasteful; offensive; repulsive to get a pug again and again even though the other family members wanted a golden retriever is very rude and offensive re-PUG-nant omgg you're pregnant again???? to a mom who just gave birth- highly offensive The candidates divisive rhetoric was repugnant to voters of all races and he finished last in this election

grisly

adj. horrible to contemplate or look upon; grim and ghastly grizzly bears causes horror for anyone at any time of day getting eaten by grizzly bears is horrible to even think about Rescue workers had the grisly task of looking for boies following the conflagration that destroyed the rooming house.

irrevocable

adj. impossible to change irrevocable sounds like its not vocable like you cant really voice it to try to change it your birthday is an irrevocable fact of life.

introspective

adj. inclined to look inward and examine one's thoughts and feelings introspection n. inspection at an intro level, the teacher has to know how u think and feel perspective of the inside feelings, looking inward Nadine's introspective nature was in sharp contrast to her sister's gregarious personality. 2. After days of careful introspection, Alexis chose which college she would attend.

spry

adj. moving with quickness and ease; lively spry kinda sounds like surprise!!! the birthday girl was so lively when we threw her the party the lethargic cat lay curled up in front of the fire while the spry kitten leaped from the chair, to the table, to the top of the refrigerator.

untoward

adj. not favorable; unlucky i dont lean towards that option because i dont really favor it.. i would rather lean towards option B yeah the judges weren't toward choosing me even though me and someone else did the same work- i'm so unlucky Despite our fears, nothing untoward happened during our climb up Mount Fuji.

synthetic

adj. not naturally produced; made my artificial processes. synthetic synthetic leather Most cloth today is colored with synthetic dyes.

disingenuous

adj. not straightforward; insincere disingenuous omg wut i thought genuous was a real word ????? but apparently it isn't ???? what the heck but i thought genuous meant like sincere so i was like dis- not sincere "I would be disingenuous if I told you there were only a few things wrong with your teeth." the dentist said.

posthumous

adj. occurring or published after death theres a song by tame impala called "posthumous forgiveness" and now i know what it means forgiving after DEATH former enslaved person johnson whittaker, expelled from west point in 1880, was given a posthumous commission in the army 115 years later.

monetary

adj. of or relating to money or currency monetary there's almost money IN the word The basic monetary unit of Mexico is the peso.

subversive

adj. planning to undermine or overthrow an established order subversive influence on the US government subvert v. to undermine the morals, authority or allegiance of wait why did i think subversive behavior is to manipulate but maybe it's like to overthrow a government by (submersive) submerging them sub verse the rap verse about subway, one of the most famous food places in america, was trying to have an influence on the american capitalism and undermine it 1. The alien and sedition act of 1780 allow the president to the poor anyone hitting a subversive influence of the US government. 2. critics of rock music often claim that it subverts the morals of its listeners

ludicrous

adj. provoking or describing laughter because or absurdity ridiculous ludicrous ridiculous (oh no meticulous ridiculous) LU-di-cris i literally can't think of anything but ridiculous -.- so provoking laughter bc it's so ridiculous Dmitri cannot keep a straight face when he put on the ludicrous feather costume provided him for the school play.

tactile

adj. relating to or perceptible by the sense of touch their tactic was tactible because they were able to kind of try it out before Braille employs tactile symbols that enable blind persons to read with their fingers.

temporal

adj. relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal. either temporary- mortal, not immortal like in a spiritual or eternal world or tempura- food wouldn't be there in a spiritual or eternal world temporal lobe's function is hearing. hearing is something we use in the every day world not really spiritual or eternal Medieval kings were the temporal rulers of their states, but in religious matters they accepted the pope's authority.

pertinent

adj. relating to the matter at hand; relevant mix of persistent, tin ant- the tin ants in the wizard of oz were persistent about making an appearance on the show, making them still relevant maybe like pertaining to? it's related to the matter and bc the matter is pertinent to you, you should be persistent in researching it The facts you present, while interesting, are not pertinent to our topic of study.

obligatory

adj. required or demanded obligation, obligatory yes exactly that, i am obliged to do this Physical education is obligatory unless you have a medical excuse for skipping gym class.

mercenary

adj. serving merely for money or gain; greedy n. a soldier who fights for whoever pays him i thought mercenary was someone who does a business like a merchant, but it kinda works with the first definition yeah that's what i thought too- reminds you of merchant but maybe the merchants offered a bunch of services including a soldier who would fight whoever they have all those services bc they only want money In their mercenary concern for profits above community service, the shop owners raised their prices so that few local residents could afford them. 2. The aggrieved foreign mercenaries in the sultan's army threated to switch sides unless they were paid promptly.

contiguous

adj. sharing a boundary; being very close or in contact; adjacent i'm pretty sure i've heard/seen this word before, but it's like continuing so it flows right over and is next to each other continuous yeah the two rooms are continuous its just there's a boundary in between, adjacent Properties contiguous to the town landfill cost considerably less than those located downtown.

cavalier

adj. showing an offhand or carefree disregard; arrogant cava-LEE-er, they were rich enough to eat caviar but they were raised wrong, they were incredibly arrogant cava-LEE-er (also apparently this is a type of dog) yeah yours is really good haha Alexei's cavalier attitude toward study may one day catch up with him.

precocious

adj. showing exceptionally early development of abilities. precocity noun. pre-before, cosious- it kinda sounds like cautious; they were cautious of their environment since a young age or like as a toddler, even before she was conscious of her own being, she showed exceptionally early development of abilities The precocious child spoke three languages by the time she was seven. Valeria's precocity in mathematics led o his enrollment in university math classes at the age of seventeen.

malevolent

adj. showing ill will or hatred; producing harm or evil malevolence (noun): A feeling or expression of ill will the movie maleficent is about an EVIL woman. 1.The bully's malevolent plan was to frighten the younger students on the bus so they would give him their lunch money. 2.The look of malevolence in his eyes sent shudders down our spines.

dexterous

adj. skillful in the use of hands or mind dexterity. noun. dexterous ambidextrous is like two hands so dexterous is skilled in hands Her dexterous handling of the horse won her blue ribbon. Repairing the fishing nets would require a dexterity that Franklin lacked.

dilatory

adj. slow to act or respond; delaying, tardy it is mandaTORY that this person is dila-gent because they are always tardy and delaying DIL-a-tory deal a toy- dwight always researches what toy is trending and he buys ALL of them so that the parents who are slow to act during christmas time can come to dwight and buy the toys from him TThe phone company discontinues service to customers who are dilatory in paying their bills.

suave

adj. smoothly polite; blandly pleasing (charming) suave hair shampoo will leave your hair looking good to make you look smoothly polite (swav) ear swab? the ear swag was smoothly polite and almost blandly pleasing when entering our ear "may i enter?" said the ear swab LOL she had such a suave demeanor that she charmed almost everyone she met.

complacent

adj. so self- satisfied that one sees no need for change; unconcerned complacency. noun. com prefix- completely completely placed perfectly, notbing needs to be done (com-PLACE-ent) yeah i like what you wrote the placement of this expensive dessert place is amazing the chef was self satisfied he didnt need to change the placement of the dessert "I don't need to study," was Sidell's complacent answer when reminded of tomorrow's final test. 2. My sister's complacency about her musical ability was shaken when she was not chosen for a solo in the opera.

convivial

adj. sociable; concerned with good company and festivities vivian decided that she should go by vivi, so that it's easier to start a conversation about it and make the place more sociable con-with in spanish vivian parties con vivian are always fun bc she is very sociable. The Haddad family reunion was a convivial banquet, lasting far into the night.

concurrent

adj. taking place at the same time; simultaneous currently, at the same time all the currents move simultaneously Moving from table to table as the games progressed, the chessmaster played sixteen concurrent games and won them all.

Propitious

adj. tending to favor or assist; encouraging prop's to you, you did ALL THIS and you could do so much more pro-PI-shus/tious proficient, profitous the worker is propitious/favor and assist for our company... she is proficient AND brings profit to our company Senator Feynman's sixty percent approval rating was a propitious start to her re-election effort.

indubitable

adj. too evident to be doubted; unquestionable sounds like in doubt able ? so = can't be doubted Your signature on this paper is indubitable proof that you are a co-owner of the cabin.

itinerant

adj. traveling from place to place n. One who goes from place to place eye-tin-er-ant, the tin man oiled his eye whenever he needed to travel from place to place (wizard of oz) and he was one who traveled from place to place eye-TIN-erant i ten a rent ? i only stay ten days for a rent bc i travel from place to place 1. The intinerant theater group received warm welcomes in the many small towns where it was performed. 2. for theee months last year, i was itinerant in india, traveling from one village to another

trite

adj. used so much that it is no longer fresh or new reminds me of trident(the gum brand) it was chewed for so long that it was no longer fresh or new i like that one "fresh as a daisy" is a trite expression, but I sometimes find myself using it anyways.

craven

adj. utterly lacking courage; willing to give up or capitulate they were craven that food SO bad but they lacked the courage to ask for it i'm craven courage because i am utterly lacking courage... if i don't feel courageous soon i am willing to give up Too craven to oppose the dictator; the country's elite tried desperately to appease him.

pernicious

adj. very destructive or harmful pernicious perm delicious- the mix for perm is NOT delicious it's very destructive and harmful yes- perm dangerOUS Doctors fully acknowledge the pernicious effects of smoking on heatlh.

harrowing

adj. very distressing or acutely painful the narrowing of the spaces (Hollow spaces) between your spine as you get older is very distressing yes or like harrow instead of saying hello at an interview is painful Some of the war scenes in the movie were so harrowing I almost left the theater.

complaisant

adj. willing to please; agreeable complaisant, i COULD complain, but i'll be a saint and not complain because it's agreeable omgg urs is good i would complain but i am a saint and i am willing to please and am agreeable Jared was complaisant toward his boss, carrying out her orders with alacrity and always speaking respectfully to her.

gratis

adj. without payment; free of charge GRAT-itude; is- he showed gratitude for the fact that the food was free of charge (GRA-tis) tis is grass. this is free of charge its just on the ground adv. the food packages students put together before Thanksgiving were offered gratis to destitute families in the community.

secular

adj. worldly; not connected with a church or religion (nonreligious) reminded me of peculiar? "that is peculiar that you are nonreligious" okay why did i kind of know this one or am i tripping.... just a SEC... popULARity is worldly The choir included a few secular songs in the memorial service.

Redoubtable

adj. worthy of respect; formidable sure u could doubt him again and again but he will still be famous because he is worthy of respect yeah you can re doubt me, but i am still worth of respect I was relieved when I learned that the redoubtable lawyer admired by all was on my side.

apocryphal

adjective of dubious authenticity of origin; spurious (not being what it purports to be; false or fake) reminds me of apocolypse, "THERES GONNA BE AN APOCOLYPSE" is highly doubtful/ fictitious a-POC-kri-phil apocalypse and hypocrisy this APOCcalypse is FILLED/phil with hyPOCRIsy this apocalypse news is filled with hypocrisy!! we dont even know the origin of the news and the news site might even be fake although we hear numerous stories of Daniel Boone's exploits, many of them are apocryphal.

expedient

adjective. One. Useful for some purpose; convenient 2. concerned primarily or exclusively with serving one's own interests (what does this mean) n. A means employed to bring about a certain result ex-speedy-ant, the speedy ant was useful for bringing food to the queen ant. bringing food to the queen ant was meant to make the speedy ant vice queen expedient ex speedy ant also reminds me of obEDIENT the obedient speedy ant is convenient when I want the honey to be gone (in this case, the ant is a means employed for the honey to be gone)... I am primarily worried about serving my own interest with getting rid of the honey One. Telephoning was the most expedient method of learning Sarah to our change of plan. 2. Concerned primarily or exclusively with serving one's own interests. 3. A hot bath is a useful expedient for ameliorating sore muscles.

Grimace

to make a face expressing feelings of pain, disgust, or contempt grimace- you know this Hana grimaced when her computer froze and she realized she'd lost her book report.

corroborate

to prove evidence to make more certain; to confirm collaborate means to bring more ideas into the group Because he was standing at the stoplight when the accident occurred, Javier could corroborate the driver's statement.

enshrine

v. to cherish as precious or sacred shrine is a holy place to ENshrine is to like make it sacred en shine to cherish as precious and sacred, we shine light on it the Vietnam memorial, in Washington dc helps enshrine the memory of those who died in the veitnam war.

correlate

v. to connect related things; to bring things into proper relation with one another. correlation, n. correlation/ correlate 1. The study correlated the exposure to certain plastics with an increase in cancer cases. 2. The possible correlation between piano playing and mathematical achievements merits further study.

redress

v. to correct or compensate for a wrong (remedy or set right) n. something that makes up for a wrong to redress someone after they corrected things that were wrong about their attire (not exactly the definition but it's in the ball park) to redress something. by readdressing the fight, i can set things right w her 1. The mayor lost the election for failing to redress grievances concerning city schools. 2. Japanese Americans who had been confined to camps during WWII were given monetary compensations as redress for this wrong.

excoriate

v. to criticize severely; to berate ex-not, out of; scorn i will NOT accept how u acted that day so i will scorn u vanessa's ex cory ate all the cookies, so he was criticized Incensed storeowners excoriated the mayor for the town's perfunctory snow-clearing efforts.

decapitate

v. to cut by cutting of the head decaptitate during the french revolution, those marked for execution were decapitated by the guillotine.

stymie

verb. to thwart( to prevent from accomplishing something) ; to make difficulties for or find problems with "style me" said addison rae; however, her stylist absolutely sucked and stymied (to prevent from accomplishing something) her from getting more sponsorships. it basically made it difficult for her. Rosa's efforts to start her own lawn-mowing business were stymied when the mower kept breaking down.

embody

verb. 1. to put an idea into a form that can be seen. 2. To make part of a system; incorporate embody- the human bodies were incorporated into the human anatomy course. and all the ideas we learned could be seen on the body "emmm so these 2 cadavers are incorporated into our anatomy course and hopefully seeing the muscles irl can put the idea of a muscle into a form that can be seen" it reminds me of like to surround and cover yourself. so maybe The painting embodies the love of a parent for a child. 2. The Bill of RIghts embodies the basic freedoms of all Americans.

enunciate

verb. 1. to pronounce clearly 2. To state; to announce enunciate enunciate pronunciate In speech class we learned to enunciate our words. The president enunciated her objectives for the coming year in her State of the Union address to Congress.

Chastise

verb. 1. to punish by beating 2. To rebuke (haha remember this) or criticize severely pronunciation (CHAST-eyez) a teacher CHASTISES CHAST/chad for rolling his EYEZ 1. A hundred years ago disruptive students were chastised with a cane. 2. It is embarrassing to be chastised in public.

cull

verb. to select and remove weak or inferior members from cult- tom cruise wanted to select and remove weak members from his scientology cult nazis wanted to remove "weak and inferior" members from the world Game wardens cull the deer herd when it grows too large for the deer's food supply.

iracscible

Quick-tempered; irritable if you're quick tempered, then everything seems erasable to you. even friends seem erasable to you when you're quick tempered. My grandfather looked kindly, but he was really quite irascible.

negligible

small and unimportant, not worth noticing easy to neglect, not important The team's mistakes in the final tournament were negligible having no effect on the result.

influx

a flowing or pouring in; arrival in massive numbers in (meaning "not") flex tape, no flex tape, the water will flow and pour in without the flex tape flowing and pouring in, arrival in massive NUMBERS local restaurant owners are hiring extra help because of the expected influx of visitors during the holidays.

Brusque

1. Abrupt in manner or speech; gruff bro-sk+i: when you reply with broski, it's abrupt in manner and speech The last admonition is characteristic, as Shammai was choleric and brusque.

Despicable

Deserving contempt or scorn Despicable Me is hated by many, they think they deserve scorn. Stealing from the class treasury was a despicable thing to do.

diffident

adj. unsure of oneself; shy; reserved in manner diffidence. n. DIFFerent and deficient; they were different and were deficient in courage diffident bc she had a different fashion, she was reserved and kind of unsure at first even though he was a world-renowned pianist, rudolf jerkin had a diffident manner. 2, when he walked onto the stage, his shy smile and head tilted to one side testified to his diffidence.

Proprietor

an owner of a store or other business property, property owner suffix time! things that ends in -er or -or means one who _____ The proprietor of the restaurant decided to close his establishment after losing money for eight months. ...

Despondent

depressed from loss of hope or confidence; utterly discourage when you're in a desert but there's no responder, you're going to be at a loss for hope. I was completely despondent that our dog had run away.

phobia

n. Strong, irrational fear phobia although terrified of snakes, i overcame my phobia by forcing myself to handle them.

plentitude

n. an ample amount; an abundance plenty-tude Our successful radio appeal yielded a plentitude of volunteers for the beach cleanup.

prohibitive

(adj.) serving to retrain action or discourage use of prohibit-ive 1) many students couldn't attend the concert because the ticket prices were prohibitive.

staple

A basic food that is used frequently and in large amounts. A U-shaped fastener with sharp ends. v. To attach with staples. adj. Most important, principal. an object that will bind things together- in food, the basic ingredient will be the thing that binds the whole food together. In making a booklet, staple is the most important. 1. rice and beans are staples in many households 2. remove the staples before you put those papers through the copy machine 3. after the students finished writing their reports, they stapled the pages together 4. wheat and corn are staple crops of Canada.

Conjecture

A conclusion based on guesswork or insufficient evidence (surmise) verb. to form an opinion while lacking sufficient evidence a math conjecture- it isn't a theorem until it's proven; it is just a conclusion without enough evidence Dad's conjecture that the derelict building would be a problem proved to be correct when it caught on fire.

dissension

A difference of opinion; disagreement I got DETENTION because I had a different opinion than my professor!! un-bel-i-vable Because there was so much dissension at the student council meeting about the plans for the school dance, there is still no date or theme chosen.

gingerly

CAUTIOUS; very careful adv. extremely carefully ginger- be careful not to eat the ginger instead of the chicken! Mr. Wu made a gingerly attempt to finish the science experiment without spilling the liquid.

vestment

N (often plural): An outer garment, especially one indicating a role, rank, or office. he's wearing a VEST for and inVESTMENT, the vest and the thing he's doing shows his role in the company yeah for the investment meeting, the CEO made sure to wear fancy vestments to show his CEO level the exquisite vestments worn by an eighteenth-century empress are on display in the museum.

array

NOUN: 1. A large group of people or things. 2. An orderly arrangement or display. VERB: 1. To place in order. 2. To dress up. a ray of sunshine a bunch of ray of sunshine- a large group of sunshines, an it is almost all parallel from each other and thus orderly arrangement in math you learn that an array is like a row of things. you would put beads in an array . instead of beads u can make it people and it will be a large group of people 1. The ship's cabin contained an array of charts and maps. 2. The array of delectable sweets on the dessert tray tempted the diners. 3. The marching band was arrayed at the entrance to the stadium for the Thanksgiving game. 4. The guests had arrayed themselves in elaborate attire for the elegant ball.

Fitful

Not steady; irregular when a baby is FUL of FITS, the cries won't be steady OR im either FIT or super FULL; my eating habits are irregular After a fitful sleep, I awoke feeling groggy and unprepared for the first day of school.

Anonymous

Of an unknown source or unrevealed name anonymous We wish we could thank the person who gave this anonymous donation to our library fund.

arraign

To bring before a court to face charges Rain (Be) arranged a song without the producers knowing, therefore getting copyrighted. they had to bring him to court to face charges. The man who vandalized the artwork has been arraigned and will soon go to trial for his actions.

Comport

V. 1. To behave or conduct oneself 2. To be in accord or agreements, used with with come, port (like a charger port) and they have to behave and come. the port owner and the port were on agreements so the port camr without any disagreements come to the port (a harbor) in order to come to the port to trade, the two traders have to be in agreements and must behave appropriately 1. in public Alec was usually solemn, but he campoeted himself quite differently in private. 2. What Naomi stated as policy does not comport with what I read in the personnel manual.

Indoctrinate

V. 1. To teach or train the fundamentals 2. To instill or teach from a partisan point of view indoctrination n. doctrine is a set of beliefs so to indoctrinate someone would be to teach them the rules like doctrinate sounds like to teach a doctor ahout the anatomy fundamentals

inculcate

V. To impress upon or teach by frequent repetition in cut cake, repeatedly cutting cake every year and teaching the younger lads how to cut cake (in-CUL-cate) you're in a cult cate?? it's not a cult! they just teach scientology with frequent repetition my father inculcated in me the value of comporting myself with modesty at all times.

Atrophy

V. To waste away or fail to develop. you NEED to memorize it so that it's you DONT get a trophy, and not you get a trophy. muscle atrophy paralysis of a persons limbs causes the muscles to atrophy.

encumber

VERB: 1. To weigh down or burden. 2. To impede the action of. encumbrance: noun. for a race, if you are EN a CUCUMBER costume, it'll weight you down and impede you from winning the race. i like that. cumbersome is like annoying so TO encumber is to weigh down and prevent them from doing something 1. I stumbled through the door, encumbered by my two heavy suitcases. 2. Ice floes- large sheets of floating ice- encumbered the ships of early explorers in Antarctica. 3. Credit-card debt was an encumbrance to the young couple as they struggled to save money for their first house.

Detract

Verb; to take away, especially from the value, beauty, or importance of detractor noun. detract something from something; take away de tract - like going off the track and taking the value and importance of the main track also attract vs detract (taking beauty away) The family's loud music detracts from the peace and quiet of the beach. The plan's detractors were especially critical of the expected cost of the new town hall.

replica

a copy or reproduction, especially one on a smaller scale than the original replica A replica of the Statue of Liberty stood on my grandmother's shelf, a reminder of her first glimpse of her new country.

commodious

adj having plenty of space to move around freely roomy co-MO-dious if something is commodious, it has plenty of room for accommodations (to move around and stuff) The commodious hotel room had space for two double beds without seeming crowded

mundane

adj, of or relating to the ordinary, everyday matters kinda sounds like mun dae in korean, like what is it? "OMGOMGOMG I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS PLANT!" "mun dae you're so excited?? it's such an everyday thing" hahaha checking a report for spelling error is a mundane but necessary task.

intrinsic

adj. relating to the essential nature of something; real or actual intrinsic motivation although the crystal appeared to be a diamond, careful examination revealed that it had no intrinsic value.

penitent

adj. sorry for having done something wrong penitence. n. penny tent; (it doesn't sound exactly like penny tent but) sorry for buying a penny tent for our national tent competition :( PENE-ent penne ant sorry for doing it wrong (giving the pene pasta to the ants) Agatha was in a penitent state of mind after realizing that she had chastised her daughter unfairly. 2. As Bill returned with the stolen books, his penitence seemed genuine.

serene

calm and untroubled; peaceful serenity- noun; a calm and untroubled state serene The nurse's serene manner comforted the patients. noun. My grandmother's constant serenity has a calming affect during times of crisis.

Audible

capable of being heard inaudible whispering The sound of the harp was barely audible in the large hall.

Gruesome

causing horror or disgust gru some, some grus; multiple grus would be horrifying and would cause disgust The book told the gruesome details of living in Europe during the time of the Black Plague.

clad

clothed or covered clad, clams are covered before they are opened to cook :( Clad in a black rubber suit, the diver jumped from the side of the rescue boat.

prevelant

commonly occurring; widely accepted or practiced p+relevant; if it is relevant, it will be commonly seen Both chicken pox and the flu were prevalent in Edison Middle School last winter.

intricate

complicated; having many related details or parts intricate, extricate :D chen builds intricate sculptures using metal pieces she finds at junkyards.

mutiny

deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command especially sailors. v. to rebel openly against a commander when the sailor commander was giving him orders via zoom, he simply put him on MUTE and deliberately refused to obey. Thus, he was openly REBELLING!! 1. The 1917 mutiny by French soldiers could have caused France to lose the war. 2. We think the students might mutiny if the cafeteria does not start serving better food.

Cursory

done in a hurry and with little attention to detail with this bad work, i could CURSE you out!!! Sherlock Holmes made a cursory search of the bedroom before going into the dining room to question the family.

reprieve

dv. to delay n. a relief or respite (a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant), especially when temporary sounds like retrieve (to regain the posession of) while retrieving my sword, the sword fight had to be reprieved 1. The condemned man will be executed unless reprieved by the governor. 2. commuters were relieved when the rail line due to be shut down was granted a reprieve.

humdrum

lacking excitement; boring or monotonous the DRUMZ were a mere HUM because it was very monotone. you hum and drum during a boring and monotonous lecture. bagging groceries is a humdrum job, but the flexible hours allow me to finish all my homework

Copious

large in quantity; abundant we/us had a LARGE QUANTITY AND ABUNDANT copi (nosebleed in korean). capacious Mediterranean cooking uses copious amounts of olive oil.

levity

n. excessive frivolity (lack of seriousness; lightheartedness); a lack of seriousness; joking looks like levitate, when people act like they're levitating in magic shows, it's not serious alleviate alleviate the serious mood with levity The atmosphere at the party was one of levity with much joking, laughter, and general silliness

domicile

n.ones house or place of residence maybe it's like "dommy style" you could tell that's his home because of his style DOMmy-cile omg yeahhh yours is cute and fun dom's house the governors domicile was an imposing edifice.

azure

n/ adj: The blue color of a cloudless sky The azure of Caribbean waters is in striking contrast to the grayish green of more northern seas.

blandishment

noun. that which is intended to coax or persuade, such as flattery; an allurement susan is trying to ruin her friend, miranda's, restaurant so she says to mirandas rival restaurant owner "bland dish huh??" talking about miranda's food to try to flatter and she continues "but yours is soooo good girl!!" HAHAA I LOVE THAT The agent promised, among other things, to make her star, but the actress was impervious to his blandishments.

vogue

noun. the popular fashion of the time; wide acceptance or favor VOGUE has popular fashion in their magazine wow vogue is a good name for their magazine Beehive hairdos, while quite in vogue in the 1950s, are rarely seen today.

allure

noun. the power to attract or charm to lure to lure someone, you have to have an allure love that for many travelers the canals and winding streets of venice have a particular allure.

arbiter

one who's decisions are accepted as final; a judge it's spelled like arrrr biter so the judge of if the thief on the ship should be bit is the pirate AR-bit-ter on americas got talent, the 4 judges are the ones who's decisions are accepted as final and if they don't accept the contestant, he/she ARE BITTER unable to agree, management and labor appointed an arbiter to resolve their conflict.

Affable

pleasant; approachable; gracious noun. affability- friendliness of manner telling a fable- nice grannies that tells you a nighttime story Maribel's affable manner brought her many friends.

Consice

short and to the point consice "No shoes, No shirt, No service" is a concise way of explaining a dress code.

lackadaisical

showing little spirit or enthusiasm they LACK a DAISY in the daisy competition. they have like... no spirit!! they're showing NO enthusiasm into this great contest. when the students came after school to work on their reports, the librarian was quiet lackadaisical about enforcing the no talking rule.

Protract

to draw out or lengthen (in time) protractor- to draw out the circle, to draw out time Our trip was protracted unnecessarily because my dad drove right past the correct exit.

banter

to exchange playful, teasing remarks noun. light, playful conversation "they BANt hER from the PARTYYYY" she said, "haha just jokes, just teasing remarks." The opposing players bantered nervously before the soccer match. The backstage banter among the actors ended abruptly when the curtain rose for the first act.

adept

thoroughly skilled; expert to adapt to your work surroundings and becoming A PRO. Blake is adept at decorating cakes, and he always brings a fancy cake to special events.

Entreat

to ask earnestly; to beg noun. entreaty; a plea or earnest request dogs BEGGING for a treat "Please, PLEASE let me have a lizard," Augustin entreated his parents, "I promise to take care of it."

interrogate

to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner interrogation (n): the act of questioning interrogate the assistant principal will interrogate pastor Michael for the drugs (TBT to michaels middle school dayz)

allot

to assign or distribute as a portion or share if there are *a lot* of students, you will need to assign and distribute the lots in the parking lot. Ms. Kaplan usually allotted fifteen minutes at the beginning of each French class for conversation practice.

reverberate

to be repeated as in a series of echoes or vibrations revibrate, re- again, and vibrations We love to hear our shouts reverberate as we ran through the old tunnel.

rankle

to cause continuing anger or irritation the ranking of ankles caused anger, because it was so biased. The unfair criticism still rankled Deena, even though her friend later apologized.

dub

to give a title, nickname, or description to a dub/ win, you will be given the title " winner winner chicken dinner!" The pirate Edward Teach has been dubbed "Blackbeared."

advocate

to plead in favor of; to defend. n. one who argues for or defends a person, group, or idea to advocate 1. this organization advocates the release of all people imprisoned for their beliefs. 2. the senator has been a lifelong advocate for preschool education for all children.

confiscate

to seize, by force if necessary; to take possession to take away "IM CONFISCATING YOUR PHONE!" Ms Martinez confiscated my phone and told me I could have it back when class is over. (sad sad sad)

commemorate

to serve as a memorial to; to remember in a solemn manner it's like memento, but like commemorate- to memorate someone, usually by coming together and eating in Korea. the tablet on the front on the house commemorates its importance as a station on the Underground Railroad.

emancipate

verb. to set free from slavery; to liberate emancipation: noun sounds like e-man-cipate like participate to participate in freeing of man, to set free from slavery emancipation proclamation by abraham lincoln Some teenagers feel emancipated when they get a driver's license. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation stated that all enslaved people in the Confederacy were, from then on, free.

implicate

verb. to show to be involved with something, especially dishonest or illegal. complicate, implicate this situation is complicated.. she is implicated in a robbery situation. i'll always think of the imply type of implicate it is implicated that she was part of the crime when they heard their defenses The defense attorney insisted that her client could not be implicated in the theft.

defray

verb. to supply the money for; to pay de- away when a rope frays, it comes apart- the possibility of the school fraying goes away because someone payed for them de fray like you said, we are against the school fraying away, so we are going to supply the money for it Our school has money in the budget to defray the cost of the class's trip.

subsidize

verb. to support by giving financial aid subsidy. noun. a grant of money, often provided by a government to a group or individual subsidized loan sub means like below, his budget is SUB average income, SÍ, he might DIE we need to financially help him crowdfunding has subsidized countless art projects, allowing millions of people to enjoy music, dance, and theater in their hometowns. Thanks to subsidy, our dance company will be able to perform throughout the state.

dismantle

verb. to take apart dis- apart, mantle is a layer of the earth- to get to the mantle, you have to take apart the few layers above it Wong helped Matt dismantle the engine so they could begin work on the repair.

empathize

verb; to show or feel understanding of another's feelings or problems empathy. noun. empathize People all over the country empathized with those who had been injured in the train crash. Shia felt no empathy for the foolish characters in the book.

predecessor

(n.) a person or thing that has held a position of office before another predecessor president's clinton's predecessor was George HW Bush

espionage

(n.) the act of spying, especially a government spy obtaining secrets of another government. (es-pion-age) the word itself kinda sounds suspicious (thats suspicious.... thats weird) counterintelligence specialists use their knowledge of high-tech spying equipment to thwart acts of espionage.

alienate

(v.) 1. to cause to feel unfriendly where friendliness once existed. 2. to cause to feel alone and cut off from alienate alien 1. be careful not to alienate voters, because we need their support 2. her year out of school had alienated Ruby from her classmates

permeate

(v.) to spread throughout; to pass through its tryna copy pervade 😡 OMGG PERVADEEEE The smell of garlic permeated the kitchen.

instigate

(v.) to stir up or urge on; to provoke instagram, investigate, people sued instagram and they had to investigate what was wrong with it, causing rumors to be stirred up institution gate looking at the institution gate stirred up/provoked my desire to work hard and get hired so i could walk thru the institution gate because Joy was jealous of Dara's friendship with Kim, she instigated an argument between them.(danngg toxic much)

foment

(v.) to stir up; to rouse; to instigate i thought you were supposed to ferment the kimchi?? no you were?? now what are we gonna sell?? stir up a problem foam it or foam it on cement ?? to foam something you have to stir it up first - stir up in the 1960s, anti-war activists fomented student demonstrations and strikes that shook the Johnson and Nixon administrations

engulf

(v.) to swallow up by covering completely; to overwhelm engulf ^ yes during the hurricane, a huge wave engulfed the boat and almost swept the crew overboard.

lacerate

(v.) to tear or cut roughly. laceration (n.) las-er- ate reminds me of lasso and how if u were to cut something with a lasso it would be super roughly cut (LAS-er-ate) alas sir ate finally sir you ate!! he said as he tear roughly his apron 1. my legs were lacerated by the rocks as we climb to the peak. 2. The animal trainer suffered a minor laceration of his arm when a rambunctious lion hit him with its paw.

reminisce

(v.) to think of talk about one's past reminiscence (n.) the act of remembering; a recollection reminiscent (adj.) suggestive or something else reminisce 1) my grandparents like to reminisce about when they were our age. 2) reminiscences often blur with time 3) the land where the miners settled was reminiscent of the Welsh valleys they had left behind.

Disposition

1. a person's usual mood; temperament 2. a regular tendency or inclination dis position is my favorite- right in the sun and next to the window :) im usually happy when im here. People enjoy Alice's company because of her sunny disposition.

spontanious

1.unplanned and voluntary 2. Occurring or produced without human labor noun. spontaneity- the quality or condition of occurring in an unplanned way 1. The crowd burst into a spontaneous chant of "Go, go, go!" as the first two runners neared the finish line. 2. My abeulo thought the spontaneous appearance of the tomato plants was because of seeds dropped by birds. 3. With unexpected spontaneity, Isabel rose to embrace her friend.

Anthology

A collection of various writings, such as songs, stories, or poems

heinous

ADG. Shockingly evil and wicked hay-ness: when you delete HAY day that means you're being a MESS and that is evil and wicked heinous act the execution of innocent civilians is a heinous act, even in times of war.

Stoic

N. One seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain adj. i'm STOked for this new album, and no amount of pain or pleasure from another album will bring me to change my mind story EEEKK that story was so violent i went EEK but he was a stoic he was indifferent abt the story 1. He comported himself throughout his long and painful ordeal. 2. To observers, beth's stoic demeanor revealed little of either her happiness or her sorrow.

accoutrements

N. PL. Equipment or accessories a-coo-ter-ment if i don't use my own equipment i'm gonna get COOTERS (cooties) a-COO-ter-ment cool? dur MINT you want your mouth to be cool? the mint is the perfect equipment/accessory for that Deborah had two bags for film, lenses, and her other photography accoutrements.

elapse

To pass or slip by (used with time) laps- running the mile laps go by pretty quickly 5 years elapsed before they saw their cousins again. (remembering our dear own cousins... Guns and Hwans)

precede

to go or come before in time, rank, or position to come before Omar's eighth-grade graduation preceded his attempts to get a summer job.

Decelerate

to slow down or to cause to slow down decelerate The train decelerated to make a stop at the station.

pervade

to spread throughout invade, pervade the smell of cookies pervaded throughout his grandmother's house

pilfer

to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value "I am going to steal vitamin PILLS FOR my health (2 pills a week)" Pip pilfered bread and other bits of food from the kitchen to feed the injured mouse he was caring for.

passe

(A French word now part of our vocabulary.) adj. No longer in fashion; outmoded. i'm gonna pass that, it's so outdated that has been passed, it's no longer in fashion Nowadays, dressing in formal clothes for dinner is considered passe even in the most patrician circles.

hypothetical

(adj) based on something that is actual but assumed or supposed hypothesis (n) A supposition or tentative explanation for purposes of arguments, further study or investigation hypothetical 1. zoee considered the hypothetical question of what she would wish for if she were granted three wishes 2. Isha tested the hypothesis that plants grow better in natural life and they do in fluorescent light

halcyon

(adj) calm, peaceful, and happy; prosperous HAL-cion kinda sounds like calcium??? if you get calcium, your bones will be prosperous and peaceful it was hard to find anything on somme's desk becaus me it was in complete disarray

consummate

(adj) extremely skilled; complete or perfect (v) to bring a satisfactory conclusion; to complete mate, u consumed that all!! matt stonie ur extremely skilled and u always complete the video with a satisfying conclusion (finishing all the food) yeah i like yours haha i was thinking about matt stonie in the other word you consumed.. you ate ALL THE FOOD? you are an extremely skilled food fighter 1. Devon was a consummate cook who had received several awards for a culinary creations 2. School officials were relieved to consume it the lengthy process of debating the school dress code with the majority vote to modify it

laudatory

(adj) full of praise the auditorium was loud (loud auditorium) bc it was so full of praise for the theater team The laudatory review of the St. Louis Post dispatch guaranteed a successful run for the new play

defunct

(adj) no longer existing or functioning de function the typewriter store, once a thriving business, is defunct now that computers have become popular

incoherent

(adj) not connected, confused, rambling incoherence (n) i thought it had to do something about family line... but it's like inconisitent 1. because the lecture had no time to prepare her talk, she delivered an incoherent incoherent speech that was hard to follow. 2. because of the incoherence of Carl's argument, it was difficult to trace his logic.

singular

(adj.) 1. denoting a single person or thing, contrasted to more than one. 2, extraordinarily; exceptional 3. strange or unusual singular, since there's one of somwthing it's extraordinary to that group or strange 1. the pronoun "I" is singular; "we" is plural 2. audiences were captivated by the singular beauty of Hermann Prey's voice 3. sherlock holmes referred to the bizarre circumstances as his most singular case.

congenial

(adj.) 1. getting along well with others; affable 2. suited to one's needs or tastes; agreeable pronunciation (con-JEAN-ial) The congenial Charli D is very affable with the GENIES, getting her that American Eagles JEANS sponsorship. (CON- with in spanish) it was agreeable within the GENIES that Charli is very friendly 1. The people in the small town were every congenial when the tourist asked many questions 2. we found a congenial little neighborhood on the south side.

pungent

(adj.) 1. having a sharp taste or smell 2. sharply critical; painfully direct pun gent-leman, people criticize him for his awfullll puns, "YOU SMELLLLL!!!!" 1. A pungent sauce of pineapple and ginger was served over the pork. 2. the newspaper editorial contained pungent criticism of the committee's proposed cuts in the city's education budget.

infallible

(adj.) 1. incapable of making an error; never wrong 2. unlikely to fail or go wrong fall- falling to the ground, failing, going wrong in- not not falling = never falling aka incapable of making an error 1. The dictionary is an infallible resource for checking word spellings and meanings. 2. Baking a big batch of brownies was Grandmother's infallible method of cheering us up.

stalwart

(adj.) 1. strong; sturdy 2. firm; resolute stol wort the wart is still there?!? dang it is firm on ur skin you have to be very strong and firm to stall a war - "hey we're gonna have to stall this war bc ..." you have to say it in a strong manner 1. the football squad was as stalwart a group as I'd seen in a long time. 2. the American Civil Liberties Union is a stalwart defender of the Bill of Rights

prolific

(adj.) Abundantly productive pro- lympics, if you think of the olympics, there's many events going on. the olympics are pretty PRODUCTIVE! although Maya Angelou was a prolific poet, she is known primarily for her series of autobiographies.

irrepressible

(adj.) Incapable of being controlled or held back repress/oppress/suppress- to hold down, push down not holding back so incapable of being held back Charlie's irrepressible sense of humor helps make history class fun.

cautionary

(adj.) Offering or serving as a warning. caution Aesop's fables are cautionary tales; their morals are intended to teach lessons.

feasible

(adj.) able to be done; possible or likely feasible feast-able: wow that meal is like a feat, able to be feasted upon (if that's even a phrase) yess i thought the same thing this meal is totally feasible, feast on able building a new library is feasible if the town allots sufficient funds for it.

optimum

(adj.) best or most favorable i feel like i do know this word, optimistic+ maximum optimus prime from transformers is the best, most favorable character (some say) also i just unlocked a memory bc i remembers daddy showing me this movie a very long time ago maybe it was his most favorable movie clear skies at night provided optimum conditions for viewing Mars through the telescope.

Audacious

(adj.) bold, adventurous, recklessly daring 2. Showing disrespect or lack of courtesy audacity- willingness to take risks by showing excessive boldness when you say "wow the audacity of that GIRL"- by audacity, we mean "wow the NERVE of that GIRL" and by the NERVE, it's their excessive boldness 2. Our teacher warned us that the audacious remarks were not appropriate in a civil debate

inflammatory

(adj.) causing anger or trouble inflame (v.) 1. to excite or anger 2. to make or become swollen and sore inflammatory- when you have an inflammation, your skin becomes all swollen and sore (like when you had your toe infection). causing anger and trouble is like the similar vibe flammatory/flammable is able to be caught on fire: to like catch on fire and be ANGRY 1. even though the defendant's rhetoric was inflammatory, the Supreme Court upheld his right to freedom of speech. 2. The principal's refusal to listen to our concerns inflamed us to the point of shouting. 3. try not to rub your eye; it will just inflame it.

culpable

(adj.) deserving blame or censure culpability (n.) he is culprit and is able to be culpable-ized yeah you are the culprit! you deserve the blame 1, because of his negligence, the driver of the car that crashed was found culpable. 2. her culpability was publicized in the newspapers, but she persistently maintained her innocence.

diabolical

(adj.) devilish; wicked or evil diabolical plan i feel like i heard this phrase a lot but i never knew what it meant the diabolical plot to assassinate the chief justice was discovered before it could be implemented

diverse

(adj.) differing from one another; having various or distinct parts diversity (n.) diverse 1. the fair had a diverse selection of food; everything from Italian and French to Ethiopian and Indian cuisine was available 2. when I hear the various languages people speak on the streets of my neighborhood, I am struck by its diversity.

assiduous

(adj.) diligent and persistent as-syd-u-ous; AS SYD(ney) lin YOU would persist so don't give up on the bean run just yet!! uh see?? do us we are diligent and persistent and i knew this work would get done by us Maureen was the most assiduous researcher in our biology lab.

squeamish

(adj.) easily made to feel upset or sick to the stomach squeamish there is no reason to feel squeamish about giving blood.

gullible

(adj.) easily tricked or cheated; too trusting gullible I was gullible enough to believe him when he said he would be on time.

garish

(adj.) excessively bright and flashy; tastelessly glaring a GARNISH would be like a topping, but not tasty, just to make the food look tasty (GAY-rish) the gay irish is excessively bright and flashy. (periodt) he's very extra for every occasion but good for him 1. i told henry that his tie was too garish to wear to a job interview.

chary

(adj.) exercising caution; hesitant mommy is reluctant and hesitant to go to the CHERRY picking place after that one traumatic day sherry isnt addison rae's mom's name sherri chary sherri exercises caution around the kardashians. she is hesitant to let the kardashians into her and her daughters life be chary about making promises that you might not be able to keep.

Baleful

(adj.) expressing hatred or evil; harmful, ominous. to express hatred for the rich people that go on bail and their days are full of vacations when they're on bail if you are full of bailing your friends, i am expressing my hatred Roger gave me a baleful look when I accused him of lying.

auspicious

(adj.) favorable, promising awww the five year old cant be suspicious if an animal is suspicious about their surroundings, it means that they are favorable in the natural selection process the speaker felt he was off to an auspicious beginning when the audience laughed at his opening anecdote.

infatuated

(adj.) filled with excessive, shallow, or foolish love or desire infatuation (n.) infatuation theres a song by brockhampton called infatuation- now i know it means filled with excessive, shallow love or desire 1. my parents are infatuated with the idea of sailing around the world, so they attend every boat show they can. 2. his infatuation with her lated only a couple of weeks before he developed a crush on another girl.

impeccable

(adj.) free from faulty or flaw; perfect pekka/pecca is im-possible to be flawed perfect for the match the ballet dancer's impeccable execution of a midair turn elicited cries of "Bravo!" from the audience.

premeditated

(adj.) fully planned beforehand; deliberate i am fully planned for today i even pre-meditated before my actual meditation the lawyer argued that the defendant's action was impulsive and not premeditated

incessant

(adj.) going on without interruption; continual (in- CESS- ent) IN the house, the SESpicious ent/aannnnt continuously stole the food We hardly slept because of the incessant noise from the apartment downstairs.

hallowed

(adj.) greatly respected; holy; sacred hallowed be Thy name. make His name respected and holy. Arlington National Cemetery is hallowed ground because it is the burial place for soldiers who have died in war.

antiquated

(adj.) grown old; out-of-date antique things kirsten tends to dismiss her parents' views as hopelessly antiquated

simultaneous

(adj.) happening or existing at the same time simultaneously when the thunder and lightning are almost simultaneous, the storm is very close to you.

intractable

(adj.) hard to manage, tame, or control; stubborn; not easily cured in-track-able, they weren't able to keep track of the dog and was not easily tamable i feel like there was a word very similar to this in the past since the the enemy is not trackable, it's hard to manage or control them that horse is too intractable to be ridden by a beginner

innocuous

(adj.) harmless; likely to offend (not harmful or offensive) enoch is not harmful (or... i hope.... lol jk) the reporter's question seemed innocuous, yet I was chary of giving out any information

strident

(adj.) harsh and grating; loud and shrill trident gum- kian84 ate five pieces of MINT trident gum, and it was VERY harsh. he screamed a loud and shrill, grating scream The counselors strident voice awakened the campers every morning.

scathing

(adj.) harshly critical kinda sounds like a word that means burning hot, their roast was burning hot kinda sounds like skating? when i said i'd become a pro skater just bc i saw a documentary on 김연아, my mom was harshly critical saying i can't change my major 30 times the author was devastated by the scathing reviews of his book; his previous book has been a best-seller

haggard

(adj.) having a tired look; worn out Hagrid has a tired look from all the hazards harry caused in the books. The haggard faces of the refugees spoke of many fearful days and sleepless nights.

manifold

(adj.) having many different kinds, forms, or parts many-folds, the origami could be turned into many different types of things with many different types of folds MANI-fold when manny folds the clothes we're gonna sell, he does it in very many different forms as head of the student council, her duties were maniforld: she did everything from stuffing envelopes to addressing the PTA.

ambivalent

(adj.) having mixed, often opposing, feelings about something or someone. indecisive ambivalence (n.) ambiguity - inexactness, has more than one interpretation so ambivalent- having mixed feelings 1. he was ambivalent about his future; he couldn't decide whether to go to college or join the Coast Guard. 2. her ambivalence about leaving home was apparent because she kept putting off her plans to move.

impregnable

(adj.) impossible to attack successfully im- not; if someone is pregnant, there will be people watching out for her to keep her safe, therefore no one can attack her successfully the citadel was impregnable because of its hilltop location and strong defenses.

ineffable

(adj.) incapable of being expressed in words. they cant just say "eff it" and describe it in a meh way, it was just that incapable of being expressed into words because the story was ineffable, it couldnt be expressed into words on a fable they sat gazing at the ineffable beauty of the Green Mountains.

implacable

(adj.) incapable of being placated, soothed, or significantly changed; relentless a plaque from a competition could CHANGE someone and their mood. im- means not, not it's NOT ABLE to do what a PLAQUE does . (im-PLAQUE-able) this piece of paper cannot calm me down or sooth me!! i want my PLAQUE back!! this piece of paper can never be the plague! despite gina's apologies, Karen still felt hurt by her friend's betrayal and remained implacable.

indulgent

(adj.) inclined to give in easily; lenient indulge (v.) 1. to give in too easily to the wishes of 2. to yield to to indulge into food (hot chocolate sundae fudge) is to give into the delicious dessert and eat it 1. the indulgent parents bought their son every video game he asked for. 2. my grandparents loved to indulge my brothers and me when they came to visit. 3. I indulged my craving for something sweet by having an ice-cream cone.

august

(adj.) inspiring great respect or admiration; noble why does august get such a cool name -.- since august is school season, it deserves great respect and admiration because we would be uneducated without school maybe they start school in august bc the month is supposed to be inspiring great respect (great respect for school) thomas Jefferson's august presence made a deep impression on those privileged to know him

churlish

(adj.) lacking good manners, rude, impolite while having fun churning the ice cream at the picnic, one person had to lack good manners and leash someone else's dog even though the dog was the star of the party at the moment barrett's churlish remarks started an altercation

paramount

(adj.) most important; chief paramount "i'm the most important movie company !!" it is paramount that my mother receive this message before she leaves the house at 5:00 p.m.

doleful

(adj.) mournful or full or sorrow; causing grief DOLE whip at disneyland caused me and neha to be FUL of grief because we realized we were too full and cold for it the DOLE peach cups made me so FULL but i remembered there are people who are starving and cant afford the dole cups and it caused grief The doleful look on her face told me she had not gotten the grant to go to the summer program.

indigenous

(adj.) naturally living or growing in a certain area; native INDIan GENUOUS like generous- the native indians were generous when teaching the british how to farm and everything indigenous = native the turkey is indigenous to North America.

adjacent

(adj.) near or next to; adjoining adjacent the two couples requested adjacent rooms when they checked into the hotel.

remiss

(adj.) negligent; carrels (idk why this word is here?? it apparently means a desk in a cubical like the ones in the library??) ; lax (not sufficiently strict) re-again, miss; to miss again and again because they were negligent about it if you keep missing it over and over again (remiss), then you're being negligent a late notice reminded me that I was remiss in paying my electric bill.

insatiable

(adj.) never satisfied; greedy (in-say-sha-ble) in-no/t sENSATION- but that "new sensation wasn't enough for them in-not not SATIsfiable... never satisfied my nephew is endowed with an insatiable curiosity and is constantly asking questions.

indelible

(adj.) not able to be erased; permanent in-not deli- supermarket for food ham deli/bakery have been around for centuries but they're unable to be erased. the beauty of Venice made an indelible impression on the visitors.

inalienable

(adj.) not able to be taken or given away to alienate is to like separate someone from a group, INalienable is to not be able to separate or give away alienate- kinda taking someone out of the group inalienable- not being able to take someone out of the group, not separable US citizens are promised certain inalienable rights that are spelled out in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the to the Constitution.

indefatigable

(adj.) not easily made tired; tireless in- not fatigue is hunger or being tired so not able to be fatigued rescuers were indefatigable in their all-night efforts to reach the trapped miners.

poignant

(adj.) painfully moving, affecting, or touching poig sounds like pig, ant the pig almost stepped on top of the ant which wouldn't been poignant for the ant sounds like pregnant (but said in an accent lol) the pregnancy was painfully touching and moving for the mom because she has been wanting a child for years the poignant ending of the movie brought tears to my eyes.

desultory

(adj.) proceeding or carried out in an aimless or random way (DE-sul-tory) desert story - the story is like a desert... once ur in the desert everything is desert and you are going in a random way after my best friend moved away, our phone conversations became more and more desultory

acoustic

(adj.) relating to sound or hearing acoustics (n.) the properties of an enclosed space that affects sound quality acoustic guitar 😜😜 1. a tiny acoustic device improved Grandfather's hearing 2. the pianist Martha Argerich checked the acoustics of the concert hall during her first practice session.

requisite

(adj.) required; necessary (n.) something that is required or necessary pre-req for a class is a class you have to take before taking the new class looks like required 1. when Aunt Mercedes completes the requisite two-year course, she plans to become a travel agent. 2. our teacher always insists that a sharp pencil and a sharp mind are the two requisites for taking a test.

amenable

(adj.) responsive; willing to be controlled or to take advice (open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled) God is responsive to our amen- prayers. amenable if you say amen to everything (so you are amen able), then you are provable open to a bunch of suggestions and may even get controlled the director was amenable to our suggested changes in the schedule and implemented them promptly.

circuitous

(adj.) roundabout; indirect (sir-CUE-it-tus) sir cue with us! was a very indirect way of asking him to say cue on the count of 3 with us Before the Panama Canal was completed in 1914, ships had to travel a circuitous route around South America.

Subservient

(adj.) serving or acting in a subordinate manner; servile (very eager to obey someone) sub servant i feel like we've seen this same vocab before for some reason The host tried to ingratiate himself with his guests by acting in a subservient manner; attending their every whim.

solicitous

(adj.) showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something (sol-LI-ci-tous) solely sit us (= only youre here to baby sit us??) im really worried for you bc were bad kids 😎 omg i love that After her appendix was removed, Uma welcomed the solicitous calls and visits of her friends.

restive

(adj.) showing impatience because of restriction or delays a child has the *rest-of* the marshmallah that he wants to eat, but his parents says "don't eat the marshmallah while i'm gone!" so the child throws a tantrum and shows impatience because of the restriction. we grew restive as we awaited permission to return to our flooded house.

extant

(adj.) still existing; not lost or destroyed EX-tant, i thought it was ur EX TENT??? why is it still existing?? did u trick me into buying u a new tent by saying it was destroyed the eggs could be eaten to a certain extent of time before their due dates. the eggs are still existing in the fridge I had an opportunity to view one of the few extant copies of the first editions of Middlemarch

inclement

(adj.) stormy 2. harsh; not merciful (in-CLEH-ment) in-climate; because of the change in climate, korea is going through a very stormy period in time. the storms are NOT MERCIFUl and HARSH. they WILL break down everything they see 1. we had such inclement weather on the scheduled day of our field trip to the zoo that we postponed it to the following week. 2. the preschool teacher's decision to the place the crying child in the corner of the room all morning seemed like an inclement action.

sadistic

(adj.) taking pleasure in causing pain that makes them sad but their sadness makes me happy yeah some sadistic person thought it amusing to tie tin cans to the cat's tail

rampant

(adj.) threateningly wild, without restraint or control; widespread this word sounds familiar rampant, a ram was panting after it showed how wild it could run yeah the rams were panting loud in a threateningly wild way... plus they were without restraint so it was very scary the rampant vines covered the slope and began to climb the surrounding trees.

illusory

(adj.) unreal or imagined; deceiving illusion the illusion is deceiving. its like you are imagining a spinning wall (have you seen those tik toks where they GIRD a frog with 4 phones and show him an illusion LOL) 1. his changes of getting a raise were illusory since he had such a poor work record.

diminutive

(adj.) very small; tiny. dim- very dim lights, faint (di-MI-nutive) diminished intuitive his intuition was diminished and was very small on the dollhouse kitchen table there was a diminutive for fruit.

emaciated

(adj.) very thin or wasted away, especially from lack of nourishment; scrawny looks like emancipated(like emancipation) but it's pronounced (ee- mae- she-ated) eeee maybeeee she ate, and they keep forgetting to feed her emaciated (a-MAY-she-ated) yeah yours is really good uhh maybe she ate it already? so they dont feed her so she gets very scrawny and thin sufferers from the eating disorder anorexia often starve themselves to the point of becoming emaciated.

scurrilous

(adj.) vulgar; coarsely abusive scurl-ous omggg you SCURLED US with your VULGAR LANGUAGE!!! these scurrilous rumors were perpetuated by someone trying to denigrate your character.

disarray

(n) a lack of order; confusion dis- apart, array out of arrays and lack of order it was hard to find anything on So ke's sesk because it was in complete disarray

homily

(n) a lecture, usually long, on how to behave morally mother delivered a homily on how to behave at home you have to act home-ly at home mrs perkins was known fkr frequently delivering homilies to students who treated others rudely

pleasantry

(n) an agreeable, casual remark. the remark was short causal and not problematic! it was pleasant when i have a pleasant relationship with someone, i can just say an agreeable casual remark as we pass by Whitney and Yvette didn't know each other very well, so when they ran into each other on the street, they would simply exchange pleasantries about their families and the weather

predilection

(n) an inclination, preference bedore the election (pre), people always have a preference of their candidate I have a predilection for Thai food and eat it at least once a week

panache

(n) dash or flamboyance in style or action pa-NASH nash from magcon boys (omg magcon boys was like the original tik tok boys) nash is very flamboyant in style the chef chopped and diced the vegetables with awe-inspiring panache

hyperbole

(n) extravagant exaggeration hyperbole :3 charisse was using hyperbole when she described Ted as being as tall as a giraffe

carnage

(n) great destruction of life; slaughter carne asada tacos :p you have to kill AGED cows to make those CAR-nej car rage = great destruction of life an entire generation recoiled in horror from the carnage of WWI

avarice

(n) greed for wealth ava is ardens sister, ava was greedy for more and more rice because she wanted more than her sister, but in this case it's rice instead of money long time ago wealth was measured by how much rice you had in your barn? so ava wanted more and more rice bc she was greedy for wealth Coreys avarice led her to overcharge her customers for her services as a consultant

adjunct

(n) something or someone joined or added to something but not essentially a part of it similar to adjacent, conjunction- a word to connect or join two words junction- point where tow things are joint maybe since add and junction are similar words, having the "ad" in the beginning of the word is not an essential part of it the roadside stand was an adjuct to the orchard's pick-your-own apples business.

confidant

(n.) (spelled confidante when female) A person to whom secrets are told. to confide in someone, someone you confide to confidential info goes to the confidant(e) not even the governor's closest confidants knew whether or not he would run for reelection

rudiment

(n.) (usually plural) 1. a basic principle or skill 2. an undeveloped or beginning stage hey remember rudimentary (yeth :3) 1. this book teaches the rudiments of cooking, but it will not make you a master chef. 2. the rudiments of the club's plan to raise money seemed promising until we discussed them more, at which point we realized how unrealistic they were.

vagary

(n.) (usually plural) A departure from the normal, expected course; a whim or unpredictable action. vague-ry; they were so vague about their plans that anytbing they did seems vagary the vagaries of the marketplace make it difficult to predict how well the stock market will perform each year.

countenance

(n.) 1, a person's face; the expression on a person's face 2. support or approval (v.) to support or approve; to tolerate countenance, a pleaded countenance shows support or approval the accountants from the office (kevin, angela, and oscar) who COUNT people's paychecks by looking at their face, we can tell they support michaels decision 1. Luke's countenance was doleful when he heard the news that the class trip was cancelled. 2. the measure to abolish bilingual education cannot pass without the party leaders; countenance. 3. the school board will not countenance a shorter school day.

assemblage

(n.) 1. A collection or gathering of people or things. 2. A fitting together of parts. assembly, assemblage in an assemblage, people assemble 1. the assemblage at Camp Tamarack included people from all over the country. 2. a car engine is an assemblage of many parts working together.

patina

(n.) 1. A green film that forms on copper exposed to the elements. 2. A beautiful surface finish, the result of age and proper care. pa ti na hal kka? (should we just throw a party?) but no we couldnt bc all the chairs and dining tables we ordered had patina but later we got ones that had a beautiful surface finish 1. the patina of the building's roof indicates that it is sheathed with copper 2. notice the rich patina of these well-maintained antique chairs

juncture

(n.) 1. A joining or coming together; the place where such a connection occurs. 2. A point in time made critical by the timing of the circumstances. conjuncture, word that connects phrases like the first word in this set- junction and for the second def- maybe there was a time where everything came together and just clicked- point in time thats critical 1. there is a traffic light at the juncture of 55th street and hyde park boulevard 2. negotiations between baseball owners and the players reached a critical juncture right before spring training.

reparation

(n.) 1. A mending (things to be repaired by sewing or darning) or repair. 2. (usually plural) A making up or payment for a wrong or damage done, especially in the case of an international war. reparation maybe like "hey sorry we messed up your preparation for the dinner party... we will re prepare... hopefully this can help to make up/repair for the damage) reparation

hybrid

(n.) 1. The offspring of two animals or plants of different species or varieties. 2. Anything that is of mixed origin or composition. hybrid (adj.) omg hybrid 1. the sweet corn hybrid is disease resistant. 2. the committee is a hybrid; it consists of people from all of the performance arts. 3. creole is a hybrid language composed of French, Spanish and African dialects.

gossamer

(n.) 1. Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze. 2. A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb. (adj.) As light and delicate as a cobweb. g-awesome r, when seeing the sheer fabric, the first response of the crowd was to go "gross" but then they realized how pretty and elegant it was so they were like "wow awesomer!" 1) her veil was gossamer and revealed her radiant face. 2) the dewy grass held moist bits of gossamer. 3) the bride lifted her gossamer veil and she and the groom embraced.

panorama

(n.) 1. a complete view of a surrounding area 2. a thorough presentation of a subject a panorama picture gets a "complete" view of the view if you take a picture of the complete view, then you are thorough about where you are 1. we took the elevator up to the observation deck so we could view the panorama of NYC and all its suburbs. 2. one course my aunt teaches at the university is a panorama of civil-rights law in the US.

cohort

(n.) 1. a group that is moving or working together 2. one who assists another, especially in a dubious or criminal activity; an accomplice co hort; CO-worker all worked together to steal the HORT(heart) shaped ruby the co host works on the show with me he sometimes assists me doing ILLEGAL stuff 1. the president was followed by a cohort of media people. 2. he denied being a cohort of the crime boss.

cache

(n.) 1. a hiding or storage place, especially for food or valuables 2. anything hidden or stored in such a place deleting cache on a social media app is like deleing the storage that was hiding OR hiding CASH in a hidden or stored place just in case of a break in, emergency, etc 1. a hollowed-out book provided a cache for the family's jewels. 2. I found my sister's cache of marbles in the back of the closet.

maelstrom

(n.) 1. a large and violent whirlpool or something resembling a whilrpool 2. a place or state of great turmoil or confusion male-strom nordstrom the clothing store i'm pretty sure cody and noel made a rap song singing about nordstrom one time so maybe after the nordstrom stores got so popular that there was a whole turmoil and confusion 1. it is believed that the solar system was formed over give billion years ago out of a great maelstrom of whirling dust. 2. by 1940, most of europe had been swept in to the maelstrom of war.

odyssey

(n.) 1. a long, adventurous journey 2. an intellectual or spiritual quest isnt there that one super long book called the odyssey 1. my south american odyssey took me through half a dozen countries and lasted almost six months 2. his political odyssey took him from socialism in his youth to arch-conservatism in old age.

conundrum

(n.) 1. a riddle whose answer is a play on words 2. a puzzle or problem that is difficult or impossible to solve conan the detective doesn't know anything about drums so the question was impossible to solve even for him yeahhh conan conan got into the music room with drums there was a riddle/puzzle left by the murderer 1. answer this conundrum: "what's the difference between an engineer and a professor?" "one minds trains and the other trains minds" (WHAN JUN KYARRRRRRRRRRRR) 2. how giovanna would be able to live in Turkey for three months without knowing a word of the language was a conundrum we could not resolve.

coup

(n.) 1. a successful action that brings about a striking change. 2. the overthrow of a government, especially by a group that has military or political power. soup- the invention and development of soup in hard times (this is a successful action) brought a striking change. this gave motivation for the citizens to overthrow the government chicken coop- within the chicken society, the working class overthrew the government with a successful action that brings about a striking change. 🐓 1. developing the new arts program was a coup for the young principal. 2. Fidel castro's 1959 coup brought communism to the island nation of Cuba.

aura

(n.) a distinctive atmosphere or feeling that seems to surround someone or something; a distinctive appearance or impression aura there was an aura of serenity about the woman sitting quietly in the corner.

tract

(n.) 1. an area of land or water 2. a system of organs in the body that performs some function together 3. a pamphlet, often expressing religious or political ideas, that seeks to persuade tractor- a tractor is suitable to work on land or water - in the tractor, there are a bunch of different parts (like organs in the human body), that function together - 1. the students developed a tract of land in the center of the city for a vegetable garden. 2. the esophagus and stomach are part of the digestive tract. 3. volunteers handed out tracts on legal reform.

phenomenon

(n.) 1. any fact or event that can be observed or described 2. an unusual fact, event, or person phenomenal (adj.) extraordinary; very unusual if something is phenomenal it's extremely good. its like when a kindergartener has extremely good work, its pretty unusual a science phenomenon is someone that can be described 1. the aurora borealis, or northern lights, is a phenomenon visible in the night sky in the far north. 2. publishing her first novel when she was eighty-five made her publishing phenomenon. 3. you must have a phenomenal memory to remember all those names after hearing them just once!

constituent

(n.) 1. one of the parts that make up a whole 2. a voter represented by a particular official while writing the constitution, they gathered representatives of each state. representatives was a part thay made the united states whole to constitute is to make up a part of something 1. oxygen and nitrogen are the main constituents of the air we breathe 2. the mayor of Santa Cruz met with her constituents after her election to office.

asperity

(n.) 1. sharpness or harshness of manner 2. roughness of surface; unevenness as per ity (like as per usual means as usual) as a spear it has severity spear + severity = sharp and harsh, the spear is rough on its surface 1. there was a noticeable asperity in her voice as she scolded the children for teasing Andrea. 2. running my fingers over the new countertop, I detected a certain asperity.

smattering

(n.) 1. superficial, scattered knowledge 2. a small amount looks like scattering, he looks SMArT, but it was only superficial small bits of scattered knowledge. He actually had a small amount of knowledge. smattering he only knows about SOME MATTERS his knowledge is very superficial/only knows a small amount in all the topics 1. he picked up a smattering of Spanish while in Mexico. 2. She wrote thousands of letters, of which only a smattering have been published.

rhetoric

(n.) 1. the art of using language skillfully 2. exaggerated or insincere language that is without real meaning or worth (rhe-ter-ick) a rhetoric question is when you use the language skillfully or make it insincere so its just a question thrown out there, but it may sound like it's directed to someone 1. we studied rhetoric to improve our debating skills 2. because it offered no practical solutions to inner-city housing problems, the mayor's speech was mere rhetoric.

enormity

(n.) 1. the state or quality of being monstrous or outrageous 2. the state or quality of being huge, immense enormity- sounds like enormous state of being huge, and it's so big that it's almost monstrous 1. after the dictator was toppled from power, the enormity of his crimes was revealed. 2. some people are skeptical of Japan's plan to erect a mile-high skyscraper because of the enormity of the project

havoc

(n.) 1. widespread destruction or devastation 2. great confusion sounds like (have ick) when the tiktok girls said "i HAVE ICK" it caused a widespread devastation on the boys (so i cant even walk now????) this also works for confusion 1. this morning we warily surveyed the havoc caused by yesterday's storm. 2. when the rabbits escaped from their cages, they created havoc in Mrs. Rsai's classroom.

luminary

(n.) 1.. a source of light, especially from the sky, such as the sun or moon. 2. a person who is well known for her or his achievements; a celebrity illuminate something is to give light, a celebrity has the spotlight 1. the moon far outshines all other luminaries in the night sky. 2. The Academy Awards presentations were attended by many Hollywood luminaries.

compunction

(n.) A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt. COMma PUNCuaTION- they forgoy a comma in a crucial part of the sat essay and felt compunction the entire day come function!! but she couldnt get her machine to function so she felt anxious caused by her guilt of not being able to do her job Robin Hood had no compunction about stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

Stereotype

(n.) A generalization that is used to characterize a person without acknowledging individual differences. (v.) to make judgments that ignore individual differences. stereotype 1. some people believe the stereotype that football players are unintelligent and insensitive. 2. it's wrong to stereotype Californians as trendy as superficial.

servitude

(n.) A lack of freedom; forced labor. serve+itude(state of something) the children were in the state of having to serve servers have to be in the serving attitude and dont have much freedom during their shift but to serve do United States Constitution bans involuntary servitude except a legally justified punishment for a crime.

exodus

(n.) A mass departure. exodus is such a big and important chapter in the bible that after reading it people need a mass departure to learn and understand yeah i like urs after the group read exodus, they had to do a mass departure to learn and understand poverty and political misrule caused the exodus of Haitians from their homeland to the United States

Obituary

(n.) A notice of someone's death, such as in the newspaper; usually with the brief summary of that persons life. obituary I didn't know she died until I saw her obituary in the local paper.

centennial

(n.) A one-hundredth anniversary or its celebration (adj.) of or pertaining to a period of one hundred years. cente-a hundred, like millennial but centennial centi (centimeter- 100 cm in 1 m) 1. the nation celebrated its centennial in 1876, one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. 2. a centennial fair celebrated the town's one-hundredth birthday.

curator

(n.) A person in charge of an exhibition; an overseer of a museum or library collection. they kind of cure the paintings by putting clear gloss and repainting it oooo yours is good they kind of cure the books and paintings by cleaning and organizing them the curator wrote brief explanations for all the works in the Picasso exhibit.

enclave

(n.) a district or region or community enclosed within a larger territory (inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct) to ENsLAVE the enthnically distinct inhabitants in a district or region enclosed within a larger territory the definition kind of sounds something like koreatown or chinatown maybe like "in cave" as if the specific inhabitants are enclosed in a cave chicago's Chinatown is an enclave of Chinese American residents.

accord

(n.) a feeling of agreement or harmony; a formal agreement a chord- several different notes form an agreement and creates a harmony the members of the jury were in accord when the vote was taken.

rapport

(n.) a feeling of harmonious connection between people or groups of people (rah-poor) it's like we rah(all) poor when ma and pops were young, they felt a harmonious connection between the groups of people in their town because they were all poor successful speakers quickly establish a rapport with the audience.

onslaught

(n.) a fierce attack slaughter, i will fiercely attack you if you ON switch (on/off switch) the slaughter the Union onslaught at Gettysburg stopped General Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania.

flotilla

(n.) a fleet of boats or small ships float-tilla; this reminds me of like tortilla; a bunch of floating tortillas but it was actually boats and small ships a flotilla of tall ships sailed into baltimore's inner Harbor as part of the city's celebration

citadel

(n.) a fortress on a hill; a stronghold citadel- the shopping center or the citadel of Ricks the shopping center is literally a castle (on a hill) the old section of Quebec City is surrounded by walls and dominated by a citadel

pantheon

(n.) a group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements. the PAN that THEO made!! the spoon that alex made!! the fork that sam made!! a group of people held in high esteem for their great achievements HAHA I LIKE YOURS pans made my theo and his friends- his group of friends with great achievements Albert Einstein is one of the most famous figures in the pantheon of great scientists.

stalemate

(n.) a half in a struggle because both sides are equally strong and neither side will give in; a deadlock both the MATES were STALE as cardboard and woukd not budge to move, but stale stuff are never good >:( its like checkmate but stalemate because we are in a position where both of us are equally strong and neither of us is giving in, if we continue this tension, we're gonna become stale like stale bread both parties left the room when the negotiation turned into a stalemate.

promontory

(n.) a high point of land extending into water prom ig story was at a high point of land extending into water we had a beautiful view of the whole surrounding bay from the rocky promontory

zephyr

(n.) a light, gentle breeze kinda sounds like zipper but softer? like zepper. they were trying to say zipper but it came out like a light gentle breeze an afternoon zephyr carried the scent form the rose garden through the open window.

altercation

(n.) a loud and determined dispute; a noisy quarrel looks like alteration, the dress was altered extremely badly and the customer and alter-er had a noisy quarrel yeah the alteration was very bad so there was an altercation after the hockey player purposely tripped a member of the opposing team, an altercation broke out.

flair

(n.) a natural gift or ability; a talent flair pens gave you a natural talent for notetaking if you like flair pants, you have a natural gift/talent to recognize real fashion baby The comedian's flair for bantering with audience members has made him a popular entertainer.

millennium

(n.) a period of one thousand years. milli- 1000 (ex. milliliter) how do you distinguish between a gen Z and a millennial? - a millennial wishes they were born in the 2000s. A millennium is ten times as long as the one-hundred-year period of a century.

buffoon

(n.) a person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown; a fool buffoon (buh-FOON) bruh youre a FOOL/foon 1. although he acted like a buffoon at parties, Matt was usually rather serious.

extrovert

(n.) a person whose attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her or him, rather than on her or his own feelings. extroverted (adj.) extrovert 1. ray is an extrovert now, but he was rather shy as a young child. 2. because she is so extroverted, she loves to perform in front of a large crowd.

posterity

(n.) a person's descendants; future generations post territory the future generations will discover the post territory regions is it quixotic to want the world a better place for posterity?

mein

(n.) a person's manner, appearance, or expression; bearing chow mein, because it is a food that could either be loved or hated, it's easy to tell by their expression when they eat haha yeah by looking at the person's manner when eating chow mein, you can tell if they like it or not although Sandro was worried about all the work he had to do, you couldn't tell that from his untroubled mien.

dilemma

(n.) a problem that seems to have no satisfactory solution; a difficult choice dilemma- i thought dilemma was not being able to choose between 2 options. similar but eh dilemma

reprisal

(n.) a retaliation for an injury (the act of retaliation/ revenge) SAL(khan academy) RE-PRIZED us many times that we finished the mastery quiz, promising a higher sat score; however, we got a WORSE score, therefore the retaliation IS NECESSARY we decided there would be no reprisals for the high school students who painted graffiti on the walls.

forbearance

(n.) a showing of self-control or patience forbear (v.) to hold back; to keep from doing or saying something student loan forbearance- you hold back paying back your loans for now. so holding back, and maybe showing self-control to not spend any more loan money even though the hoomans were visible, and were the size of a thumb, i held back😎 it is a lot of patience FOR a BEAR 1. with unusual forbearance, the principal asked the unruly student to explain the reason for his vandalism. 2. my mother asked me to forbear revealing to my younger brothers that Abuela was ill.

bonanza

(n.) a source of great wealth; something that brings great riches bo-nan-za (in korean, a person you send away) in kdrama, the mother-in-law will give you money to let her son go. the bo-nan-za (your husband), by sending him away, he's a source of great wealth The discovery of gold in 1848 was a bonanza for the newly acquires territory that would become the state of California

equilibrium

(n.) a state of balance equil is like equal the US government is most effective when its executive, legislative, and judicial branches are all working in equilibrium.

turmoil

(n.) a state of confusion or agitation; tumult (confusion- this definition NOT in the book) turmoil (let's set the vibe here- hot desert, TEXAS, and an oil pumping land. Famous for finding oil ANYWHERE YOU DIG) BUTTTT, no oil. So you are confused and agitated because of the heat! with flood waters rising and an order to evacuate our home in an hour, my family was in a turmoil, trying to decide what to do first

pandemonium

(n.) a state of place of great confusion or uproar OMIGISH PANDEMONIUM MY FAV (okay but the fact that i know this word from like the FOURTH grade worldly wise?? what are they teaching the fourth graders) A shout of "Fire!" created pandemonium in the crowded theater.

axiom

(n.) a statement or principal that requires no proof because the truth is obvious axiomatic (adj.) *there was a murder case and it had been discovered they used an axe for it* "umm ax...?!? ion know what that is ummm" the judge said "okay u are guilty" and the truth was so obvious that it felt like it required no proof 1) my pleasure-loving aunt believes in the axiom that no one lives forever. 2) the fact that no one can be in two places at once is axiomatic.

cessation

(n.) a stopping, either final or temporary looks like sensation- like a trend causes a sensation only to slowly come to an end there was a cessation of mail delivery during the severe snowstorm.

penchant

(n.) a strong attraction or leaning middle schoolers were oddly strongly attracted to pen chant (it's the chanting of the pens so pen tapping) (PEN-chunt) i have a strong attraction to chanting to pen tapping covers of BTS songs lol susan and Carl shared a penchant for crossword puzzles and made a ritual of doing them together every Sunday morning.

foreboding

(n.) a strong feeling that something bad is about to happen beFORE the actual voting/boding, we had a foreboding that the worst ASB president candidate was going to win. it was with foreboding that we began to search for the missing kitten.

cataclysm

(n.) a sudden and violent change; a catastrophe cataclysmic (adj.) cat-uh-cli-sm, i went from cat uhhh... noo... to CAT CAT CAT CA-tacyl-ism CATAstrophe 1. it would take a long time to rebuild the city of new Ireland's fully after the cataclysm of 2005's hurricane katrina 2. the area survived several cataclysmic events, including a tornado and a flood.

implement

(n.) a tool or instrument (v.) to carry 1) my father keeps his woodworking implements in the tool shed. 2) the governor implemented his plan for health care reform as soon as he took office.

galaxy

(n.) a vast cluster of stars and other matter, billions of which make up the known universe. 2. a group of brilliant or notable people or things interesting word to find in wordly wise haha indeed our galaxy is known as the milky way 2. a galaxy of celebrities gathered at hollywood's academy awards.

pittance

(n.) a very small amount, especially of money (PIT-enns like kittens) kittens are very small, and you need a small amount of kittens. even though the summer job pays only a pittance, I decided to take it because I needed the experience.

bulwark

(n.) a wall-like structure used as a defense 2. a person or thing that protects or defends (bull-work) bull is strong, good for protecting and defense so when a bull is at work, it's like a wall-structure used as a defense ^same thing, also reminds me of buluga whale, and whales are also known to be the big and defense animals of the ocean 1. a wall of sandbags acted as a bulwark against the rising floodwaters. 2. the Bill of Rights of our Constitution is a bulwark of our individual liberties.

sabotage

(n.) acts that intentionally damage, hinder, or seek to discredit (v.) to engage in intentionally damaging acts sabotage 1. hiding the notes for the final report wasn't a practical joke, it was sabotage 2. members of the french underground regularly attempted to sabotage trains bound for Nazi concentration camps

memoir

(n.) an account based on the author's personal experiences. story memoir- i just have to remember this is for someone's life story the Civil War anthology contains a moving memoir by a young Union officer.

precedent

(n.) an act or statement that may serve as an example or justification for a later one. heyy this is in the other one too this precedent preceded the argument it was used as an example/justification for the argument the successful revolt of the American colonies provided a precedent for the French Revolution.

mire

(n.) an area of wet, swampy ground; deep mud (v.) to get stuck as if in a mire; unable to make progress adMIRE- i admire you soo much! I admire you more than how deep a deep wet mud would go. if you don't notice me i am unable to make any progress in life! 1. last night's heavy rains have turned the field into a mire, delaying the soccer match for several days. 2. the organizers of the race became mired in a bewildering set of rules and regulations.

pretext

(n.) an effort to conceal the real intention or state of affairs an excuse in order to hide the fact that he broke the dish, he pre texted his mom saying that the garden had to be checked up on hahah yeah "hey!! just letting you know, when you get home you might see a broken chandelier! this is only because it was already broken in the air so i took it down for y'all!" concealing the real intention or coming up w an excuse he always went to that restaurant because he was infatuated with the waitress, but he made a pretext of going because of the food.

ovation

(n.) an enthusiastic reception (reception); long and loud applause ovation sounds like ovulation (which is a small part of one's period) so maybe long and loud applause for ovulation? go human anatomy standing ovation when the pianist stepped onto the stage, the audience rose with a spontaneous ovation.

epoch

(n.) an extended period of time marked by a series of related events. (eH-puck) an epic is a long story or collection like the star wars movie, it is an extended series marked by a series of small related movies. epic bruh moment is one of the series to a band kid's high school life (their extended period of time) the epoch known as the Cold War, a period of hostility without military conflict between the US and the Soviet Union, began around 1945 and ended in 1991.

entrepreneur

(n.) an individual who manages and takes the risk of a business entrepreneurial (adj.) entrepreneur 1. the small business administration gives loans and advice to entrepreneurs starting new businesses. 2. vanessa's entrepreneur ails spirit became apparent when she organized an alternative to the school's lunch provider.

aperture

(n.) an opening or hole it was (appa's chore) to close up the bed bug holes BUT DONT FOCUS ON THE BED BUG!!! ITS HOW THEY GET IN tony could see an eye peering at him through a small aperture in the door.

hindrance

(n.) any person or thing that is an obstacle hindrance- to hinder (to create difficulties for, to obstruct) ^ yes heavy traffic on the expressway is always a hindrance to my getting to school on time.

surveillance

(n.) close observation of a person or area surveillance camera- it closely observes an area because of the recent incidents of vandalism, the police have put the high school under closer surveillance.

renown

(n.) fame; honor renowned (adj.) famous; honored re- owned the fame, owned the society 1. by 1964, the Beatles had achieve worldwide renown for their rock-and-roll music. 2. Isabelle Allende is a renowned writer, lecturer, translator, and journalist who has lived in many places around the world.

tribulation

(n.) great trouble or suffering tribe- in hunger games, the tributes go thru suffering the recession of 2008 caused much tribulation for those who lost their jobs.

tutelage

(n.) instruction, protection, or guardianship (protection of or authority over someone or something; guardianship) tute-or, they were on a LEDGE and the tutor taught him him how to protect himself and not fall off tutu ledge putting the tutu on the ballerina ledge thats me showing that this particular tutu is mine... showing protect and authority over it I prepared for the test under the tutelage of my math teacher.

animosity

(n.) intense ill will i've looked up "hate synonym" to find this word so many times but it is a little different from hate, this one has ill will bc of the hatred (i wrote "This innocent child's beauty engenders a feeling of animosity in her stepmother" his animosity was clear from the baleful looks he gave them.

jurisdiction

(n.) legal authority to govern or control i thought this had to do with a decision made in court😦 but actualy it's like the power TO judge(have control over people) judicial branch has the legal authority to govern. they are made to keep the other two in tact the federal government has jurisdiction over the nation's air traffic control system.

legacy

(n.) money or property left to another in a will. 2. something passed on to those who come after leg, a see!! a must see from your ancestors. this leg is a property from a will. you must pass this on to YOUR children, or bad luck! 1. this silver pocket watch is my legacy from Grandfather Gomez. 2. Catholicism and the Spanish language are legacies of Spanish rule in Guatemala.

sibling

(n.) one of two or more people who have the same parents; brother or sister SIBLING???? sila had seven siblings: three sisters and four brothers.

incumbent

(n.) one who occupies an office or position (adj.) 1. currently in office 2. (used with on or upon) resting upon as a duty or obligation 1. George washington was the first imcumbent of the US presidency 2. the incumbent mayor has only been in office since her election last year. 3. it is incumbent upon the new office manager to improve the benefits package.

Infirmity

(n.) physical or mental weakness or defect. infirm (adj.) weak or feeble. not firm = weak 1. brittle bones is a common infirmity of the elderly. 2. since my grandmother begin lifting weights, she feels much less infirm.

stamina

(n.) physical strength or courage to resist hardship, illness, or fatigue stamina- nice jill claims that running five miles a day has built up her stamina.

annals

(n.) pl. a historical record of events, often arranged in a yearly sequence. looks like annuals, analogies that are annual yeah annual the dundies are held annually. and michael makes pam record the event every year and make her watch all of it every year I can easily research the history of my town because its annals have been preserved consistency since 1685.

euphemism

(n.) polite term used to avoid directly needing something considered offensive or unpleasant. no wayyy we learned about this in english class- kinda sounds like euthanize, it's a polite term than saying we need to kill your pet euphemism "pass away" is a euphemism for "die".

auspices

(n.) protection, support, or guidance; patronage awww spices! people were gonna take away who first used spices, so the people who first used spices needed protection of what they started aw i thought you were suspicious, but you were just here to protect and support me! the concert is being given under the auspices of the town's arts foundation

scourge

(n.) something that causes great paint and suffering; a social evil (v.) to punish severely, especially by whipping; to devastate it takes courage to do be a heart because it will cause great pain and suffering. but the hero will punish the bad person severely scold + courage he scolded and punished the superhero because he had the courage to fight something that causes great pain and suffering.. bc it's too dangerous 1. to scourge of AIDS affects populations worldwide 2. runaway slaves could expect to be scourged if they were recaptured.

derivative

(n.) something that grows out of or results from an earlier form or condition (adj.) based on what has gone before; lacking originality i don't know what it is but derivatives in math is so unpopular because people thought it existed just to squeeze out more math terms and it wasn't original 1) the artificial sweetener saccharin is a derivative of coal tar. 2) the artist's work is derivative of the Flemish school of painting.

philanthropy

(n.) the attempt to improve the well-being of those in need by donating money or aid philanthropist (n.) one who makes substantial contributions to those in need. phil, a(n) trophy for you! you helped out the poor and attempted to improve the well-being of those in need by donating money or aid. you get good karma. you rock!! 1. the philanthropy of the Tan family has provided the money for this cancer research center. 2. Andrew Carnegie, a renowned philanthropist, established many public libraries in the early 1900s.

gamut

(n.) the entire range of something gamma rays can target the entire range of a tumor stars run the gamut from Earth-sized white dwarfs to red giants, which are hundreds of times bigger than the sun.

vanguard

(n.) the leading or forward position in a movement van+guard, the movement of using vans to guard you in ur sleep for camping andy warhol was in the vanguard of the pop art movement

repertoire

(n.) the list of pieces an actor, musician, etc., is ready to perform; the skills or accomplishments of a person or group (rep-i-to-eye-er) like a rep in sports would be repetitions where it's one complete training excercise, wire makes up the skeleton of the thing, the list of pieces (the rep) is the skeleton of an actor or musician (REP-eh-tuar) rep the tour the rep (representative) of the csulb tour had some repertoire prepared for the theater major freshmen the bank knew most of the request, but several songs were not part of its repertoire.

patriarch

(n.) the male founder or ruler, such as of a family or tribe patriarchy is when the eldest son becomes the next leader the father gives the son a PAT on the head and says "good luck old sport" the Bedouins, nomadic desert tribes of Northern Africa, form extended families headed by patriarchs.

certitude

(n.) the state of being certain of the truth of rightness of something i'm certain dude dude yeah ofc i'm certain i'm certified in this field i can say with certitude that the stock market will continue to be unpredictable

plethora

(n.) too great a number; an excess pronunciation isn't exactly there, but it's like BLEH DORA?? there's too many cds in my house please take it away of the plethora of suggestions, there were a few that were useful.

connoisseur

(noun) A person with extensive knowledge, especially of the fine arts; a person of refined taste. (vibe! french, sir, mademoiselle) someone with extensive knowledge in fine arts, wine (italian renaissance) A connoisseur of rare stamps would recognize the famous English "penny black" at once.

augur

(v) 1. to predict future events, especially from omens 2. to give promise of agar.io predicted future events by saying that big snakes and corporations will eat up the small businesses during covid (english majors be like...) 1. from the animal's strange behavior, the farmer could augur the eminent arrival of a bad weather 2. these laudatory reviews augur well for the success of Angela's play

allocate

(v) 1. to set aside for specific purpose; to allot 2. to distribute according to a plan to relocate, set aside, distribute 1. Courtney allocated at least one hour a day for exercise 2. Ramon allocated extra money to three charities

bilk

(v) to cheat out of what is due bilk milk, when they used to pass out all the milk to people like in reply 1988 there would be people who say they would pay but didn't pay hey you always bilk on the milk fee. you drink like 5 gallons of milk every day! you shouldn't cheat out what is due Michael hired a neighbor to mow his lawn and then bilked him out of the fee they had agreed upon

eradicate

(v) to get rid of; to uproot ERAse, the people moving from england had to get rid of a DICTATOR, so they erased that lifestyle and got a president the goal of the literacy project is to eradicate illiteracy.

materialize

(v.) 1) to become real or actual 2) to appear in physical form, especially suddenly material-ize 1) when offers of financial support did not materialize, I was forced to abandon the research project. 2) the trapped miners were about the abandon hope when the rescue crew materialized.

transpire

(v.) 1. to become apparent; to come to light 2. to happen or occur to inspire someone and it comes to light that that's their future job it came to light that he was a public speaker to inspires trans people and was donating trans inspire 1. it transpired that the two senators knew about the planned invasion all along 2. the meeting that chuck and lisa had planned never transpired.

dissect

(v.) 1. to cut into in order to study 2. to study closely; to analyze dissect 1. students taking the biology course dissect a dead frog to learn about the internal organs. 2. after Coach Willard and the team members had watched the video of last week's game, they dissected the plays that had gone wrong.

discredit

(v.) 1. to hurt the reputation of 2. to destroy confidence or trust in dis/this credit for your essay is cancelled because you plagiarized. so you hurt your own reputation for college and destroyed my confidence in you 1. beckham was discredited when his own lies were found out. 2. new scientific evidence often discredits earlier theories.

discriminate

(v.) 1. to make or recognize clear distinctions. 2. to treat in a less or more favorable way. discrimination (n.) 1. the recognizing of clear distinctions 2. the act of making a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group or category rather than according to actual merit. 3. the act of making fine distinctions; good or refined taste. so many definitions wot on earth discriminate so it can mean something neutral- just making distinctions/recognizing the difference it can mean something negative- the most obvious one i think something positive- you can make good distinctions 1. during hunting season, it's prudent for hikers to wear orange so that hunters can easily discriminate between people and other animals. 2. some employers still discriminate against women by paying them less than their male counterparts 3. It's helpful to make a discrimination between what you think you want and what you really need. 4. Federal law prohibits discrimination based on race or creed. 5. your penchant for garish attire shows a lack of discrimination.

mesmerize

(v.) to fascinate or hypnotize mesmerize the agile, death-defying moves of the trapeze artist kept the audience mesmerized during her performance.

ordain

(v.) 1. to order or prearrange 2. to install as a minister, priest, or rabbi, often in a special ceremony (or-DAIN) all dain (in korean: dain? getting a burn ?) well make sure to PREARRANGE the doctors appointment for today (for all the burns on your finger) so tmmw you can be installed as a priest in your church. the preamble says "to ordain and establish" to arrange and to establish. back then when they wrote the constitution, people were very religious, so they had a priest when they were announcing the constitution 1. the U.S. Constitution ordains three separate branches of government: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. 2. She hopes to work in the villages in Chiapas once she is ordained.

bequeath

(v.) 1. to pass on to others 2. to leave to another in one's will bequest (n.) something bequeathed; a legacy (pronunciation- be-Queeeth) big weave to snatch a big weave and pass it on (like from an older generation to a younger generation) 1. through her example of hard work. our mother has bequeathed to all her children an outstanding work ethic. 2. this necklace was bequeathed to me by my grandmother. 3. the will contains a bequest of a thousand dollars to a friendly neighbor.

wrest

(v.) 1. to pull away from with a twist 2. to take by force or as if by force wrestle- to wrestle with someone to get something from them with force. (pronounced REST) yeah wrestle is a good one during wrestling, you take their victory by using force and sometimes during wrestling, you gotta pull away to not get attacked 1. tamika wrested the ball from the player on the opposing team. 2. the parents wrested control of the school board away from the previous members.

defer

(v.) 1. to put off or postpone 2. to yield to out of respect for the knowledge or authority of another deference (n.) submitting to the wishes of another because of respect my boss deterred (prevented) me from slicing the meat so i deferred (put it off) because I wanted to yield out of respect for the master meat cutter. I submitted to the wishes of my boss 1. timothy deferred his decision about which team to join until he could talk to the coaches. 2. my uncle usually defers to my aunt, who is a doctor, when someone in the family is sick. 3. our parents taught my brother and me to show deference to our elders.

liquidate

(v.) 1. to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash 2. to get rid of; to kill or destroy to convert it into cash is to make it like real and actually see-able instead of just as a business- it went from gas molecules to liquid molecules. it killed the gas molecules on the way 1) they liquidated their assets by selling almost all of their possessions, and used the proceeds to pay their debt. 2) tens of thousands of Guatemalan peasants were liquidated by the military dictatorship in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

loll

(v.) 1. to sit back in a relaxed way; to sprawl 2. to hang loosely; to droop (laul) when you dont want to type HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHSILFSIDFJ you just type "LOLL" because you're relaxed and hang loose 1. I lolled in the hammock for most of that humid summer afternoon. 2. after the storm, the seasick passenger's head lolled over the rail of the ship.

demoralize

(v.) To destroy the morals or morale of someone; to weaken the spirit or courage of someone. demoralize, pretty straight forward the band members were demoralized by the poor attendance at their final concert

resuscitate

(v.) To revive from unconsciousness or apparent death; to revive or restore to health or vigor. our first aid class taught us how to resuscitate someone who has nearly drowned.

winnow

(v.) To separate and remove what is undesirable and leave what is desirable; to blow away the chaff from grain. looks like window, but with a now: do u WANT to see bird poop stains all over the window??? separate the glass and eemove whats undesirable NOW. if you want to stop the super hard training (removing what is undesirable), then win NOW it was Nadia's job to interview potential employees, winnow out the unqualified candidates, and recommend the qualified candidates for a second interview

intercede

(v.) to act or plead on another's behalf; to try to smooth the difference between two parties. a cede (as we learned) is to give up, inter is lke the middle of something so you act as a middle man and make the two parties give up intervene you guys will both cede to each other ok? so calm down instead of interceding, my parents encouraged my brother and me to resolve our differences on our own.

inure

(v.) to adjust to and accept unpleasant or undesirable conditions YOURE living IN new york now, u have to adjust to the negative parts of it by now in-nYOUR in this show i'm watching, this old man lives in the main family's house but they adjust to him and the condition of buying the house cheap but with an old man in it is seen as an undesirable condition but the family accepted the term (he ends up being cool) people living in Blakeslee Street soon became inured to the smells from the near by paper mill

impersonate

(v.) to assume the character of appearance of 2. to mimic to impersonate someone (sundae mosa) 1. the solution to the mystery became clear to the detective when he learned that one woman had impersonated another when renting the apartment. 2. i tried to impersonate my mother when i answered the phone.

denigrate

(v.) to attack the reputation of; to criticize in a derogatory manner de- off, negative prefix- grate someones reputation like cheese because dani immigrated, some people attacked her reputation the sales manager denigrated his competitor's products.

wreak

(v.) to bring about or inflict 2. to express or vent the REEK WREAKED into the room through the vents, making the people in the room express and vent how much they HATED IT. the smell INFLICTED PAIN on the people. 1. the tornado wreaked destruction along the path it followed through the center of town. 2. Sahil wreaked his anger by pounding on the hood of his car.

engender

(v.) to bring into being; to produce gender reveals are brought into being when someone learns the babys gender by having a gender reveal party, the couple brought into being their baby girl honesty engenders trust in others.

incur

(v.) to bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt the incident occurred and it was their fault therefore something undesirable happened when she voted against giving out raises this year, the supervisor further incurred the hostility of her disgruntled workers.

execute

(v.) to carry out; to perform 2. to create, as a work of art 3. to put to death as a legal penalty to execute someone to execute a plan (plan it AND perform it) 1. the karate instructor told me to execute a front snap kick 2. the sculptor Maya Lin often uses unusual materials, such as pieces of wood or shards of glass, to execute her pieces. 3. executing criminals condemned to death is a controversial practice

perpetrate

(v.) to commit, as a crime or other antisocial act perpetrator (n.) hey wasn't this in another one, per pet you ate, you're going to have to serve jail time because you COMMITED a crime perpetrator is the one who commits the crime 1. the con artist was guilty of perpetrating a minor scam. 2. I couldn't figure out who the perpetrator was until the end of the mystery.

incarcerate

(v.) to confine or to put in prison incarceration (n.) incarcerate 1. maximum security prisoners were incarcerated on Alcatraz, an island in San Francisco Bay until 1963. 2. His incarceration lasted five years, after which he was a free man.

constrain

(v.) to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity constraint (n.) a restriction or limitation to constrain someone from doing something 1) abraham lincoln was not constrained by his humble birth 2) after the curriculum reform went into effect, teachers could select materials without constraint

decipher

(v.) to convert form a code to secret writing into ordinary language; to decode 2. to interpret the meaning of something puzzling; to solve decipher 1. you decipher the coded message by replacing numbers with the corresponding letters. 2. the writing in these old letters is so faded that it is almost impossible to decipher the words.

proselytize

(v.) to convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause (PRAH-sil-uh-tize) she's an adamant socialist; she's always trying to proselytize people she meets.

rectify

(v.) to correct or adjust REKT FY(I), thats the wrong "you're, so I am going to correct you the teacher rectified his grading error on my mid-year project by adjusting my final grade.

cavil

(v.) to criticize unimportant things; to quibble (n.) a minor criticism since it's a minor criticism, it was CIVIL, but u still needed adVIL for all the jan so li cat + advil I had an idea for advil for cats, but the boss didnt want it to happen so he would criticize me for the unimportant things like how many dots should be used in the design 1. Kara caviled at the majority vote to change the starting time of soccer practice from 3:30 to 3:45. 2. my only cavil with the restaurant is that they don't warm the bread

berate

(v.) to criticize vigorously; to scold vehemently. THIS Art PIECE U TOOK WEEKS ON IS A B RATE!!! THIS IS AWFUL (be rate) he criticized his friend for showing him a b-rated movie ms. Alonso told the older students not to break the younger ones when they made mistakes.

affirm

(v.) to declare positively affirmative- agreeing with something affirmative action- declaring this policy positively in order to prevent discrimination "IT's AFFIRMATIVE!!" you declare positively. my brother will affirm that the signature is mine.

attest

(v.) to declare to be evidence of something as true, genius, or accurate it's on A TEST, this has to be accurate the constant long lines at Romolo's bakery attest to its popularity.

deter

(v.) to discourage or prevent from taking action deterrent (n.) anything that prevents or discourages amy- to take one road, but it discourages you and prevents you from taking action, so you deter into another road i DETER you from drinking the DETERgent 1. yesterday's rough seas deterred the divers from exploring the sunken ship. 2. a "keep off" sign acts as a deterrent against trespassers.

disburse

(v.) to distribute something or pay out money, especially from a public or other fund. sounds like disperse, which also means to distribute but this is with money the loans are disbursed each semester distributing money at midtown auto, paychecks are disbursed every Friday

gird

(v.) to encircle, bind, or surround 2. to get ready for action; to brace the lion GRRed and started to encircle his prey. the prey had to embrace and get ready for action okay brace yourself/ get ready for action and guard the bird!! surround the bird!! 1. he girded his waist with a wide leather belt. 2. as 1941 drew to a close, America girded itself for a war of unremitting ferocity.

Abet

(v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support, especially a questionable one I helped him with a bet~ gambling, encouraged him to do something bad, questionable Randy abetted his friend in stealing pumpkins by helping him lug them home.

institute

(v.) to establish, organize, or put into effect; to begin (n.) an organization set up to promote education or a particular cause an institution is like an organization to institute would be to organize or an institute would be basically an institution 1. the new principal instituted important changes in class schedules and lunch times. 2. Scholars at the institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, conduct research in mathematics, physics, and historical and social sciences.

surpass

(v.) to exceed or to go beyond surpass the fact that Maria finished her first marathon surpassed her wildest dreams.

barter

(v.) to exchange goods or services without the use of money (n.) the exchange of goods or services without the use of money. a bartender meets a celebrity so he requests to barter a drink for a picture and an autograph 1. instead of taking cash of fixing the Walkers' garage window, DeRay bartered for a batch of their famous gut gumbo. 2. Commerce is conducted by barter in some rural areas, where many people have more fruits and vegetables than they can use themselves.

galvanize

(v.) to excite or arouse action the gals were excited for the camping trip and caused them to take out the van asap the discovery of gold in California galvanized Easterners to go West to seek their fortunes.

pillory

(v.) to expose to public scorn or contempt hillory was exposed in public for stealing the pills where are the PILLS RORY? *in public exposed in public the press pilloried the First lady for taking part in important policy matters

adulate

(v.) to flatter or admire excessively; to idolize adulation (n.) ah juul ate? you ate a JUUL for tik tok?? you are SO COOL YOU ARE THE BEST TIK TOKER EVER (flattering and idolizing) 1. Opera lovers adulate the Mexican singing sensation Rosaria Rosario; her performances are often sold out. 2. members of the crowd showed their adulation by giving the performers a standing ovation.

belie

(v.) to give a false impression of; to contradict you're just gonna "be lie"ing like that?? and when you search up belie, you get believe?? like who would've thought you do be lyin doe, you are contradicting yourself! his temperate tone belied the inflammatory content of his speech

contemplate

(v.) to give careful thought to ponder 2. to have a possible plan to; to intend contemplate think about, plan 1. Einstein contemplated the relationship between matter and energy 2. while still in college, Jordan contemplated going to either medical school or law school.

renounce

(v.) to give up a right to, abandon; reject renunciation (n.) the act of renouncing to announce but because of the re- it shows it's to announce again. the second tjme around the person realized what they were advocating for was wrong so they reject the idea 1. we renounced eating meat when we became vegetarians. 2. acceptance into the animal-rights group meant the renunciation wearing leather and fur clothing.

cede

(v.) to give up or transfer; especially by treaty or formal agreement seed- you have to give up that seed yeah "this treaty says you have to give up the seed" France ceded vast territories to the United States as part of the 1803 Louisiana purchase.

proliferate

(v.) to grow, expand. or multiply at a rapid rate. proliferation (n.) "pro lifer aint it" group grew at a rapid rate pro life rate (not talking abt life vs choice) but if you are pro life, the life rate will expand 1. college courses on women's studies have proliferated since the 1980's 2. due to the proliferation of applicants this year, competition to get into law school greatly increased.

abominate

(v.) to hate or loathe intensely abominable (adj.) 1. detestable, loathsome its an abomination, i always thought it was something that would like ruin something (a bomb in nation) so obviously it's something bad and you hate it 어 bomb 이내 i hate bombs 1. many who abominated slavery worked unremittingly for its cessation 2. because of his abominable behavior, he had few friends 3. she held her nose so that she couldn't smell the abominable odor coming from the dump.

adjudicate

(v.) to hear and decide judicially; to judge adjudicator (n.) judicial and judge judy judges (alliteration) 1. since her case was still being adjudicated, the defendant didn't want to speak to the press. 2. anne is trained as an adjudicator in martial disputes.

exemplify

(v.) to illustrate by being an example of exemple + ify (to make) to illustrate by making an example the poetry of Langston Hughes exemplifies some of the best work of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance.

embroil

(v.) to involve in an argument or conflict frog embroidery- "hey embroidery is not even that hard!! geez" as soon as amy hears this, she goes "emmmm...." and boils over. 😡 the two countries were embroiled in a bitter dispute over where the border between them lay.

raze

(v.) to level to the ground(to crush or demolish something down to the ground); to destroy completely in kkondae-intern, the lady tried to RAISE the CEO's son, while in reality she was trying to RAZE him and become CEO herself. just as the row of seventeenth-century buildings was about to be razed, the preservation society requested a delay.

ameliorate

(v.) to make better; to become better; To improve. in rothachers class, he would ask a question and it would be total silence, amelia made the silence better by talking (e-MILIO-rate) emilio's customer rate becoming better/improving The snowplows were put to work to ameliorate the dangerous driving conditions that resulted from the storm.

disgruntle

(v.) to make dissatisfied; to put in a bad mood dis- apart, grunt to keep on grunting means you're not in a good mood, happiness is taken apart from you this grunt is because you put me in a bad mood the employees, who haven't been given a raise in over two years, are disgruntled with their wages and want an increase in pay.

concoct

(v.) to make up, prepare, or invent concoction (n.) 1) we were able to concoct a delicious meal from the leftovers in the refrigerator. 2) the drink he created was a concoction of mango, pineapple, and grapefruit juice.

condone

(v.) to overlook or except without punishment; to pardon or excuse. I don't condone this behavior AT ALL condone this behavior ive def heard that a lot i dont condone- i won't excuse this mr. Hagopian said that he cannot condone keeping a library book for the whole school year because that made it unavailable to other students.

Recompense

(v.) to pay or compensate (n.) payment; compensation compensation is lke money for someone that did something good, recompense would be to just pay yeah compensate in the word 1. The insurance company recompensed us for the damage to the roof caused by the storm. 2. although Alexandra received no recompense as a volunteer at The radio station, he gained valuable experience.

secrete

(v.) to produce and give off 2. to place so as to be hidden from view; to conceal ze crete; the secretary produced the mixture for the conCRETE, but it was so bad they had to conceal it from view, also sounds like secret but with an accent enzymes secreted by the stomach aid in digestion 2) the money was secreted in a hidden compartment of the suitcase.

endow

(v.) to provide with a quality, a thing, or a gift or money endowment (n.) like a dowry is the money the bride gets in a marriage, endow is to provide with the money (en-DOW) and NOW..... time for all the guests to provide the birthday girl gifts!! 1. Connie was endowed with a beautiful singing voice. 2. the college receives much of its support from endowments established by alumni.

culminate

(v.) to reach or bring to the highest point. culmination (n.) the result of a sustained effort; the high point or climax. (from google: "the highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time") sounds like call minute when the person on the phone says "CALL me in one MINUTE", your anxiety reaches its highest point during the one minute it also sounds like "colonate" like colonized rome would colonize lots of places which brought them to the highest point (the land was also attained after a long time) 1. The Fourth of July celebrations culminated in a spectacular fireworks display. 2. Winning the Nobel Prize was the culmination of the scientist's long and distinguished career.

desist

(v.) to refrain from continuing something I resisted the temptation to continue snacking in the middle of the night = desist, to refrain from eating snacks (i wanna look like a snack but i look like i had a lot of snacks) our principal told us we must desist from talking in study hall.

stipulate

(v.) to require as part of an agreement or contract "stip-le, stip-le" when you become an asmr-ist, it is required you have unusual mouth sounds. it is part of the agreement and contract. haha yeah stiple stiple triggers are required to become an asmrtist my agreement with my coach stipulates that I need to keep a certain grade point average in order to stay on the team.

necessitate

(v.) to require; to make necessary it has the word necess but its to MAKE necessary, like required their new situation necessitates a different approach to the problem

malign

(v.) to say negative and unfair things about; slander (adj.) evil; showing ill will mal-bad, align; in the movie, the protagonist and antagonist finally aligned and the evil showed her badness mal line= bad line the movie had a bad line that slandered the actor the evil writers purposely put that line in there to expose him 1. the proprietor thought maligning his competitor's products would boost his own sales. 2. the malign look he gave me expressed his anger.

expedite

(v.) to speed up a process to facilitate expeditious (adj.) with great speed, quick and efficient. reminds me of expedition, like christopher columbus (even though we don't stan him) had to speed up the process because they were running out of food expert diet this expert in diet can speed up the process of losing weight! just call (123) 345-7890 1. the company hired additional workers to expedite the delivery of holiday orders. 2. because we were catering two parties back-to-back, we had to work in an expeditious manner.

ruminate

(v.) to think over again and again; to ponder rumination (n.) the act of pondering; reflection in this webtoon i read, the main character makes a game called ruminate. it's a puzzle game where they have to constantly ponder aboht what the best move is 1. i spent weeks ruminating about the meaning of Kafka's novella Metamorphosis 2. Einstein's ruminations led him to challenge common perceptions of time and space.

Profane

(v.) to treat with scorn or irrelevance. (adj.) 1. disrespectful of sacred things. 2. not connected with religion; wordly. profane language would be disrespectufl bad words- profane language is treated with scorn and isn't related to religion profanity is bad language profane is using profanity to be disrespectful and treating with scorn and not connected to religion 1. Vandals profaned the memorial by throwing eggs at it. 2. dancing was considered profane by the Puritans. 3. The poems deal poignantly with love in both its sacred and profane aspects.

gibe

(v.) to utter taunting, sarcastic words (n.) a taunting, scornful remark kinda sounds like jab ? because of the gibe, she felt like she was getting jabbed the fans gibed at the referee for ignoring the deliberate foul 2. Andrew's gibe about liza's new glasses really hurt her feelings

ingratiate

(v.) to work to gain the favor of someone to work IN their office to get the GRATItude of someone ingrain + appreciate i wanted to ingrain the image of perfect me in my boss so she could appreciate me = working to gain the favor of someone He attempted to ingratiate himself with his teacher by helping out after class.

modify

1) to make less extreme or severe 2) to make changes in 3) in grammar, to limit or restrict in meaning modify- you know the second definition to change in the strict rules to make less extreme a word had too many definitions, making it too difficult to talk! so they had to restrict in meaning, changing the words. 1. My parents agreed to modify my weekend curfew after I promised to study Monday- Thursday evenings. 2. The teenagers modified their language when they tutored young children after school. 3. In the phrase, the black chair, the adjective black modifies the noun chair.

grapple

1. To struggle with in close combat; to wrestle 2. To come to grips with noun. An iron shaft with a claw for grasping and holding things Kyle bit into an apple and lost a tooth. So he went "GRRRRRRR APPLE!!!!!!!!!" and he wrestled the apple; a couple minutes later, he came to grips with the fact that he was wrestling a fruit. He went as far as using an iron shaft with a claw to fight the apple 1. Jake grappled with the dog to get it into the tub for a bath. 2. The community grappled with the problem of improving the quality of education in their schools. 3. The captain threw the grapple, hooking the abandoned vessel, and then drew it close enough to board.

Inventory

1. A list of possessions or goods on hand 2. The stock of goods on hand verb. to make a complete list of your inventory on minecraft, if you want to tell your partner what you have in your inventory, you will have to make a complete list of it. Before buying school supplies for the coming year, we make an inventory of all the supplies we already have. Once a year, the librarian inventories books and software in the resource center.

renegade

1. A person who deserts one group or cause for another; a traitor 2. A person who rejects lawful behavior RENEGADE OMG but like charli was a traitor to her highschool friends when she got famous from renegade and neevr talked to them ever again RENEGADEEEE WHATTT whoever got famous off of the renegade dance is a traitor to their friends 1. winston churchill was regarded as a renegade for deserting the conservative party to join the liberals. 2. some people considered margaret sanger a renegade because of her attempts to provide family planning information to women, in an age when such a giving was illegal

Fanfare

1. A sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments 2. any showy display fanfare and fireworks, a piece heavy on the trumpets. this piece was for a concert, for a showy display 1. When the president strides into the auditorium, he is greeted with loud fanfare. 2. The props manager, working behind the scenes without fanfare, was a essential to the overall effect of the play.

Fledging

1. A young bird just learning to fly 2. A young and inexperienced person 3. New and untested George Washington was new and untested (for presidency) - he was young and an inexperienced and then one day, he saw a young bird JUST learning to fly (A BALD EAGLLEEE) and he thought to himself, "Pledging to the flag of the United States of Amerc

Avid

1. Having a strong desire for; to the point of greed 2. Eager; enthusiastic avid- a vid, he was very enthusiastic about a vid, because he made it he was avid for praise from her coach.

Encompass

1. To enclose or encircle 2. To include compass has north, west, east, south, it includes all sides, to enclose Except for one narrow pass, mountains encompass the village of Neudorf on all sides.

inaugurate

1. To install in office with a formal ceremony 2. To begin officially or mark the opening of inauguration of the president inaugurated the college's athletic program for women.

condescend

1. To lower oneself to a position one considers inferior. (stooping low) 2. To behave in an offensively superior manner. condescending (adj): showing an offensively superior manner con- with, descend-lower; to bring down someone else's position by behaving in an offensively superior manner. 1. Sarita said she would never condescend to respond to the jealous person who stole her new shoes. 2. Take care not to condescend to your reader.

conspire

1. To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal 2. To join or act together conspiracy (noun): a joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts when you think of conspiracy theories, people join together to devise a "unlawful" theories (that usually goes against the normal beliefs).. so it's like they're planning something illegal 1) The high school students had conspired to cut school, but their parents learned their plan. 2) The beautiful weather, good friends, and delicious food conspired to make the weekend at the beach one I will always remember. 3) Conspiracy of the German officers to kill Hitler failed on July 20th 1944.

Haunt

1. To stay in one's mind continually 2. to visit frequently 3. to appear in the form of a ghost haunt (oooo scary ghost) 1. Even though I heard the song a year ago, the music continues to haunt me.

Derive

1. To take or receive from a source 2. To obtain through reasoning to dePrive is to take away, so without the p, you can take it back and receive. After practicing so diligently, Hugo derived great satisfaction from the enthusiastic applause following his performance. We derived the answer to the question by applying logic.

Divert

1. To turn aside 2. To entertain or amuse diversion (n) 1. the act of turning from a course of concern 2. something that amuses or entertains divert attention from- you can divert someone's attention by showing them something entertaining, like a Tiktok, or youtube vid. 1. by sandbagging the shore, we can divert some of the floodwaters. 2. a juggler diverted the audience during the intermission. 3. seeing a beautiful rainbow was a diversion from the long, boring drive. 4. collecting shells of so many colors and sizes was a diversion our whole family enjoyed on our visit to the beach.

Electrify

1. To wire or equip with electric power 2. To thrill or shock electric, electrocution, etc to electrify with excitement As the population of India grows, the government is working hard to make sure all areas of the country are electrified. Marissa's skating performance, which included a layback spin and several perfectly executed triple axels, electrified the audience.

anarchy

1. Total absence of government 2. Lack of order; total confusion an- not, without (antagonist), archy (monarchy, hierarchy) 1. Government officials fled leaving the country in a state of anarchy. 2. After the Iraq war ended in 2011, the country was in a state of anarchy with no established law enforcement in place.

abrasion

1. a wearing away or rubbing away by friction 2. scraped or worn area abrasive- adj, 1. causing wear by rubbing 2. harsh or rough in manner; irritating erosion, abrasion, very similar when something is abrasive, then it is like rubbing away by friction, it is irritating and harsh in manner

resilient

1. capable of recovering quickly from misfortune 2. returning quickly to an original shape or condition /*noun*/ the ability to recover 2. the ability to spring back resilient rubber, if it's resistant, then it won't change pretty similar An elastic band can be resilient.

Tremulous

1. marketed by trembling or shaking 2. Timid or fearful tremble-ous; to tremble and when you tremble it is usually from fear. treadmill- shaking because you are tired after workout. 1. The little girl tried to look brave when she fell and scraped her knee but her tremulous lower lip betrayed her. 2. In a tremulous voice, Alejandro told us how he had lost our money.

generation

1. one step in the line of descent of a family 2. all the people born and living about the same time 3. the average span of time between the birth of parents and their children grandma / grandpa is one generation, mom/dad is another, anny and i are another Four generations were represented at Naomi's family reunion last summer.

voracious

1. ravenous; desiring and eating a large amount of food 2. greatly eager vore-acious: also sounds like boreacious to be bored and to binge eat; greatly eager about doing something because you are bored to death kinda also sounds like ferocious very violently eating fast and being eager about food 1. We arrived back from our hike with voracious appetites. 2. Danyal has been a voracious reader since childhood.

Apprehend

1. seize or take into custody; to arrest 2. understand comprehend~apprehend, to understand 1. John Brown was apprehended when he tried to confiscate weapons. 2. When Ceilia Talked about her lost dreams of becoming a dancer, we immediately apprehended how upset she was.

meander

1. to follow a winding course 2. To wander aimlessly (me-AND-er) me and her were following her winding course in the woods but eventually wandered aimlessly (mian- dur) it's like sorry in korean, and saying duhhhhhrrrr "Don't worry this path is going to be fine! just follow this winding course" - ends up getting lost and wanders aimlessly "MIANHAE!!!!!" "ugh dur this was gonna happen" The Mississippi River meanders from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Shoppers at the sidewalk sale meandered through the street loooking for bargains.

succumb

1. to give up or give in to; to yield 2. to cease to exist; to die you succ and u dumb- you have to deal with that the entire year, so you just gave up. next year, that sentence died away, and you're free now. After twenty-four hours on their feet, the relief workers succumbed to exhaustion, falling soundly asleep on their cots.

embark

1. to go on board a ship or airplane at the start of a voyage 2. to start out, to begin story: a bunch of travelers go on a ship to go on a voyage. they shout to the dog, "EM! bark!". This meant they began the voyage. 1. Around 9 o' clock we embarked for a day of whale watching. 2. Lewis and Clark embarked on their expedition across America in 1804.

rebuff

1. to reject blunty 2. to drive back */noun/* an abrupt setback in progress to re- ject a buff person, because they were too cocky after rejecting, what do you do? you escape the place by driving away. 1.Our teacher rebuffed all our requests to change the deadline for the project. 2.Although the men in the Alamo were determined to rebuff Santa Anna's forces, in the end they were defeated.

Dehydrate

1. to remove the water from 2. to cause cause to lose bodily fluids to dehydrate your body and lose bodily fluids We use the oven to dehydrate apples, and then we add the dried fruit to our homemade granola.

Imperative

1. urgent; pressing 2. Having the power or authority to command It is imperative that I finish this English assignment before tomorrow's deadline.

Circumspect

ADJ. Cautious and prudent; heedful (attentive) of consequences based on the CIRCUMstances, i inSPECTed everytbing and i am prudent on what will happen inspecting the circumference of the circle, you have to be cautious.. we have to attentive to consequences of getting it wrong bc it can mess the whole problem up a circumspect investor researches carefully before buying shares of any stock

Vibrant

Adj. 1. Full of life for figure. 2. Bright for fitted. 3. Quivering or vibrating very vibrant The Raconteur's vibrant personality helped make the performance a lively one. 2. Red and oranges are more vibrant than grays or browns. 3. The vibrant strings of the guitar transmit sound through the body of the instrument.

aggrieved

Adj. Feeling or expressing a sense of injustice, Injury, or offense a GRIEVED because of the injustices they faced i agree, the community faced injustice so we are grieving Hanks aggrieved attitude is understandable since he was treated so unfairly.

Phlegmatic

Adj. Not given to action or reaction; sluggish or calm in temperament. flag-matic; omg it's like bella poarch and how she's probleMATIC because of the FLAG tattoo but she has not given any action about it HAHA YEAH the flag was problematic but bella was rather sluggish and calm when it came to apologizing Although brianna was a phlegmatic child she grew into an active, decisive teenager

arcane

Adjective. understood by only a few; mysterious the chicken meals ARE from CANEs, only a few people (you) understood what canes and where it is these are canes... only some people know about canes (like me i didnt even know about canes until i came to long beach tbh) to most people, the science of quantum physics is an arcane subject that is beyond grasp.

claustrophobia

An abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces claustrophobia Although Juanita is in the Navy, her claustrophobia prevents her from serving in the submarines.

atrocity

An act of great cruelty and wickedness. atrocious (adj.) 1. Very brutal, wicked, or cruel. 2. Appallingly bad, outrageous. the audacity, the atrocity 1. it is important to talk about and try to prevent the atrocities we see every day on the news. 2. the principal says that bullying is atrocious and that the school staff is committed to eliminating it. 3. the owners of the kennel were prosecuted after reporters revealed that the animals lived under atrocious conditions.

laggard

NOUN: One who falls behind others because of moving slowly or loitering; a straggler. adj. if you LAG you respond slowly or just is slow in general. a laggard would be someone who's falling behind because they're slow lagging gaurd, every other gaurd is already done with training The laggards crossed the finish line log after the winner had broken the tape. We have been laggard in getting the roof repaired.

demean

To cause a lowering of self-esteem; to lower in reputation or character dementors from harry potter, to be deMEAN to someone, ruining someones life either way Don't demean yourself by trying to act like those bullies.

dispel

To clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering. dis SPELL (expecto patronum) clears away and removes by scattering the dementors. I wanted Tanis to reassure me, but her letter, instead of dispelling my fears increased them.

Congregate

To come together in a group, assemble. congregation- a group of people meeting to pray to congregate is to come together as a group The principal instructed us to congregate in the parking lot while the firefighters checked the building.

Instill

To introduce gradually in order to establish securely to install is to put, still is calm, to calmly put so it will establish securely, not rushed and badly Juanita' love for animals was instilled in her during the summer vacations spent at her uncle's farm as a child.

Facilitate

To make easier facility: having a facility (ex. public restroom) makes life easier. Living in Mexico for two years facilitated my learning Spanish.

simulate

To take on the qualities of another; to imitate 2. To pretend simulated- make to look genuine while being artificial simulation-an imitation of a possible situation You know simulation, to simulate would be doing exactly that. something that is simulated would be like the simulation of a genuine thing. AstroTurf simulates real grass. Simulated leather looks and feels like the real thing.

pseudonym

a pen name soo-do-nym Female British authors of the nineteenth century often had to use a male pseudonym in order to get their books published.

profusion

a plentiful supply; a great or generous amount profuse (adj) given or occurring in generous amount; abundant A chef was PRO FUSION of French and Japanese food. And bc he combined the two, there were generous amount to satisfy a lot of customers. 1. Daffodils grew in profusion along the river bank 2. Jerry's profuse apology convinced me he was sorry he had hurt my feelings.

capacious

able to hold a large amount; roomy capacity, room, capacious The capacious closets of their new apartment would provide enough room for the clothes of her two teenagers, Mrs. Gupta decided.

agile

adj. 1. Able to move quickly and easily; nimble. 2. Able to think quickly. agility- quickness of mind or body (noun) fr-agile, thinking of small stuff, when it's smaller, it will be easier to move and nimble if you need to see what direction to go while you're moving fast, you need to think quickly 1. Alexandra's agile steps followed Wilfredo's as the band played a tango. 2. In the final round of the chess tournament, Gary's agile mind enabled him to think five moves ahead. noun. Our karate instructure carefully developed our agility through repeated practice of the basic movements.

viable

adj. 1. Capable of living, growing, or developing. 2. Capable of success; workable. that product is buy-able, says jeff bezos. he thinks the product is buy able bc he thinks it is capable of growing the developing amazon 1. Less than half of last year's corn seed turned out to be viable; the rest did not produce any platns. 2. Although Young-sook's strategy for recycling the city's refuse seemed the most viable one, it received only a modicum of support.

seismic

adj. 1. Caused by or having to do with earthquakes. 2. Having powerful and widespread effects. size-mic, the size of the earthquake was so big that the sound of it got caught on the mic, and obviously because the earthquake was that big, it had powerful effects size-mic the size of the mic was so big that when there was a mic drop, it caused an earth quake. the earth quake had a powerful and widespread effects. 1. Seismic changes in the earth's crust caused the break in the freeway. 2. The new leadership promises political changes of seismic proportions.

lurid

adj. 1. Causing horror; extremely gruesome. 2. Glowing with the redness of flames seen through a haze. lucid dream might lead to sleep paralysis which is extremely gruesome and causes horror. sleep paralysis demon is often drawn with a glow red flame background. 1. My parents will not give me permission to see that movie because of several lurid scenes it contains. 2. The dense smog gave the rays of the setting sun a lurid cast.

Contingent

adj. 1. Conditional; depending on something else. 2. Likely, but not certain to happen; possible. n. A group that is part of a larger one. ONLY when (conditional; depending on something else) he's with his baseball team that is part of the school, he will be a continuous gentleman. BUT when we're alone, it's POSSIBLE, but not certain that he will be a gentleman. 1. Jackson's plans for attending the university were contingent on receiving a scholarship. 2. If it rains, our contingent plan was to move the strawberry festival from the school lawn to the auditorium. noun. The Ethiopian contingent led the parade of Olympic athletes into the stadium.

prodigious

adj. 1. Extremely large in bulk, quantity, or degree 2, causing amazement or wonder a prodigy causes amazement and wonder on how they do it, they bring in extremely large amount of fans and audience yeah the prodigy can cause amazement and bring in an extremely large quantity of fans the runners a prodigious amount of pasta at dinner the night before the marathon. 2. at the carnival, we took everything, including a performance by Mr. muscles, whos prodigious feats of strength work, were, indeed amazing.

rapt

adj. 1. Fully absorbed; engrossed. 2. Filled with deep pleasure; enraptured. when rapping in a raft (rap battle with pirates), u have to stay fully absorbed in rapping or else you'll get thrown off wrapped around a blanket like a burrito on the heating mattress to be fully absorbed into the relaxation 1. we listened with rapt attention to her song 2. he had a rapt expression on his face as he remembered those halcyon summers in hawaii.

incipient

adj. beginning to exist or appear; in the first stage. similar to inception (the def), recipient someone who receives, so like their friendship is on the first stage recipient yeah when the friend request recipient says yes, the friendship begins to exist At the incipient stage of my cold, Claire insisted that I use some of the zinc lozenges to prevent it from developing further

unsavory

adj. 1. Having an unpleasant look, taste, or smell. 2. Morally offensive. unsavory, "this entire culture's food is unsavory, i'm gonna tell everyone this and make them believe it" is morally offensive yeah savory the taste his savory beef jerky was in fact Unsavory... it had an unpleasant look, taste and smell but i felt morally offensive to tell him 1. the week-old sandwich had an unsavory aroma. 2. more details of the unsavory scandal became known after the mayor assaulted his business partner.

convoluted

adj. 1. Having numerous coils or folds. 2. Complicated; intricate. con- with/thoroughly convoluted That flexivle wire can be twisted into

pastoral

adj. 1. Having to do with shepherds and herders. 2. Relating to country life, and often presented as charmingly simple. pronounced PASterol if you think a PASTOR, you don't think of NEW YORK, busy streets- you think of a serene, big field with sheep, country life (yeehaw) 1. The Industrial Revolution contributed to the disappearance of a pastoral way of life. 2. Some of my sister's college friends plan to move together to a pastoral place where they will herd goats and grow their own vegetables.

grandiose

adj. 1. Impressive because of large size or scope. 2. characterized by the pretense of grandeur or absurd exaggeration. bc it's so grand, it's grandiose 1. gothic cathedrals are grandiose structures that continue to attract tourists 2. he made be grandiose claime that he was the only person in the world who could do the job

impervious

adj. 1. Incapable of being penetrated 2. not affected or disturbed by impervious a perv won't disturb me or penetrate into my living space im- not; it kinda looks like previous, the sharpie is incapable of penetrating through the thick art paper, and the paper is not affected or disturbed We stayed dry in the downpour because our tent is impervious to rain. His calm demeanor as he faced the huge audience showed that he was impervious to stage fright, even though he'd never performed before.

jaundiced

adj. 1. Of an unhealthy yellow appearance. 2. Affected by jealousy, resentment, or hostility. jaun dissed; jaun dissed his friend out of jealousy so much that his friend started feeling sick to the tummy and turned an unhealthy yellow color jaundice 1. Adam's jaundiced skin may indicate hepatitis. 2. Relegated to a small cubicle, Renee cast a jaundiced eye on her friend's commodious corner office.

Stellar

adj. 1. Of or relating to a star. 2. Outstanding or brilliant stellar stella rose wine the stella rose wine billboard is brilliant!! it shines like a star 1. the big dipper, being made of stars, is known as a stellar configuration. 2.The audience raved over DiCaprio's stellar performance.

obtrusive

adj. 1. Tending to push oneself forward in an unwelcome manner. 2. Noticeable in an undesirable way. obtrusive intruder- someone who pushes themselves forward in an unwelcome manner The reporters at the house were so obtrusive that Valentina slammed the door in their faces. 2. Dressed in jeans, we felt obtrusive as we entered the small, elegant restaurant.

conscientious

adj. 1. Thorough; careful. 2. Honest; principled. conscious means "aware", so if a person is conscious of their surroundings, they ought to be more thorough and careful with their actions (and because they have more stuff watching them, they have to be honest) 1. Because of our conscientious preparation, the science fair was enjoyable and informative for everyone 2. Several of the students made a conscientious effort to combat hunger by working with the food bank.

wry

adj. 1. Turned or bent to one side in distaste or humor. ("using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor." like ironic, mocking) 2. Amusing in a quiet but sharp way. the newbie actor TRY to CRY made the director laugh and bend to the side from laughter wry/why he was very mocking, when i told him that i wanted to pursue ballet, he was like "why why why... but you suck!! haha" i dont get how some people find him amusing in a sharp way. He gave a wry smile as he admitted believing such a far-fetched tale. The poems wry wit made me smile inwardly.

Destitute

adj. 1. Without resources or possessions, especially the necessities of life. 2. Lacking; devoid of. destitution (noun) there's no definition?? wut reminds me of substitute, the lacking of a teacher would require a substitute also reminded me of destiny destiny + substitute = the destiny of a substitute lacks the benefits that a teacher has and thus without resources of possessions Winter is especially painful for destitute people in the cities of the Northeast. 2. Staring at the blank sheet of paper on which I was supposed to write a poem, I found myself destitute of ideas. 3. Destitution caused by the mid-nineteenth-century potato famine forced many Irish families to seek better lives in the United States.

practicible

adj. 1. capable of being done; feasible 2. usable practicable. This piano piece is practicable... its doable Making a community garden in that vacant lot is a practicable plan, but you'll have to get permission from the city first. 2. Motor boats are not practicable in the waters of the Florida Everglades.

caustic

adj. 1. capable of destroying tissue by chemical action; corrosive 2, Very sarcastic; sharp or biting caw stick, in order for a caw caw (crow) to get a stick their beaks have to be sharp and biting but the definition is like sarcastically sharp also sounds like caution- caution bc this stick can destroy tissues 1. Lye, used in soap making, is caustic enough to burn one's skin. 2. Ahmed tried to make his caustic remarks milder, but even his friends think he's incorrigible.

sensuous

adj. 1. coming from or acting on the senses 2. Producing an agreeable effect on the senses (relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect, like aesthetic) sensuous- literally senses SEN-shoo-us yeah like senses, sensual 1. The sensuous curves of the new museum's exterior are a delight to the eye. 2. The cat stretched out in front of the fire in sensuous contentment.

graphic

adj. 1. evoking a sharp mental picture; vivid 2. concerning the pictorial arts, as drawing, painting, etc graphic or graphic arts 1. viviana describe the forest in such graphic detail that I could almost feel the leaves crunch under my feet. 2. my art teacher says that watercolor is the most challenging medium in the graphic arts.

plaintive

adj. expressing sorrow; mournful the design was to PLAIN for her and she paid $500 for it so she expressed sorrow plain tiff!! tiff expressed sorrow after her design course professor told her that we finally allowed the dog on the couch with us because his plaintive whining was making us feel bad.

inimical

adj. 1. expressing hostility or unfriendly intent 2. having adverse or harmful effects reminds me of intimate, i-NIMI-cal CALLing her nimi (for mini) just bc she short- to her it is like expressing hostility towards her short height 1. Bella's inimical stare suggested that a conflict might be brewing. 2. it has been proven beyond any doubt that excessive use of alcohol is inimical to one's health.

convoluted

adj. 1. having numerous coils or folds 2 complicated; intricate (especially of an argument or story {or so google says}) (CON-vo-looted) sounds like convo looted- the simple convo turned into how the people looted the bank and it became incredibly confusing convoluted That flexible wire can be twisted into convoluted shapes. 2. the jurors had difficulty following the witness's convoluted explanation.

nominal

adj. 1. in name only, not in fact 2. very small nominate nominees are only in name.. they're not actually chosen so they play a very small role in the actual presidency/whatever the king or queen is the nominal head of state in england, but in reality it is the prime minister and the houses of parliament who rule. 2. the museum charged only a nominal entrance fee of fifty cents in order to arrant more visitors.

profound

adj. 1. intense; deeply felt 2. having understanding or knowledge that goes beneath the surface, beyond the obvious. if you're intensely into a subject, and have a great understanding of something, you're going to have found information 1. Parents who have been separated from their children at the beginning of the war felt profound joy when they were reuinted in the refugee camp. 2. Profound insights from Thoreau and Gandhi influenced Martin Luther King Jr.'s ideas about nonviolent protest.

torrid

adj. 1. intensely hot and dry 2. burning with a passion the weather in la is HORRID. its dry like a desert but it's extremely hot. when something is hot it can burn. ur passion is so hot it's burning torrid, horrid, "get RID of the TORCH" bc it's sooo hot and dry It was impossible to walk barefoot on the torrid desert sand. The old letter was filled with torrid declarations of undying love.

penurious

adj. 1. marked by extreme poverty 2. stingy; lacking generosity penury n. he was FURIOUS because of a PEN because he was from a house of extreme positive and anything and everything meant a lot the nourishment for us is lacking due to poverty 1. The family had once been wealthy, but now lived a penurious life. .2. Despite his hoard of gold, Silas Marner was penurious sharing his money with no one. 3. Mrs. Nakamura always appeared in her finest clothes, as if to conceal her penury.

maternal

adj. 1. motherly 2. related to or inherited through one's mother maternal maternal leave Ranji's maternal feelings were aroused when she saw a child standing alone weeping at the bus stop. 2. My maternal grandparents had two children, my mom and my uncle Bill.

rudimentary

adj. 1. not yet fully developed; basic 2. elementary rudimentary (rudi-MEN-tri) kids may be rude in elementary school but they just have to learn basic manners. yes exactly- rude+ elementary The rudimentary train system of the United States developed rapidly during the second half of the nineteenth century. 2. Juan speaks four languages perfectly and has a rudimentary knowledge of several others.

perverse

adj. 1. turned away from what is right; wicked 2. stubbornly opposing what is right or reasonable; obstinate perversity (n.) another definition of thjs word is pervert, wicked and not right per verse every verse the singer turned away from what is right and purposely opposed what the producer told him to do. he is wicked 1. he gets a perverse satisfaction from teasing the dog. 2. the nineteenth-century French writer George Sand was considered perverse in her day because she refused to stay married, wore masculine attire, and had a successful career. 3. her frequent wintertime swims in the ocean, against her doctor's advice, revealed her perversity.

synonymous

adj. Alike or close in meaning; closely related synonym, having similar meanings The company boasts that its name is synonymous with quality.

Irksome

adj. Annoying; tedious to irk someone (icks) All the steps preliminary to painting the ceiling- scraping, patching, and sanding- were irksome to Nevaeh, who wanted to finish the job quickly.

Stilted

adj. Artificially stiff or formal in manner stilts are what you use for aritificial legs "its tilted" his head was tilted in a weird, artificially stiff way His stilted conversation reflected his unease.

inordinate

adj. Beyond what is ordinary or reasonable in amount or scope; excessive in ordinary, inordinate yeah not ordinary, too much The summer school report requires several days of study due to it inordinate length.

choleric

adj. Easily angered; quick-tempered collar-ick; to grab by the collar everytime the other person says something you are so easily angered! you grab my collar and go ickkk when you get mad the coach grew increasingly chorleric as it became apparent that the players were disobeying his orders.

betrothed

adj. Engaged to be married. n. A person to whom one is engaged to be married. be-trowed maybe betrayed? i feel betrayed after knowing that engaging to be married was a concept created by a wedding wing company to make money 1. The betrothed couple exchanged gifts to mark their engagement. 2. Charles gave his betrothed an emerald engagement ring.

affluent

adj. Generously supplied with money or possessions; wealthy affluence. noun. Wealth influencers + fluent influencers obviously get rich off of their social media platforms. they are fluent in the rich world Although Cicely was not from an affluent family, she could attend an expensive school because of the scholarship she had won. Mrs. Winn's affluence is due to oil being discovered on her land.

potential

adj. Having possibility or capability. n. The capacity for growth or development. potential Light and heat from the sun are potential sources of energy that could be a boon to humanity. 2. The abandoned factory building has considerable potential as a site for the proposed recycling center.

sumptuous

adj. extravagantly splendid or costly; luxurious sumptous (SUM-chew-us) the food was sooo extravagantly costly and luxurious that it felt like SOME of the food was CHEWing US (chewing our money away) spelling reminds me of scrumptious After the wedding we enjoyed a sumptuous meal in the hotel dining room.

sage

adj. Having wisdom and good judgement noun. 1. A person known for wisdom and good judgment. 2. An aromatic grayish-green plant used in cooking if you are wise, you would know to eat plants- to make food look good with plants is like cool move adj. Ben Franklin's poor RIchard's Almanack offered sage advice to the colonists. 1. When I need advice, I consult my grandmother, the family sage. 2. Sage and onion are essential ingredients for a good turkey filling.

Incontrovertible

adj. Impossible to dispute; unquestionable a CONTROVERsy is a public dispute or argument. IN- not controvertuble would be not even able to dispute yeah like in-not this is not a controversy, it's literally impossible to dispute that the sun is real His statement that carbon- dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing is incontrovertible.

insuperable

adj. Incapable of being overcome or defeated in-not superman// not able to beat superman superman is insuperable (in-SU-perable) superman i like it During my senior year, passing Physics seemed insuperable obstacle to graduation.

reticent

adj. Inclined to keep one's thoughts and feelings to oneself; quiet and reserved. reticence noun. Silence or reserve pronunciation: rEh-di-cint if you're a resident, not a citizen, you would keep thoughts about america to yourself, stay quiet, or silent When we asked her about her parents, Adriana grew reticent. 2. Liao's reticence about his plans for the summer made us even more curious.

bellicose

adj. Inclined to quarrel; combative; warlike it's cos of ur belly, and that made them inclined to quarrel The principal upbraided the students for their bellicose behavior.

subordinate

adj. Less important or lower in rank; secondary n. a person under the command or control of another v. to give less importance to; to place in a lesser position. subordinate the actress said she would willingly take a subordinate role in a play if she found the character interesting. 2. the general had a reputation for being unusually fair and respectful to his subordinates. 3. sometimes parents have to subordinate their own interests to those of their children.

haphazard

adj. Marked by lack of plan, order or direction. if that hiking HAPpens without order and direction, it will be a HAZARD happens/have hazard bc lack of plan He described in humorous detail his haphazard travels around Europe.

ineffectual

adj. Not bringing about the desired result, futile (pointless). in- not not having the desired effect and thus not getting the desired result My attempt to grow tomato plants from seed has been ineffectual, with most withering before they sprout leaves.

intermittent

adj. Not continuous; happening at intervals inter- like enter mitten// in california, its never sure when winter would be cold. so the times u enter mittens on ur hands is not continuous intermittent entering the mittens in your hands is not continuous. might have to take them off later in the day Showers were intermittent throughout the day, although the forecast had promised sunshine.

extraneous

adj. Not necessary; irrelevant -eous means composed of. it's composed of extra- too extra means a lot of it is irrelevant (ex-TRAIN-eous) strenuous means requiring or using great exertion- so using strenuous strengths is not necessary for this exercise When you revise your written instructions, eliminate any extraneous details.

precarious

adj. Not safe or secure; dangerously uncertain precautious- being cautious of your surroundings because you surroundings are not safe please carry us! because the road is NOT SAFE! Having cut through the thick vines to get a better view of the waterfall, the hikers did not understand how precarious their situation was until they tried to return to the trail and could not find it.

picayune

adj. Petty or insignificant; concerned with trifling matters. pick-a-YOON you asking tatev "just pick a yoo!!" bc apparently she likes me more :3 - being petty when evaluating the house the inspector looked at the most picayune details, practically checking every nail and splinter

Therapeutic

adj. Relating to the treatment of a disease; contributing to general well-being therapeutic A Doctor Who exudes kindness can have a therapeutic effect on the patient.

ecumenical

adj. Universal; inclusive, especially concerning religious matters e-que-MENi-cal que! many call no matter where you are in the world, if there is a home shopping and they say "que!" to start the show, many people will call this is a universal experience The ecumenical council promotes cooperation among multifarious groups of churches.

frenetic

adj. Wildly excited; frantic reminded me of fanatic when i saw it; they're extremely excited for that one thing omg lol when i first saw the word i was like "oh it reminds me of frantic!" and that was the definition The frenetic buying and selling on the floor of the stock market yesterday left investors wary of today's transactions.

ambidextrous

adj. able to use both hands with equal skill ambidextrous Ambidextrous batters in baseball are called switch hitters.

impending

adj. about to occur; imminent the results are still pending i am pending but im about to be there The impending storm put our weekend travel plans in limbo.

concomitant

adj. accompanying; occupying or existing at the same time con-COM-mitant sounds like commitment? con- with during a group work, commitment exists at the same time in all the groupmements commitment with everyone and each other con- with, people who committed to a college will all exist at the same time

overbearing

adj. acting in an arrogant, domineering way this is too much to BEAR!! my teammate is acting too arrogant i like that Liam's overbearing manner caused his popularity among the rest of the class to wane quickly.

pugnacious

adj. aggressive; eager to fight or quarrel pugnacity noun. pug- nacious; kinda sounds like pug nation- a nation of pugs will be aggressive because they have to fight who's the cutest pug yeah it does sound like pug nation pugs are known to be aggressive, but in pug nation, the king pugs are aggressive The pugnacious basketball player challenged the referee with insulting words. He showed his pugnacity by clenching his fists.

nascent

adj. beginning to exist; emerging nae-scent; it's like the nae nae was beginning to exist, and people could just smell that it was going to get famous NAE-scent HAHA yours is really good when the nae nae came out, there was an obvious scent that it would become famous (idk if scent is even use that way lol) and that a trend would begin to exist for the dance emerging cool dance The country's nascent economy, which had developed since the end of the war, was devastated by an earthquake.

impecunious

adj. being habitually without money; poor IM barely PECKING on some bread, this uni experience is making me so broke impe-CU-nious peck cutie us we are pecking on the cutie bc we are poor Impecunious artists were sometimes willing to sell paintings for the price of a good meal.

antithetical

adj. being in direct and outspoken opposition antithesis n. The direct contrast of one thing with another; the exact opposite anti theoretical, it wasn't theoretical, there was a fact and the direct opposition would be whether it is true or not 1. The poet employed antithetical symbols such as those of birth and death. 2. Kyla's munificence is the antithesis of her brother's stinginess.

credible

adj. believable; reliable credibility. noun credible yeah credible source Lulu was no longer credible because she had been dishonest so many times. 2. The online university lost all credibility when news broke of how a child was able to buy a degree with just a few clicks.

salubrious

adj. beneficial to health or well-being salutations!! thanks for BRInging US some soup that is beneficial to our health The salubrious mountain air renewed the hikers' vigor.

imperturbable

adj. calm and assured im- not, perturb, disTURB per hour, they're not able to be disturbed and is called and assured (imper-TUR-buble) even during a TURbulence where everyone WHIMPERed (whimpered turbulence), the BUBBLE is calm and assured picking up the phone to call the plumber, my mother remained imperturbable.

punctilious

adj. careful of and attentive to details, especially ones relating to good manners and behavior. (pung-TILI-us) pun tell (e) us!! the smart child said to the comedian so that he can show his humor off (it was good manners of the child and he noticed he was a comedian) oorrrrr punctuation- careful of details punk tillys even though they only play punk music, they are very careful and pays attention to their music choice A punctilious host tries to leave nothing to chance when preparing for guests.

feckless

adj. careless or irresponsible sounds like reckless feckless also can be (bad word!!! f word- less) i don't give a bleep about school!!!! Bao's feckless ways left him devoid of cash.

queasy

adj. causing nausea or tending to be nauseous 2. causing or experiencing uneasiness; squeamish HEYY QUEASY 1. The pitching and rolling of the boat made some passengers queasy. 2. I felt queasy about saying I didn't know where you were when, in fact, I did.

voluble

adj. characterized by a ready flow of words; talkative voluble- volume able bc he was very talkative, it was hearable/volume able yes or like he filled the volume of a box with his words The voluble host scarcely gave his guests a change to speak.

perspicacious

adj. clear-sighted; shrewd perspicacity n. pers-pic-uous; it's a PERSon, the pic is so clear I could see it's a person even though they're barely on the screen pers-pi-CAY-cious per speak vacation,,, suspiCIOUS i am clear-sighted and could tell that something was wrong when every time i would speak of a vacation (per speak vacation) my friend would get suspicious Realizing quickly that Randolph was perspicacious in investment matters, I relied on him for guidance. 2. because of her many years of training and experience, the psychologist displayed perspicacity of judgement about her patent's psyches.

moribund

adj. close to death; in a dying state (MORE-e-bund) i am close to death... i want more buns? from a bakery yes very good It is incontrovertible that the company was moribund when it was taken over last year.

zany

adj. comical because of strangeness; clownish ms lany is zany!! old book i read- old trick in the book (i like that saying) zany maybe zayn? zayn from one direction is so silly and strange and funny The zany illustrations make the book very popular.

meteoric

adj. coming into existence swiftly, suddenly, brightly, like a meteor meteor, coming in suddenly like a meteor meteor If Amena envisaged a meteoric rise to fame after her first starring role on broadway, she was naive.

extemporaneous

adj. composed or performed on the spur of the moment, with little or no planning ex tempor aneous, ex-not there was no tempo or anything because it was composed with no planning ex temper was heinous and it was always at the spur of the moment Public figures need o master the art of extemporaneous speaking, since they often need to improvise before and audience.

pragmatic

adj. concerned with practical solutions rather than abstract theory, -matic, bragmatic people who brag about their accomplishments should be talking more about their ACTUAL solutions./accomplishments and not just an abstract theory of what they have done always pragmatic, Dorothy was more interested in how she could use the new machine than in the theory behind its design.

commensurate

adj. corresponding in size, degree, or amount; proportionate; of equal value com- together (commerce) measure common menstruation ? usually my periods are about the same The students were put in groups commensurate with their reading abilites.

resplendent

adj. dazzling in appearance re splendent, you look splendent again for the fifth time in a row!! yes splendid! dazzling in appearance my grandmother was resplendent in a dress of burgundy velvet at her ninetieth birthday party.

pensive

adj. deep in thought; dreamily thoughtful reminds me of defensive defensive of the fact that i was daydreaming Lying on my back, I grew pensive as I watched the drifting summer clouds.

bereft

adj. deprived of or lacking something that is wanted or needed kinda opposite to benefit, what they have is so little/ nothing that it would not benefit them at all be-REFT the referee left so we were deprived of something that was wanted: the referee The flood waters left residents of Great Rapids bereft of home and possessions.

masochistic

adj. deriving pleasure from being mistreated mentally or physically masochist noun. omg this is kinda scary but i read sentence #2 and it wasn't as scary anymore :3 but it kinda sounds like misogynistic ?? so masochistic is something that's as messed up as misogynistic IDK IF THAT MAKES SENSE LOL The Boston bathers who enter the frigid waters annually on New Year's Day denied they were masochistic, but claimed instead simply to enjoy the experience. 2. "only a masochist would choose to live in the wilderness for a week with no equipment" asserted charlene.

reprehensible

adj. deserving blame or rebuke kinda reminds me of reprimand, or comprehensible- it is not comprehensible that old people thought "witches" were reprehensible its like reprimand, comprehensible you understand why i have to reprimand you right?? yes its because i deserve blame T_T (twice fan) Denying sustenance to those in need is reprehensible.

arbitrary

adj. determined by chance or whim rather than by reason or necessity are+bit+rare, the paintings that are considered rare, and are worth MILLIONS are kind of determined by chance or whim, since there's no reason in judging art. Even though our choice of restaurant was arbitrary, the food was delicious.

recondite

adj. difficult to understand; abstruse (difficult to understand) reck-on-dite, the w-reck on dite street was difficult to understand, because rarely any cars pass by there sounds like reconcile? she was trying to reconcile but it was really difficult to understand her The law or primogeniture during the Plantagenet era is one of the recondite subjects on which Ms. Gonzalez is an expert.

forthright

adj. direct; straightforward; frank forthright, imma put it out right there, like put it forth. the word kinda just SOUNDS like the definition uhh you were FOURTH right?? she was very straight forward with the ranking Their classmates preferred Jermain's forthright manner to Rebecca's deceitful style.

sordid

adj. dirty or disgusting sounds exactly like sorted, but opposite meaning omg TRU is everything sorted ? nah its sordid its sore to the eye bc its so dirty the sordid details of the senator's bribes were revealed in his diary.

sedentary

adj. doing or requiring a lot of sitting kinda sounds like "seat-en-tary" it is mandaTORY to be SEATed sedentary lifestyle is involves little to no physical activity Operating a computer is sedentary work.

perfunctory

adj. done in a routine way, without care or particular interest per funky tory, tori didn't care about it being perfect, she decided to do it funky without care or particular interest the function factory in the function factory, everyone just has to complete their functions in a routine, it doesn't rly matter if it doesn't interest them my mother was so immersed in her work that she gave me only a perfunctory nod when i came into her office

unilateral

adj. done or carried out by one or two or more parties rather than in concert with others unilateral sounds like it means two parallel lines next to each other for some reason so its like 2 lines doing the job Instead of consulting with other countries, france made a unilateral decision to resume nuclear testing in the pacific.

belated

adj. done too late; having been delayed beyond the usual time belated birthday 🎂 yep kofi's belated birthday care arrived one month after my birthday.

cynical

adj. doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives cynical (distrustful of human sincerity or integrity) ALWAYS reminds me of crazy so- in like a movie where someone is "crazy" they will most likely hate humans and are doubtful of them cynic. noun. Even though many clients have lied to her, the attorney, has not become a cynic.

jaded

adj. dulled or wearied by excess or overindulgence jade the stone jaded the jade stone got dulled and wearied bc the person wore it so much Jaded fans of special effects in movies seem to need ever more spectacular sights in order to be thrilled.

tractable

adj. easily managed or controlled track-able im gonna think of track able so like a machine has to be easy to be tracked for it to be easily managed and controlled the stable manager gave Jamilla a tractable horse when she first bean riding.

exorbitant

adj. exceeding normal bounds; greater or more than seems reasonable (often for price as google says) ex- out of, orbit ant: you could see an ant orbit around the room for $200!! ex orbitant (someone who used to orbit around the earth) says he will charge $1000 for a NASA keychain thats too much man Two hundred dollars seems an exorbitant price for a man's shirt.

flamboyant

adj. excessively showy; unrestrained flamboyance or flamboyancy: noun its like ostentatious, but flamingo this is excessively showy though, not ornate ,(no ostrich emoji) My conservative aunt considered her husband's brightly colored, boldly patterned necktie too flamboyant for the governor's reception.

autocractic

adj. exercising sole or complete control; dictatorial autocrat. n. one who exercises total control; a domineering person autocracy n. absolute rule by a single person auto, tactic their tactic is to have it on auto drive😎 if one person has total control it's kinda like an autodrive u feel democratic- everyone is represented but autocratic- only one person is in control 1. Critics accused the prosecutor of running the department in such an autocratic way that everyone was afraid to say anything. 2. The queen ruled as an autocrat after abolishing Parliament. 3. Critics argue that while socialist in some ways, Cuba became more of an autocracy under Fidel Castro's firm hand.

inherent

adj. existing as a natural part of something inherent Believing her shyness is inherent, Roseanne does nothing to try to overcome it.

succinct

adj. expressed clearly and in few words; consice (suc-SINT) you suck saint instead of saying a whole paragraph of insults, they say "u suck" For someone who is usually so voluble,Ahmad's answers to the principal's questions were remarkably succinct.

amorous

adj. expressing love of the state of being in love amor- love in spanish; -ous changes to a noun and means "full of" The couple exchanged amorous glances as they sat across from each other at the dinner table.

munificent

adj. extremely generous; liberal in giving munificence n. m-you-nificent; magNIFICENT in giving to other people, no YOU could have this magnificent artwork! money, efficient/ or sufficient she is sufficient when it comes to money so she is extremely generous and always offering to pay for us The basketball star's munificent donation completely funded the construction of the new community center. 2. The foundation was known for its munificence in endowing hospitals and research centers around the world.

stentorian

adj. extremely loud or powerful in sound stent man :P made a loud noise when he jumped from the ceiling onto the floor yeah like hisTORIAN (like a person) stent/stunt person sometimes makes loud, powerful sounds to get through the strenuous stunts they have to do The principal was a charismatic speaker whose stentorian voice commanded instant attention.

lilliputian

adj. extremely small or appearing to be so they took a LILLY POTION, lilly from elementary was really small, and people appear to be small when taking that potion (sorry lilly) lily-pution little portions, extremely small as we walked around the model village, we towered over the lilliputian houses.

incensed

adj. filled with wrath (extreme anger) ; enraged it was like an incense was lit in him and he was filled with wrath and smoke was coming out of him or bc the incense filled the room when he was allergic to the smell, he was filled with wrath Kurt was so incensed upon discovering Omar's mistake that he berated him for a full five minutes.

apropos

adj. fitting the occasion; suitable or apt (APRO-po) "I PROPOSE" he said. his suit was definitely suitable for the occasion. yess or like proposing on vacation would fit the situation The governor's red, white, and blue blouse seemed quite apropos for her post- election celebration.

succulent

adj. fresh and juicy succulent like cactus? when u are stuck in the desert, open up a cactus and drink from it it is fresh and juicy Juice from the succulent peach dribbled down my chin.

fraught

adj. full of or accompanied by (usually followed by with) it gives me "i'm scared" vibes so maybe u have to be accompanied by friends when u go to a haunted house OR a TROT concert is FULL OF SOUND and is usually accompanied by a harmony singer yeah at first glance, i totally assumed it meant "scary" full of friends, accompanied by friends We abandoned our idea of traveling up the Amazon River when we learned that such a trip would be fraught with danger.

porous

adj. full of tiny holes or spaces; easily penetrated by gas or liquid pores The amount of clay in the soil prevents it from being porous, so rainwater often accumulates in large pools.

explicit

adj. fully and clearly expressed, leaving nothing merely implied explicit The explicit directions made assembling the grill a simple task.

ribald

adj. funny in a crude (offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters; rude) way (RI-bird) saying ribbit to a bird is extremely rude kinda funny the best-selling book contains ten ribald stories.

obsolescent

adj. going out of use; becoming obsolete (out of date, outdated) sole-e-scent; they use the scent of a sole and its going out of use because it's gross obsolete sounds like absolute absolutely that christmas scent is going out of use.. its all about the CRAZY CHRISTMAS SCENT Typewriters are obsolescent now that personal computers are so common.

sublime

adj. great or noble in expression, thought, or manner; splendid sub (below) lime is a grapefruit. that's why limes are great and thought of to be noble and splendid. Standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon at dawn, we had a sublime panorama of the canyon walls changing color in the morning light.

verdant

adj. green with vegetation; covered with green plants The Green Mountains are a fitting name for the verdant hills of Vermont.

inveterate

adj. habitual or deeply rooted; persistent in-vet-er-ate, even when the VET ATE, their habits were imbedded in them, and got up as soon as they heard a doggo whimper IN the VETERan's life style, folding his shirt every day has become a deeply rooted and habitual. it goes without saying that good raconteurs are inveterate storytellers.

pendulous

adj. hanging loosely or swinging freely i got this confused with pendulum but it's very similar pendulums do hang loosely and swings freely like pendulum The pendulous branches of the weeping willow grazed the ground.

nondescript

adj. hard to describe because of a lack of distinctive qualities or features. non-not + description = no description so hard to describe exactly I walked along the endless row of nondescript houses looking for number 136.

inexplicable

adj. hard to explain or impossible to understand basically inexplanable yeah expilcable=explainable The disappearance of many ships and planes within the Atlantic Ocean's Bermuda Triangle is inexplicable to me.

averse

adj. having a feeling of opposition or distaste aversion noun. someone versus someone i'm "a verse"-ing that person and i HATE them (a-VERSE) i have a feeling of opposition towards A VERSE in his song My parents are so averse to our watching television while we eat dinner. Helene's aversion to city life led her to rent a cabin in the mountains for a year.

vitriolic

adj. having a sharp, biting quality; bitterly sarcastic (filled with bitter criticism or malice) VIT REally LICKed my ice cream... haha you're SO funny vit omg i'm laughing so hard. (vitri-OL-ic) I am a V shaped TREE olic (like alcoholic) so i am filled with bitter criticism for any other shaped trees i concluded from the vitriolic reviews that the play would not make it to broadway.

voluminous

adj. having great bulk or volume; ample voluminous The museum will exhibit a select group of bowls and jugs from its voluminous collection of Pueblo pottery.

fateful

adj. having great or significant consequences it's like your fate, +full; if you keep mess up, your FATE is going to be FULL of consequences i like that ur fate will be full of consequences if you are not FAITHFUL The article examines President Truman's fateful decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

blasé

adj. indifferent to what others find pleasurable or exciting because of excessive indulgence or enjoyment; unconcerned (unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before) i have no idea so maybe like since the word looks and sounds super fancy- to "blasé," the compliments didn't concern it anymore, it was already too fed up with compliments he has been to blaze pizza too many times (he says it like blasé pizza bc hes fancy) so he doesn't really care what other people get and enjoy from there ethel was blase about winning a caribbean vacation because she had already visited aruba several times.

listless

adj. indifferent, spiritless; showing a lack of motivation or interest listlessness n showing so little motivation amd interest that they were supposed to make a list for the club but they were listless even though all the group members were supposed to come up with a list of things to talk about, bc they were indifferent and had no motivation, they were listless 1. leron greeted me with a halfhearted hello and a listless handshake 2. mr winters suspected that his daughters listlessness indicated an incipient illness

indolent

adj. indulging (allowing oneself to enjoy the pleasure of) in ease; avoiding exertion; lazy n. indolence (IN-dolent) IN DOOR LENT (fake rule: lent is supposed to be practice outdoors) she practiced lent in doors bc she was being lazy in-dole-ent they have the DOLE whip IN the store, but they will not give it to the customers because they are lazy Being in this torrid heat of the tropical sun makes one feel indolent. His failure to reach his goal certainly cannot be attributed to indolence.

ardent

adj. intensely eager; passionate ardor (noun) passionate intensity of feeling; enthusiasm ARDEN (eunchae's bff) is ARDENT/passionate about shawn. In spite of Miriam's ardent praise of Dontrell, I was not convinced of his ability. 2. Romeo's ardor led him to take great risks to see his beloved Juliet.

deficient

adj. lacking deficiency. noun. iron-deficiency: lacking deficiency yes, de- not deficient A diet deficient in fruits and vegetables won't provide enough vitamins for good nutrition. 2. Teachers argued that students experienced a serious deficiency when schools could not provide music and art education.

Lackluster

adj. lacking brightness or vitality; without spirit or enthusiasm luster reminds me of like glitter and confetti, it lacks the colorfulness of "luster" lack the oboe soloist was not pleased with her lackluster performance and promised to practice more so she could do better next time.

crass

adj. lacking delicacy or sensitivity; gross it's like grass but an off brand version which lacks delicacy and is gross to find in an "all nature park" grass kinda grows everywhere on the ground so lacking delicacy ? like 잡초 Molly's crass suggestion that I baby-sit her on Saturday nights since I never seem to have a date hurt me.

maladroit

adj. lacking judgement or skill; bungling or clumsy mal-bad in spanish; idk why but i can only think of drone right now from droit, so very bad at handling the drone and clumsy at it mala-DROit idk why but it sounds like (in korean) mal an dul uh like why aren't you listening to me when you are lacking the skill! Dale's cross-examination of the witnesses was so maladroit and ineffective that he was taken off the case.

insensate

adj. lacking sensation or awareness 2. Lacking sense or ability to reason 3. Brutal; lacking feeling in-not, SENSATion no sensation yeah in= not no sensation, thus can't reason 1. when the rescue team reached the skier trapped in the snow, they found her alive, but insensate with no awareness of her surroundings. 2. the artist captured the insensate fury of a storm at sea. 3. because he had no empathy for the feelings of other people, he committed insensate acts of violence.

unequivocal

adj. leaving no room for misunderstanding; unambiguous un-not they cant even match their vocal volume (unequi-unequal) because of how loud and firm they said it When I asked to borrow their new car, my parents replied with an unequivocal no.

avuncular

adj. like a benevolent uncle; familiar and indulgent a-VUNK-cular in the show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," the 4 girls are in kidnapped into a bunk by a secular priest. the girls were made to believe that the priest was like a benevolent uncle, who was just trying to save them from the world apocalypse (he was lying) Sid, an avuncular friend of my father, exuded goodwill and always presented us with charming little gifts when he visited.

pristine

adj. like new; spotless; free of dirt and decay christines hoco dress was like new and spotless yeah christine was wearing a pristine dress, very new and spotless the city looked pristine under a thick blanket of freshly fallen snow

ramshackle

adj. loosely made; appearing ready to collapse; dilapidated rams had to make shackles so it was obviously badly done and loosely made the shackle for the rams seem like they're about to collapse girl! the ramshackle condition of the abandoned mansion was evident from the crumbling plaster in the once elegant dining room

duplicitious

adj. marked by deception duplicity n. deceit in speech or actions; deliberate deception to make a duplicate of and act like the duplicate was the real, deception du-PLIS-itous yeah the duplicate! pls sit here w us. you have been marked by deception! you are deceiving other people to be someone you are not 1. A double agent cannot lead a simple and open life, but must always be duplicitous. 2, The scam artist's duplicity was discovered before he made off with the money.

Ingenious

adj. marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness ingenuity noun. literally just in-genius hahah yeah genious=genius Disposing of garbage by converting it into energy is an ingenious idea. When she brought in her science project, the child's ingenuity was immediately apparent to her teachers.

centrifugal

adj. moving or tending away from the center centri- center, fugal kinda sounds like fungus and u have to move away from fungus centri- center fugal kinda sounds like fuel, like angry and mad so moving away from the angry center if the string snaps on the toy that you are swinging, centrifugal force will send it flying away from you.

centrifugal

adj. moving or tending away from the center okay something fishy is happening... centrifugal If the string snaps on the toy that you are swinging, centrifugal force will send it flying away from you.

animadversion

n. (usually used with an) a critical or hostile comment ani-mad version, a critical or hostile comment that was unnecessarily rude would give you the ANNY MAD VERSION Drew was disconsolate after reading the critics' animadversions on her latest novel.

Environs

n. . The area adjoining or surrounding a place. literally environment The combined population of Dayton, Ohio, and its environs exceeds two hundred thousand

scion

n. 1. A descendant or heir. 2. A cutting from a plant used to produce new growth. (psy-eon) the descendants of psy will be rich because of all the money he made from gangnam style (cyan) like the color cyan the descendant from queen mary loved the cyan color or tbh i like yours better edward, the black prince, was a scion of the british royal house of plantagenet. 2. the scions you grafted onto the apple trees should produce fruit in three years.

quirk

n. 1. A peculiar or eccentric mannerism. 2. An odd or sudden turn of events. i'm so quirky!! this is my quirk!! its an odd turn of events when someone that doesn't even act quirky says that quirky - o!m!g! i am so sorry my peculiar mannerism leads to such odd turn of events always wearing two different-colored socks is one of his quirks. 2. a quirk of fate brought us both to the spot where we had first met ten years earlier.

upheaval

n. 1. A radical or violent change. 2. A forceful lifting or warping from beneath. to heave is to carry with great effort, the change from heave to upheaval was a violent change up evil! under the ground, the workers were protesting demanding a radical change. they wanted the evil queen to leave the underground and go above ground. they yelled "UP EVIL" and the evil queen slowly went thru the ground, causing an upheaval on the ground 1. The Civil Rights movement sparked time of upheaval across the country. 2. Small upheavals in our lawn revealed the subterranean paths of moles.

blight

n. 1. Any disease that damages plants. 2. Something that harms or destroys. v. To do harm to. dwight dwight would def try to create a disease that damages any plant that messes with his beets the potato blight of the 1840s deprived the irish people of their main sustenance. 2. dilapidated housing contributes to urban blight. 3. a vote of censure by the united states senate can blight a politician's career.

caliber

n. 1. Degree of importance or excellence. 2. The diameter of a bullet or inside of a gun barrel. cali-bur people think california is extremely important and excellent BUT shootings is too much- about gun calibur in CALIfornia, BURbank has its nice part of town and bad part of town it's like degree of excellence of burbank the college faculty is of the highest caliber and includes several nobel prize winners. 2. A .45-caliber bullet is 45/100 of an inch in diameter.

default

n. 1. Failure to do what is required by duty or law. 2. An automatic selection made according to a computer program when the user does not make a choice. v. To fail to pay what or when one should. default :P default dance is the #2 definition if you wanna join the fortnite club, it's law to be able to do the default dance, but i failed to do what is required by law 1. when her opponent failed to appear, nora won the chess game by default. 2. the default background on the new laptop was an image of the moon. 3. the bank will repossess the car if you default on your car loan.

etymology

n. 1. The history of a word. 2. The science that studies such histories. ology is obviously the study of something, etymo-mae, the green bean thing it's like "what a peculiar name, what's the history behind it?" etti-mology they were trying to find out the history of the word confetti The etymology of many english words reveals the language's close ties to ancient Latin. 2. The etymology of place names often provides interesting cultural and historical information.

attrition

n. 1. a gradual reduction in numbers or loss of strength 2. a weakening resulting from pressure or harassment attrition nutrition they noticed that people were lacking in nutrition and started losing strength one by one. they found out this was due to harassment like "you consume foods with nutrition???? ur so lame" during nutrition at my school, the food court gradually lost numbers bc the food court was putting too much pressure on the students to buy their food 1. the attrition of manufacturing job in the united states was due in part to the rise of inexpensive imports. 2. The guerrillas hid in the jungle and conducted a war of attrition.

archipelago

n. 1. a large group of islands 2. a body of water containing a large number of islands arch-ee-pel-ago, sounds like a combo of architecture and like Michelangelo, because there was no room for architectures that michelangelo could make, they had to move to the islands, where no one has been before architecture pelago kinda sounds like 팔라고 i was trying to sell the architecture plan to the large group of islands so their island could look modern 1. Key West is the southernmost island of the Florida archipelago referred to as "the Keys." 2. The island of Rhodes is located in the Aegean archipelago.

multitude

n. 1. a large number of people or things 2. a large group of people; a crowd multi- tude like multiple people (MULTIple attiTUDE- it's not just multiple, it's multiple people with attitudes because when you think of something with an attitude you think of people) multitude multi dudes- a lot of dudes making a large number of people this report on global warming covers a multitude of topics. 2. helicopters flew overhead as the president addressed the multitude.

amnesia

n. 1. a loss of memory, usually caused by shock or injury 2. a gap in one's memory amnesia 1. the patient's amnesia was so acute that his own children were strangers to him. 2. While uncle rob had bad amnesia concerning his middle school years, he remembered his high school years perfectly.

buttress

n. 1. a projecting structure that supports a wall or building 2. anything that supports or protects v. to support or strengthen it's like a fortress but butt. the butt kinda acts as the definition of this, it supports our body when we sit and walk around and protects us omg i knew a girl in my band who's last name was buttress and she played the baritone saxophone!! baritone has a low tone, so it's like it supports or protects the whole melody of the song 1. The wall would have collapsed without the stone buttresses protruding from it. 2. Freedom of the press is a buttress against tyranny. 3. Mr. Orantes buttressed his lawsuit with photographs of the accident.

canon

n. 1. a rule or principle that provides the norm for judgement 2. the works of a writer accepted as authentic it became the rule or principle that if you want to be considered a photographer, you must have a canon camera. the works of a photographer are accepted as authentic if they use a canon cannon balls were the norm of wars, so when writers wrote about real wars, they would base their book off of the norm 1. those who would not conform to the canons of polite society became social outcasts. 2. The recent discovery of an unpublished short story adds to the Eudora Welty canon.

pinnacle

n. 1. a tall, slender, pointed top; peak 2. the highest point of achievement to pin your goal and to achieve that pin on the top of a pineapple the top of a pineapple is very pointy and tall and slender so maybe no one has ever been able to put a pin on the top, but i did so it's the highest point of achievement 1. The icicles hung from the roof like inverted pinnacles. 2. The pinnacle of Wilma Rudolph's sports career was competing in the Olympics.

travail

n. 1. activity that is arduous and burdensome; toil 2. suffering or anguish a travel that has tre-VAIL putting the wedding veil on every single tree before the wedding day was very burdensome for the friends they didnt think they would have to suffer for their friends wedding 1. The difficult expedition to reach the source of the Irrawaddy was a six-month travail. 2. The travail inflicted by the Civil War left the nation eager to heal its divisions.

sanction

n. 1. approval or permission from an authority 2. an action taken by one nation against another v. to approve or allow sang shun i sang the song to shun Canada! (action abasing Canada) but dont worry i got the approval from authority the principal gave her sanction for the establishment of a student council. 2. economic sanctions against south africa were lifted when it ended its polity of apartheid. 3. the united states government refused to sanction north korea while the communist regime is in power.

integrity

n. 1. honest; trustworthiness 2. the condition of being whole or complete ooo i hear this word a lot at school, you have to have integrity about your intelligence, don't copy! haha and if you have integrity and dont copy, youre gonna get the complete grade people may not have agreed with the governor's political views, but no one questioned her integrity. 2. my english teacher disapproves of rewriting a published book to make it easier to read casey he says it violates the integrity of the work.

context

n. 1. the circumstances in which something exists or occurs 2. the surroundings of a word or phrase in a spoken or written passage context, context clues We can better understand Dale's inflammatory statements if we consider the context in which they were made. 2. The meaning of words like "draw" can often be determined only be examining the context in which they occur.

reverie

n. 1. the condition of being lost in thought 2. a daydream i think this was in another one too. like pizza REV ERRRR EEE i want pizza now i am daydreaming about eating pizza rivery daydreaming about being somewhere rivery and having a picnic with a referee With his work lying untouched before him, Carlos found himself in a reverie about the woman he loved. 2. My reveries took me back to my mother's kitchen and the tantalizing smell of her turkey soup.

facade

n. 1. the front or face of a building 2. a superficial appearance; an illusion i think i've heard of this word before, reminds me of fade like FA-ca-DE? ok yeah ive DEF heard this before.... fa-SAAD some will be for sure saad (like sad but saying it in a weird way) if there was an illusion of a front of a building in the middle of a desert bc that would mean that they are hallucinating (i hope i can remember this... theres a lot lol) 1. The building was shingled except for its brick facade which faced the street. 2. Connie's pleasant demeanor was a facade for the anger she felt.

denouement

n. 1. the outcome of a series of events 2. The final resolution following the climax of the plot of a work of drama or fiction de-new-mah looks kinda like announcement, after something ends, you need the announcement to know the outcome of the events (track) de-new-MAH when we look at the outcome of a series of events/final resolution in "cinderella," the new ma (the evil stepmom) is punished 1. The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union provided an unexpected denouement to the Cold War. 2. The death of the king provides a fitting denouement to Shakespeare's Richard III.

impropriety

n. 1. the quality or state of being improper or unsuitable 2. something that is improper looks like improper but +ety yeah it looks like improper Dolores saw no impropriety in hiring her qualified friend for the job. 2. The senator was mortified when he was reprimanded for mishandling campaign contributions and for various other improprieties.

stance

n. 1. the way a person stnads; the position of a person's feet 2. a position regarding politics or ideas; point of view stance 1. the proper stance for this exercise in feet apart with knees slightly bent. 2. The candidate modified her stnace on welfare after studying the issue more carefully.

tome

n. A book, especially one that is large. dis took a bunch of tome to read! in some kind of accent, a large book tome HAHAHAHA I LOVE YOURSSS or reading this book put me to a tomb i admired the tome's sumptuous, satiny jacket but had trouble wading through its twelve hundred pages.

subterfuge

n. A deceptive scheme or strategy sub-under, you're going to hide a nuclear FUGEion (fusion) the subtle fushion between the two dishes is a subterfuge (a deceptive scheme) friar Lawrence's subterfuge to bring Romeo and Juliet together not only deceived their families , but also came to a terrible end.

triumvirate

n. A group of three, especially one possessing great power or eminence. tri-three, also sounds like triumph in a way, they're celebrating the fact that one of them holds great power tri-UM-verate triumph for late? the group of three boys possessed great power in school even though they are always late triumph story for tardy people after displacing the other two members of the triumvirate, the general ruled the country as a dictator.

libation

n. A liquid, especially when poured as an offering or drunk as part of a ceremony. lie bation sly bae sean drank the wine that was supposed to be for the ceremony The celebrants poured out their cups as aa libation to the harvest god.

Thrall

n. A loss of one's ability to act freely; a state over which one appears to have no control. thralldom, n. slavery or bondage enthrall is like to fascinate, without the en they don't even have the freedom to be fascinated by stuff like this under slavery, people have to throw all their freedom away Persons in thrall to tobacco find it difficult to break the addiction. 2. During the nineteenth century, the thralldom of Russian serfs kept them bound in service to the great landowners.

propensity

n. A natural inclination or tendency pro-pen-city a city that is pro pen is naturally inclined to give you a pen rather than a pencil when asking for something to write with propane city this city has a natural inclination towards propane as source of energy/fuel my mother has a propensity for bursting into a song when something in a conversation reminds her of a particular verse.

votary

n. A person who is devoted to a cause or organization, especially one of a religious nature. you know they're devoted if they take the time and money to VOTE notary but with a v notary is someone who legally helps people sign documents and stuff this notary is working with a very devoted to religion the votaries of demeter gathered at eleusis for special ceremonies honoring the goddess.

limbo

n. A place or state of neglect; oblivion or transition limbo limbo limbo u have to constantly be in a state of neglect for what u cant do haha yeah when you do limbo, you have to neglect your back's wellbeing lvelisse's hopes of promotion were in limbo while management restructured thr company

Regimen

n. A regulated program, especially one designed to improve or maintain health rej-i-men, REJ the sports trainer brought some MEN, like i, in to have a regulated program designed to maintain health, like a gym club. regimen after injuring his knee, Paul faithfully followed the regimen of daily exercise is recommended by his physical therapist.

collusion

n. A secret agreement between parties for a criminal or deceitful purpose. collison, allusion- they had the allusion thay the collison was all bad and they were still enemies, but it was actualy teamwork for a bad purpose the four companies were cited for acting in collusion to raise prices illegally.

aficionado

n. An enthusiastic follower; a supporter or fan. wait is this getting repeated from other lessons or did we put in the same words on accident, but a FISH in ADO's pictures because it was such an enthusiastic follower who wants to know how to be efficient?? I DO I DO Tornado aficionados chase thunderstorms.

privation

n. An instance or condition of extreme hardship; a lack of comfort. privation, to deprive of comfort having no privacy causes a lack of comfort and hardship or being pryed upon causes condition of hardship The lost hikers suffered many privations in the weeks before their rescue.

interim

n. An interval of time between events. adj. Belonging to or taking place between events; temporary. IM only an INTERn, just working between my big events INTER-im interval (gap) - i honestly didnt know interval meant gap i thought it meant like one session lol 1. I start my full-time job in May, but I'm looking for part- time work in the interim. 2. The interim peace treaty will be in force until a final agreement is negotiated.

projectile

n. An object impelled with force or self-propelled through the air. to project into the sky, and part of the word kinda sounds like jet proJETle, it's like the jet is launched into the sky the strange projectile captured on film turned out to be a hubcap tossed in front of the cameras.

bravado

n. An ostentatious (characterized by vulgar or pretentious display) display of bravery; defiant or swaggering behavior. bravo!! you saved his life from the burning fire, you displayed bravery bravado yea bravo + bravery but maybe no bravo for your ostentatious bravery frank's lastest act of bravado was competing in the bungee jump at the extreme games

Vertigo

n. Dizziness or a tilting, spinning sensation. vertical i go!! like spinning around the vertical axis around and around the vertigo effect i saw tiktok ?? its like zooming in on the person but the background zooms out so it can cause dizziness Children sometimes induce vertigo by spinning around then immediately trying to walk.

oligarchy

n. Government by a small elite group hoi moi name is oli, archy, a group of people like oli made a government hahaaha i think i remember this from history Haiti was an oligarchy in which a few wealthy families controlled the countries military political and economic affairs.

probity

n. Honesty; trustworthiness; adherence to virtue. to probe is to like search, you need honesTY to be able to probe around and not be accused of stealing PROBE-ity probation officers try to make the bad people be honest with their words A high level of probity is expected from workers who handle cash.

philistine

n. One who is indifferent to or disdainful of intellectual values. adj. Smugly ignorant of artistic or intellectual qualities. whoever doesn't know PHILLy cheese steak sandwich is smugly ignorant of TRUE artistic food work, and doesn't care about intellectual values PHILL-istine phyllis teen when phyllis from the office was a teen, she was a cheerleader. she was a philistine; she didnt care much about intellectual values and only focused on being a good cheerleader (sorry phyllis) 1. "It was the philistines on the school board," argued Mr. Winkler, "who cut the music department budget in order to transfer funs to the athletic department." 2. The philistine proposal to close the art museum angered local residents.

amity

n. Peaceful relations; friendship. amiable means friendly Student groups that had once opposed each other were able to work together with amity to design the new after-school program.

emolument

n. Salary or fees for work done; compensation sounds like e monument, a monument for a compensation for someone who did something great (e-MOL-you-ment) oohh the MALL you meant !!! yeah the salary at the mall is $13 and hour the emoluments the poet received for her readings provided a modicum of income.

opprobrium

n. Scornful treatment or contempt, especially as a result of disgraceful behavior. a pro bri um, BRI is A PRO! um😶😶 clearly not and got scronful treatment from her boss Representative Michaels endured daily opprobrium in her district after being convicted of ethics violations.

anathema

n. Someone or something that is intensely disliked, cursed, or shunned. sounds like an asthma, to someone who has asthma, it's probably intensely disliked by them a-NAH-thema uhhh nahhhh to the theaters. i intensely dislike going to it bc of covid raising taxes was anathema to home owners who believed they were already paying more than their share.

terminus

n. The final destination or goal of a journey or endeavor the final point its ter-min-us but it looks like term minus so it's like u keep minus-ing from ur term so that u reach ur final destination like terminal illness is one that predicts to continue til death so like final point, final destination I set out for Strasburg the terminus of my journey

effrontery

n. a boldness that is offensive because of its lack of tact; audacity zach efron was considered offensive because he was featured in this awful, offensive movie (not true btdubs) ef-FREN-tery this is the friend territory! how can you have the audacity to make fun of my friends? Mrs. Bell had the effrontery to announce that she ws appalled by the amount of trash we generated each week.

advent

n. a coming or arrival oo like an advent calendar and christmas is coming up with the calendar yeahhhh opening the presents every day for the advent calendar, every day is closer and closer to christmas with the advent of the suburban shopping mall, many small shops downtown closed their doors.

antipathy

n. a consistent aversion or dislike anti-against/ opposite, empathy for someone but the opposite of that, so dislike yeah anti empathy. if you have no empathy towards someone, you probably dont like them Despite her antipathy to modern art, Deonna is staunch supporter of the museum.

bedlam

noun. a very confused and noisy scene or situation (bed-lum: pronunciation) seeing ms. lam rest in bed, loudly watching tv, not being uptight is a confusing situation Bedlam broke out in the auditorium among students and parents when it was announced the the school was going to be closed.

travesty

n. a distorted example or imitation travesty tried to copy travis scott but it just didn't work out.... it got distorted (TRA-vesty) travis tee they tried to make a travis tee at adidas like the travy patty (no clue how to spell it) but it was a distorted imitation or distorted example of how a celebrity should get more famous it is a travesty of justice that the defendant was found "not guilty."

mausoleum

n. a large and impressive tomb mah-sole-EE-um my sole and body is in a large and impressive tomb. sodium is used to preserve my body The marble mausoleum holds the remains of Ulysses S. Grant.

lineage

n. a line of descent; ancestry the family line as it ages, a line of descent When josh traced his lineage, he discovered that many of his ancestors had been farmers.

Bauble

n. a showy, ornamental object with little practical use; a trinket sounds like bubble? when u search up bauble, a christmas ornament comes up so maybe it's like a christmas bubble= ornament that has little practical use bobble heads, they're def just a showy object w no practical use When returning from his travels abroad, Father usually brought a colorful bauble for each child.

modicum

n. a small amount MODI-cum moderate income was considered a small amount to him Republicans thought the tax bill would passe even if it received only a modicum of support from the democrats.

criterion

n. a standard or rule by which something is judged or criticized criteria n. pl criterion The criteria on which a diamond is rated are clarity, carat, color, and cut.

abeyance

n. a state of (usually temporary) inactivity or suspension a bay ance, the bay area caused an annoyance, so the whole city had to go under a state of inactivity or suspension a-BAY-ence obey+ance this is like the opposite of obeying... not doing anything/inactivity Construction of the new city hall was in abeyance while the city council sought additional funds.

proviso

n. a statement that makes a condition, qualification, or restriction (pro-VIE-zo) they were pro daiso in their hometown but ONLY IF they sold food there too The Chowdry brothers accepted our invitation to dinner with the proviso that they be allowed to reciprocate.

proclivity

n. a strong inclination towards something pro-cliv-ity, theyre pro liv, the olivia's at my scjool are inclined to go by liv pro-cliff activity (like bunjee jumping) they have a strong inclination for pro-cliff activities A proclivity for telling stories accounts for laslo's reputation as a raconteur.

foray

n. a sudden raid or advance into enemy territory horray we suddenly raided into the enemy's forum or 4 As for the four guys who did the sudden raid into the enemy territory the guerrillas left the hills for occasional forays into the town to get food.

epiphany

n. a sudden understanding of the meaning, essence, or reality of something definitely familiar with this word, i have an epiphany with the definition of this word yeah ive def heard this word before :3 i had an epiphany After many days of agonizing introspection, Gabrielle had an epiphany in which the choice to make became unexpectedly clear.

antecedent

n. a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another adj. going before; preceding to proceed is to come after, "antecede" would be to come after, antecedent antecent Robert fulton's 1801 submersible craft was the antecedent of the modern submarine. 2. Many years of research were antecedent to the creation of the first computer.

antecendent

n. a thing or event that precedes one another adj. going before; preceding interesting... antecedent- the ANT came before lots of other insects #OGinsect Robert Fulton's 1801 submersible craft was the antecedent of the modern submarine. 2. Many years of research were antecedent to the creation of the first computer.

mogul

n. a very powerful or wealthy person; a magnate mo gurl- (nerdy nummies sister) was a very wealthy person because ro made so much money (i'm sure mo made lots of money herself too) unlike a muggle from harry potter, moguls are very powerful or in korean 목을- a very powerful or wealthy person puts necklaces and chains, and wear a fancy robe that comes up to their neck etc the two banking moguls met to discuss a merger that would give them dominance in the New England region.

devotee

n. an ardent follower, supporter or enthusiast devote, devotee asif is an ardent devotee of classic rock and roll.

extravaganza

n. an elaborate and spectacular display or event extravaganza the opening ceremony of the olympic games is an extravaganza viewed by millions all over the world.

aficionado

n. an enthusiastic follower; a supporter or fan (a-fish-in-ado) there was a fish in the audio because the fish was such an enthusiastic follower of the singer aficionado (afi-cion-A-do) efficient I do? who wants to be efficient I DO I DO, an enthusiastic follower to a motivational speaker Tornado aficionados chase thunderstorms.

metropolis

n. an important city, especially one regarded as the center of a particular activity metropolitan adj. the metro is the transportation thing, and they're bound to be in important cities because they'll get most rides that way me-TRO-polis yeah the metros are in important cities, and the busier the city, the more intricate the metro line are 1. Washington dc may have started as a small town but it is now a thriving metropolis 2. the metropolitan new york area includes parts of new jersey, long island, and west chester county

increment

n. an increase, addition working, often by regular, consecutive amounts incremental adj. increments 1. Even small increments to a savings account add up to a substantial sum overtime. 2. incremental changes to the dosage of Sunil's medication were necessary to maintains its effectiveness.

coterie

n. an intimate or exclusive group; a clique kinda looks like co teol ie like 코털이 and you need nose hair to be in this exclusive group cotor-ie coder 이들 the coder (people who code) 이들's (like 귀염둥이들) is like an exclusive group. they are a clique several members of the hockey team became a coterie that ate together every day.

surfeit

n. an overabundant supply; an excess surfet, he was a surfer and he has an over abundant supply of the wax they need for surfboards SIR-fit for that sir/gentleman over there to fit, well going to need an overabundant supply of cloths The surfeit of evidence left the jury little room for doubt as to the suspect's guilt

repercussion

n. an unforeseen or indirect result or effect of an event definitely heard of this word before, if you make the percussion start over(re) you're going to see some results, such as messing up the whole band repercussion last fall's flooding of California farmland will have economic repercussions throughout the country.

verve

n. enthusiasm; vivacity kinda sounds like nerve, they had the nerve to have enthusiasm there was a word like averb? meaning saying positively, surely i think maybe enthusiasm that a word is a verb like i had guessed? the prolific author wrote novels with undiminished verve for over twenty five years.

recipient

n. one who receives recipient albert Einsteint was the recipient of many academic honors.

throes

n. pl. Conditions of painful or difficult change, struggle, or turmoil. THROWS; his new workplace had him throw his work around and it was a difficult change i like yours- the guy is thrown around at work in different positions so the he's in a condition or difficult change Economists offered a plenitude of explanations as to why the country was in the throes of recession.

doldrums

n. pl. a condition of feeling sad, bored, or sluggish dull drums, similar to hum drum- dull drums are like how i feel, sad bored and sluggish dull drums these dull sounding drums is the perfect condition to feel sad and bored and sluggish (ok but why are they like 3 completely different words lol) I was in the doldrums about my career until i received an exciting job offer in costa rica.

aegis

n. protection; sponsorship the pronunciation is eegis, but the word looks like ae gees, like babies in korean so to keep babies safe they need protection ee-gis in egypt, they probably have a protection for the pyramid but yeah it does look like babies, so protecting the babies The peacekeeping force entered the the area under the aegis of the United Nations.

behemoth

n. something or someone of enormous size or power the bee-he moth was the biggest moth in the WORLD The Warriors' new linebacker is a 300-pound behemoth whose size alone intimidates his opponents.

cuisine

n. style of cooking cuisine japanese cuisine Indian cuisine uses a savory array of spices.

depredation

n. the act of plundering or destroying; also, the loss or damage that results deprivation, to not have something- the damage that results, the damage is not being able to have something on hand it def does sound like deprivation maybe deprivation + nation? they were deprived of land and nation so they went out to colonize a new land and destroyed everything Though no lives were lost, the depredations inflicted by the hurricane were severe.

tenure

n. the condition of holding property, an office, or a position; also the period during which it is held (the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied) sounds like ten year? in order to rent the mall for teriyaki tokyo for 10 years, they had to read the conditions of holding the property there The professor's tenure at the college ended when she was fired.

altruism

n. the putting of others' well-being ahead on one's own; unselfishness altruistic adj. the actress's kind personality was ALL TRUE, unselfish and putting others before her omgg i learned about this in my philosophy class The salvation army's altruism is often expressed at holiday times through gifts of food for those who have little. 2. As children mature, they become more altruistic and less self-centered.

suffrage

n. the right to vote black people and women had to suffer and rage to get the right to vote the twenty-six amendment to the constitution extended suffrage to eighteen-year-olds.

venue

n. the scene or locale of any action or event; the place of an alleged crime a concert venue The venue for the jazz festival has yet to be determined, but several sites are under consideration.

metier

n. work or activity for which one is particularly suited may-tier, may i be in this teir instead, it fits me better and i will be more efficient may tear tearing the may calendar to make a birthday month bullet journal is an activity i'm particularly suited for After earning a law degree, Chitra realized that her real metier was writing novels.

chattel

n.1. An item of property that can be moved as distinct from real estate 2. A human being considered as property cattle that could chat, cattle's are considered property and humans could chat CHAddle the CHAD 들's (you know how chad is like a frat party guy name) got to decide which real estate they wanted and hired cleaning services calling them "property" smh! 1. The family chattels put up for sale included cattle horses furniture in farm implements 2. and 73 BC E Spartacus along with 90,000 other Roman chattels began a rebellion against their owners

unseemly

not suitable; inappropriate or improper un- not; seem- to look, to appear in a meeting or interview, you would have to appear formal and appropriate, but to not seem formal and appropriate would be unseemly the two fathers had an unseemly argument at the monthly PTA meeting

paraphernailia

noun 1. personal belongings 2. Equipment associated with a particular activity PARAchute PHER/FOR NAILIA the parachute is the equipment associated with skydiving and it's nailia's personal belongings ^yes i like that 1. We accumulated so much paraphernalia that the closets couldn't hold it all. 2. We keep our riding paraphernalia in the barn.

impetus

noun. 1. A driving force; anything that causes an action 2. Increased activity resulting from a driving force. (IM-peh-tus) petus- fetus? for moms, their fetus/baby is a driving force Her hope of winning an athletic scholarship provided the impetus for years of grueling training on the swim team. 2. Kala's low grades gave impetus to her increased focus on studying.

antidote

noun. 1. A remedy that relieves the effects of a poison 2. Anything that offers relief from an undesirable condition antidote medicine Scientists are looking for a snakebite antidote that might save thousands of lives 2. Her surprise birthday party was an antidote to Anzi's losing the tennis match.

alacrity

noun. 1. Promptness in responding 2. eagerness (a-LACK-crity) i mean there's obviously the word lack in it, the CRITters worked eagerly to build their new house and when asked if they finished they did not LACK an answer ya i like that when the critic asked for his thoughts, he did not lack an answer because he knew the subject very well The seller of the classic car accepted my dad's first offer with such alacrity that he wished he had offered less. 2. At the beginning of recess, the children ran to the playground with alacrity.

amenity

noun. 1. a feature that contributes to physical comfort 2. a featre that increases the attractiveness or value of a location amenities. noun. pl. act of social courtesy (a-men-ity) i guess it's like in churches (amen) cushioned seats really help with physical comfort having flowers and small waterfall really helps anc's attractiveness increase amenity Air conditioning is an amenity that many in the torrid South consider essential. 2. the freshwater lake on the edge of town was an amenity all the residents enjoyed. 3. The company president did not waste time on amenities but told the employees immediately how serious the situation was.

rift

noun. 1. a split or crack 2. a break in friendly relations she made a crack on my raft... we needed a break in our friendship a rift on the jazz side of the world is like a set of notes but have big steps in between- the steps are like slips The rift in the rock was too wide for me to jump across. 2. The rift between the brothers became manifest when they refused to talk to each other at the family dinner.

motif

noun. 1. a theme or idea in a work of art or literature that is developed or repeated. 2. a figure or design repeated in the decoration of something, such as a building or textile motif!! i remember learning abt this in english class YES HAHA SAME Throughout the novel, the author explores the motif of separation. The wallpaper for the nursery had a rabbit motif.

injuction

noun. 1. an order or command conjunction-something that connects words it is an injuction from english that you use a conjunction when you want to write a compound sentence, or it's like an injection- it's an order to inject this shot into this patient i command/order that you guys work in junction (together) When the hurricane warning was announced, my family wisely heeded the injunction to evacuate the island. 2. The injunction stated that the company could not hire permanent replacement workers during the strike.

facet

noun. 1. any of the many small, flat surfaces on a precious stone made by cutting 2. one of many sides or aspects of something facet (FA-set) faucet? the faucet is comprised of the flat surfaces of precious stone. This flat surface is one of the sides of the stone yes faucet- a rich persons faucet would be made from precious stone, each of the flat surfaces is a facet The poorly cut facets detract from the value of that emerald 2. We examined every facet of the scheduling problem before before proposing a solution.

asset

noun. 1. anything owned that is of value and can be sold or otherwise disposed of 2. A quality that can be used to advantage we already know that asset is something valuable a SET of diamonds- very valuable and being a diamond owner can be used as an advantage in certain situations like an interview or a blind date 1. The late Mr. Kin's assets include a valuable coin collection. 2. Height can be a great asset in a basketball player.

zenith

noun. 1. the highest point; the peak 2. The point in the sky directly above the observer. practicing ZEN gives u ultimate peace in the mind for some cultures. you're at the peak of calmness zen garden leading to highest point of calmness Winning the Nobel prize for literature is, for some writers, the zenith of their career. 2. Through the telescope, we spotted a comet that appeared to be midway between the horizon and the zenith.

dogma

noun. An unproven principle of belief held to be true dogmatic (inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true). adj. overly positive and assertive about opinions, as if they were facts. (rules that cannot be questioned) dogs are coot = incontrovertibly true it's the best it can get!!!! DOGS ARE COOT DOGS ARE COOT The danger is that what starts out as a vague theory can soon harden into dogma. 2. My coach is not dogmatic about her favored method of teaching dance, because she knows there is no one right way to do it.

hubbub

noun. Noisy confusion; uproar its like the popular girl was trying to say bubba but accidentally said "hubba bubba" and all the other people were like "WHATTT???" "lets go to the hub grill and bar bub (nickname)!" wHAT?? it's always filled with noisy confusion there lets not go there Fans thronged onto the field in a hubbub of excitement when their team won the pennant.

Artisan

noun. One able to do skilled work with the hands; a craftperson. ART i SAN!! (japanese anny san) 3-d artist, they can do skilled work with hands Artisans working with leather, yarn, and clay displayed their products at the local crafts fair.

Sustenance

noun. Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live. to sustain is to like carry on. to carry on with life, you need food this is able to SUSTAIN my health bc this is something that provides me with nourishment and food Roots and berries provided sustenance for the sailors when the storm forced them to abandon ship and take refuge on the island.

oratory

noun. The art of public speaking orator. noun. a public speaker oratorical. adj. oral- relating to mouth (oral cavity) yes oral Miriam's inspired oratory earned her the highest grade in the public- speaking class 2. Patrick Henry, a contemporary of George Washington, was a brilliant orator. 3. Practicing your speech in the mirror can help sharpen your oratorical skills.

visage

noun. a face, especially one that expresses feelings (VI-suj) visual + image ? vis-able age (i know it doesn't sound like age but it's close) age is visible on your face, wrinkles The smiling visage of a young girl looked out from the portrait.

fallacy

noun. a false or mistaken idea fallacious adj. (f-aaahhhlll-acy) kinda sounds like fantasy- it's just your fantasy it's not in real life. ur mistaken. Uncle Walter argues that it is a fallacy to think that the storm won't hit the town. Mayor Thompson's argument is persuasive, but it's based on a fallacious idea.

aptitude

noun. a natural talent AP + attitude; his positive ATTITUDE towards AP's showed he had a natural talent for staying positive through hard times (or maybe a natural talent for AP's because he wasn't getting mad) aptitude test My sister Yolanda has an aptitude for math that has always made me envious.

contemporary

noun. a person living during the same period as another adj. Existing or occurring at the same time contemporary art is art of TODAY in the 21st century. we are living in the same period as some contemporary artists con-with, temporary : with someone in a temporary period of time Martha Jane Canary, known as "Calamity Jane," and Annie Oakley were contemporaries. the rise in fuel costs was contemporary with the demand for alternative fuels.

despot

noun. a ruler with absolute power or tyrannical control over a group of people despotic. adj. (DES-pot) "that spot" is MINEEE- he has absolute power over other people ^ YES Divided government makes rule by a despot less likely. The Declaration of Independence of the United States asserts the government's rights to overthrow a despotic ruler.

pomp

noun. a showy or dignified display we had a band song called pomp and circumstance(pretty sure thays the granduation song) and it's showy display pom poms are showy and a respected tool for the cheerleaders Graduations are usually marked by pomp and ceremony.

quandary.

noun. a state of being in doubt about what to do quandary kinda sounds like wandering ? around? not sure what to do... so just wandering around the QUADratic formula - wandering around in quantum physics or the quadratic formula it's like QUANtum physics, and i'm DREARY because idk what to do The lawyers were in a quandary about whether controversial material on the INternet is protected by the First Amendment.

myriad

noun. a very large number adj. very many (mee-re-ed) in a group of four, me, re, and ed wanted this choice. becuase the group of small, the number of people who wanted it is very large (MERy-ed) there are a very large number of people that would marry Ed A myriad of mosquitoes swarmed around us as we traversed the swampy area. 2. Myriad beautiful tropical fish swam in the warm waters of the gulf.

sojourn

noun. a visit or temporary stay verb. to stay for a while sojourn (SO-journ) I was going to say "so... journaling???" to my house guest but he was here temporarily so i didnt get to finish the whole thing "so.. journ." and he left he did stay for a while though on tv, when people drink SOJO(soju) theyre probably going to stay at the restaurant and talk for a while OUr summer sojourn with our cousins ended after six wonderful weeks in Puerto Rico. We usually sojourn for a week or so at our grandparents' cabin as we make our way north.

boon

noun. a welcome gift or blessing a baBOON plushie was given to the new zoo worker boon moon gift lol IDK After a long dry spell, the rain was a boon to the farmers.

facsimile

noun. an exact copy the simile is an exact copy of the simile i wrote!! its FACTS that the simile is EXACTLY THE SAME simile- like or as, it's not just similar it's FS (like fa sho) simile Though the birth certificate was a facsimile of the original, the detective could discern the difference.

mania

noun. an intense or extreme enthusiasm or excitement maniac is someone who is crazy so mania- intense enthusiasm The trendy new video-game system caused a mania in toy stores.

adage

noun. an old saying that has come to be accepted as true; a proverb. reminds me of bAnDAGE- it was an old saying that putting a bandage on ur boo boo will make it better, and now it is commonly accepted to be true (ADD-ige) i was trying to think of another one but I CANT so bandage it is Preparing to move again, we comforted ourselves with the adage "A rolling stone gathers no moss."

ingrate

noun. an ungrateful person in-no; grate, ingrateful (IN-grate) ingrate sounds like ungrate(ful) or ISNT great... she said the cookie wasn't great she is very ungrateful I felt like an ingrate for forgetting to thank my mother for making the food for my party.

furor

noun. an uproar; a state of great anger of excitement (fewr-rawr) SAY RAWR XD ONE MORE TIME I AM GOING TO INSANEEEEE haha fur rawr xd getting my furry costume soon im going crazy and causing an uproar When the surprise witness for the prosecution turned out to be the best friend of the accused, the courtroom was thrown into a furor.

enigma

noun. anything that is puzzling, mysterious, or hard to figure out enigmatic adj. puzzling; mysterious why is there a stigma against a certain race? that is puzzling/enigmatic to me!! Even after many studies, the purpose of the huge, complex designs formed in the dirt of the Peruvian desert remains an enigma. After I heard Lucia's enigmatic phone message, I called her immediately to find out what was going on.

solace

noun. comfort or relief in sorrow or distress; consolation (SAW-less) without saws (saw less), there would be more relief reminds me of console- to make someone feel better or maybe SOUL less- someoe without a soul would not be able to comfort or give consolation Having an energetic puppy to play with gave the children solace after their cocker spaniel died of old age.

strife

noun. conflict or struggle strike- a strike in baseball caused a conflict in the team strike knife- as soon as the robber was striking his knife, it became a struggle for the police officers The strife between the two families has existed for a few years now.

ascendancy

noun. controlling influence; domination ascend- to go up or climb or go up and dominate ascend, tenDANCY; they have the tendancy to keep ascending and trying to control influence The ascendancy of the United States as a world power coincided with the decline of the British Empire.

momentum

noun. force or speed of movement; force or energy that keeps something moving. momentum We lost momentum in the second half of the game after three consecutive touchdowns by the other team.

intuition

noun. knowing or sensing something without the use of reason; an insight intuitive adj. intuition (wow i know like 5 words from this batch of 10 whattt??) Following his intuition, Indranil chose the path to the left and soon was rewarded by a glimpse of the pond he had been seeking. Antonella's intuitive decision to scrap the text of her speech and speak without notes proved to be a wise one.

aversity

noun. misfortune; hardship getting the A at the uniVERSITY made me go through hardship doesn't aver mean to show they're the best or something, it's like you go through extreme misfortune during ur journey to become the best. now u have bragging rights In my favorite novel, the heroine triumphs over adversity.

beneficiary

noun. one who benefits or gains an advantage from something beneficial+ary; the person who benefits ary (like secretary) so someone who BENEFITS from something Impoverished families will be the beneficiaries of these low-rent apartments.

paucity

noun. scarcity; smallness in number or amount (paw-sity) it's like a combination of scarcity and like pause- pause, we have such a small amount of this. STOP EATING the number of paw patrol being aired in this city is scarce The paucity of the harvest became very clear when we looked at the half- empty barrel of apples.

innovation

noun. something new; a new way of doing something innovative adj. marked by freshness or originality; willing to try new things innovation 1. adding apps to cell phones was an innovation that transformed cell-phone technology. 2. Companies succeed by being innovative and keeping up with the latest technology.

proponent

noun. something who proposes or supports an idea; an advocate proponent not opponent but PROponent yeah pro- for something, opponent- someone that is against The bill passed easily because its proponents were in the majority.

inception

noun. the beginning of an action or process INCEPTION!!- the beginning of the idea of multiple layers of dreams, that's when the idea was "first created" INCEPTIONNNNNN the whole plot begins with them falling down the bridge and everything is just dreams inside of a dream etc I continue to extol the math club because it has been a success from the day of its inception.

treatise

noun: A methodically and thoroughly written discussion of a topic (TREA-tus) it's like treaty (from history class) treaties have thoroughly wirren out stuff abt a topic yes favorite class of all time😍 Dr. Yi's treatise on poisonous toads garnered much praise.

memento

something kept as a reminder of a past event; a souvenir in the moment, to create a memory by keeping a physical item of that memory. madelaine kept the sand dollar as a memento of her day at New Jersey shore.

bizarre

strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar bizarre The terrifying clown mask, resting in a bed of violets near the side of the road, created a bizarre image.

swelter

to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat sweltering (adj) very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather i am suffering from heat right now... (vision goes black) My feet are swelling... I wish I had a seltzer We sweltered in the hot sun because there was no shade in the field where we were playing soccer.

inveigh

v. (used with against) To complain or protest strongly. i want to inveighed (invade) china RIGHT NOW with no army! and everyone else will complain and protest strongly about me and my ideas in the room they weigh the athletes but if one athlete did not get weighed, others would protest strongly the newspaper's education columnist inveighed against the school's decision to institute an additional testing program

accrue

v. 1. To arise or increase as a natural result or growth, usually used with to or from. 2. To come as a regular addition. a-crew, if your business accrues, you're going to have a crew working for u accrued interest interest comes in as a regular addition and it increases over time Hubble's prodigious knowledge of astronomy accrued from years of studying the heavens. 2. Interest on the savings account accrues monthly.

undulate

v. 1. To form or move in waves. 2. To have a wavelike appearance or motion. undulation noun. dull ate, they ate very full food, so they got hungry fast then ate fast. if u graph if you would get waves undulate aren't you late? but she was dead asleep so the figure of me asking "aren't you late?" seemed wavy to her 1 The sea undulated beneath the boat, lifting it up and down. 2. The wheat field undulated in the wind. 3. Pilar began to feel ill from driving on the steep undulations of the country road.

patronize

v. 1. To go to regularly. 2. To treat someone as an inferior. 1. a patron is someone that supports someone by like giving money, so they're a patron to that restaurant by going regularly. The bully thought "why are you helping that bad of a restaurant?? i don't even like their food" so they treated the patron as inferior yeah i like the patron patron go to the youtubers page regularly some people might treat youtubers as an inferior bc "it's not a real job" but the patrons still go to their page regularly and donate to them i patronize the downtown stores rather than the ones at the new mall. 2. " iam not your dear young lady," she remonstrated, "and please don't patronize me by addressing me that way."

consolidate

v. 1. To join together; to unite. 2. To strengthen or make firm. to join together by consoling one another and growing stronger as a community to join together and become like a solid, very firm, and all the molecules are united and packed together 1. The meeting was convened to discuss consolidating the multifarious companies into a single large corporation. 2. The candidate's primary victories consolidated her position as presidential front-runner.

inveigle

v. 1. To lure or trick into doing something. 2. To obtain by flattery or trickery. in- vay-gle; there's a fly IN your BAGLE and i can eat it for u ;) (it was all prank!!) in the bagel, there are sooo many good ingredients the cafe owner tricks the customers.. he also flatters them to obtain money from them By posing as a reporter, the agents inveigled the guard into letting her enter the complex. 2. By saying he had to pick up a friend, Mark inveigled the keys to Daniel's car.

cite

v. 1. To mention or quote as an example or authority. 2. To mention for praise. 3. To summon before a court of law. cite "make sure to cite your sources" make sure to mention/quote my mother always cites pride and prejudice as a book you can read and enjoy over and over again. 2. at an assembly, the principal cited ms. garcia for her excellent teaching. 3. since he was cited for speeding last year, my uncle has been a much more prudent driver.

repulse

v. 1. To repel; to drive back. 2. To reject in a cool or distant manner. 3. To disgust repulsive is like DISGUSTING, so you have to drive yourself away from it yeah repulsive, revolting its so gross you drive back from it and reject it 1. The general was disconcerted when his attack on the enemy position was repulsed. 2. Catherine repulsed his invitation with a curt refusal. 3. The unsavory incident concerning the man and his dogs repulsed those who witnessed it.

careen

v. 1. To rush headlong, often with a swerving or lurching motion 2. To cause to lean or tip to one side careena (like karina) ca-LEANED and rushed headlong ka-REEN looks like career, lean to get that career, i gotta lean in and dive in headlong... swearing at the competitors 1. The roller coaster cars careened around the bends.. 2. It's thrilling to sail when strong winds careen the boat.

appease

v. 1. to bring to a state of peace or quiet. 2. To pacify an adversary, often by making concessions. aPEACE i knew the second one, to calm down and by calming them down, there is peace and quiet 1. The principal's reassurances did little to appease our concerns about the school's future. 2. attempts to appease dictators frequently serve only to increase their aggression.

pulverize

v. 1. to crush or grind into dust or powder. 2. to demolish pulver kinda reminds me of like your intestines. When people died, they would pulverize the pulver. paul ver eyes paul versus eyes- a video game where a character named paul has to fight eyeball characters or else they will crush/grind you into powder The limestone was pulverized and then used to make cement. 2. The hurricane pulverized the beachside cabins until they were unrecognizable.

negate

v. 1. to deny or refute the existence or truth of 2, to make ineffective or invalid negation is to contradict (learned that in speech and debate B)< sunglass face) ne (like you in korean) got to the gate??? nooo way denying the truth that the enemy got to the gate first 1. By pretending all was well I negated my true feelings. 2. The surprising results of the new study negated previous assumptions about heart disease.

enjoin

v. 1. to direct or command 2. to forbid or prohibit the speech and debate teachers said "JOIN the tournament" and forbade us from cancelling it by joining a job, they direct/command you to get paperwork turned in, and they forbid you from doing certain things like leaking a patient's private info The judge enjoined the jury to refrain from dicussing the controversial case. 2. the rules enjoin smoking on school property.

impinge

v. 1. to go beyond desirable or established limits; to encroach 2. to come into contact with, especially forcefully on discord, when you get @ed, you get a PING 1. The proposed law would impinge on citizens' freedom to choose their own health-care provider. 2. a blinding flash impinged on my field on vision.

prevail

v. 1. to prove superior in power or strength 2. to remain in effect or use; to be current or widespread being able to put prevail-ance cameras on buildings proves they are in power and can do whatever they want to the building, prevail-anne cameras are still in effect and use 1. Good usually prevails over evil in the movies. 2. Low gasoline prices have prevailed for the past few years due to the cheapness of crude oil.

quash

v. 1. to put down by force 2. to put a stop to legally quash i had to put the squash down by force and call the police to stop the squash protest legally British troops tried to quash the rebellion of the colonists, but they failed. 2. Miners rejoiced when the injunction banning their strike was quashed by an appeals court judge.

reconcile

v. 1. to reestablish an amicable relationship 2. to bring to quiet submission 3. to bring into harmony or agreement reconcile 1. Family members tried to reconcile the feuding brothers. 2. I reconciled myself to the inevitability of not getting a summer job. 3. It's difficult for us to reconcile your account of the graduation party with events as we experienced them.

assuage

v. 1. to satisfy 2. to lessen or reduce the intensity of a-sway-age, when the new sway house member said their age, they were satisfied and said, you're in! uh-SWAYge so i was uhh... swaying on the sausage (bc the word looks like sausage) shaped boat. at first it was pretty uncomfortable but the captain of the boat lessened the intensity of the fear level to satisfy his customers. 1. after the tennis match, my friend and I assuaged our thirst at a lemonade stand. 2. a hug is sometimes all it takes to assuage a child's fears.

sequester

v. 1. to set apart; to seclude 2. to seize, espeically by legal authority sequence, it was not in sequence so they set it apart, and since it wasn't in order legal authority seized them suh-QUEST-er the QUESTer, one who gives you a quest in this world, usually sets you apart and seizes you from your daily life to give you your quest 1, game- show contestants were sequestered in a soundproof booth 2. the police found the cache of illegal weapons and sequestered them storing them in the evidence room at headquarters

evince

v. 1. to show clearly; to express 2, to provoke evince, convince- to convince someone by clearly showing your opinion on it and provoking their emotions (e-VINCE) uhh VINCEnt van gogh was THE BEST ARTIST?? clearly expressing his thoughts and provoking some dispute julio evinces his talent for baking with his delicious cookies. 2. the comedian's zany antics failed to evince a laugh from his audience.

sunder

v. To break or force apart; to sever. kinda sounds like thunder but with an s, thunder has the power to break apart rocks the sun can break apart the land A bolt of lightning sundered the rock neatly down the middle.

indict

v. To charge with a crime; accuse indictment n. in die, you're going to receive a death penalty, you're gonna die because of ur crime after a preliminary hearing, the defendant was indicted for shoplifting. 2. in 1974, a grand jury brought an incitement against several top- level officials in the watergate scandal.

expunge

v. To obliterate or erase completely. ex-without, sponge- the dish sponge erases all gross food remnants, the dish is without food remnants The burglar wiped the window stills, expunging any trace of his fingerprints.

upbraid

v. To scold or criticize severely; to find fault with. you braided UP???? how do u mess up THAT BAD and how do u not know anything smh smh smh u have to braid ur hair DOWNWARDS ISNT THAT OBVIOUS Mr. Hitzman was a martinet who often upbraided his students for not working hard enough.

ensconce

v. To settle or place securely or snuggly reminds me of desconso garden, that place is a place where flowers are placed securely en-SCONce scones she settled snuggly to eat her scones grandfather ensconced himself in the arm chair by the fire and promptly fell asleep.

contravene

v. to act against or be counter to to intervene is to like go in between so contravene would be to go act against by going in between yeah intervene is to come between, contra (like contradict) like yes. im going to intervene in this matter but im going to contradict and act against it the personnel director reprimanded the employee for contravening the company policy of discussing confidential matters with a client.

impute

v. to assign blame or credit; to attribute or ascribe impute, sounds like impurity when someone's making a gold necklace, they have to assign the impure gold and impurity The children imputed to their car a mind and personality of its own. (another sentence from google: the crimes imputed to richard)

postulate

v. to assume as a fact based on the best available evidence n. something assumed to be self- evident; a fundamental principle heyyy i remember this word 1. Following the discovery of several ancient skeletons in Africa, archaeologists postulated that Homo sapiens is descended from African ancestors

impugn

v. to attack as false; to call into question to shoot down the questions, !!ummm pew pew!! if there is an impurity, you question it and attack it as false (impurity- imposter in among us... you question the imposter and you attack them for being a false crew member) By accusing him of financial improprieties, the committee impugned the treasurer's honesty.

portend

v. to be a sign of; to indicate what will happen portent n. portentous adj. in korean tv shows, when the people are pretending to do something they're not, it is a sign theyre trying to do a hidden camera prank if you see a guy putting fake ports for chargers at the airport, (pretending port) just know that's a sign of a youtube video being filmed 1. The high election turnout portends a renewed interest in town government. 2. The radical new car design may be a portent of things to come. 3. There are still those who think that the alignment of the planets is a portentous event.

putrefy

v. to become rotten or decayed, giving off a foul odor the smell was putrid and petrified us because of how bad it was The carcasses putrefied and attracted scavengers.

incinerate

v. to burn to ashes cinder is like the ashes, incriminate- or he was living IN SIN he would be burn to ashes in hell before recycling became the norm, we used to incinerate all our old newspapers in the furnace.

rescind

v. to cancel re- sinned; that tiktoker sinned AGAIN we're going to cancel them (re-SINned) hahahha i like yours the bryce hall re sinned so we're gonna cancel him the citadel, a south Carolina military college, rescinded its ban on admitting women following a court order in 1995.

moot

v. to debate, suggest, or discuss adj. deprived of significance; irrelevant you know moop on tiktok, she caused many debates about how she got so famous. then like every other tiktok "drama" and fame, it got irrelevant omggg i know mooppppppp yeah let's discuss why moop is even famous... later- eh that's irrelevant now let her do whatever 1. The issue of changing the dress code is often mooted but never resolved. 2. We're moving at the end of the month, so the possibility of a rent increase is moot.

surmount

v. to defeat or overcome sur mount-ain- sir has to go over the mountain surmount- surf over the huge mountain! you overcame it!! with the help of anne sullivan, hellen keller was able to surmount physical impairments.

Disconcert

v. to disrupt the self-possession or confidence of; to perturb (make (someone) anxious or unsettled) or fluster disconcerting adj. dis concert DIS CONCERT is done i am flustered and i cannot go on dis-con-CERT this concert was really bad so it really disrupted the confidence of the artist 1. I was disconcerted by my brother's display of levity at the memorial service. 2. Marie found it disconcerting to have Sam ask her a question and then to see him ignore her as she began to answer.

oust

v. to eject from a position or place; to drive out of use ouster n. dismissal from a position ur OUST (our) OUST OUCHH the massage ball hurt so he threw it 1. No one demurred when a board member suggested that they oust the company president and replace her with a new one. 2. Once discovered. the hapless president's improprieties resulted in his ouster form the company.

accentuate

v. to emphasize or stress accent - uate accentuate The tall crown of that hat accentuates Bahaar's height.

accentuate

v. to emphasize or stress accentuate (lot's of repeated words) #46-50 isnt even in book 10 ?? i guess it got repeated from book 9 somehow the tall crown of that hat accentuates Bahaar's height.

extrapolate

v. to estimate or infer by projecting from or expanding upon known information extra, did u know POLar bears ATE salmon????? omg i knew polar bears ate fish so they must eat salmon! extract before late!! you have to extract the samples before it gets too late so that we can estimate the final product from the known samples from a small sample one can extrapolate the total number of viewers of a television program.

ostracize

v. to exclude from a group; to banish didnt we have a word about like embellishing? to exclude the ostrich from the group when the newspaper columnist began writing about the bavarian town's nazi past, many of its citizens ostracized her.

expound

v. to explain in detail; to set forth in order to lose(ex) POUNDS, the fitness trainer explained in detail about what their client had to do EXcuse me?? why are POUNDS of meat missing?? please explain in detail the shipment process. Kareem expounded his religious beliefs while his friends listened intently.

proscribe

v. to forbid as harmful; to prohibit in order to forbid people from wearing contacts that would harm their eyes, they have to be prescribed contact lenses dr. who in bojack horseman would prescribe harmful drugs even though other doctors would prohibit him Obstetricians proscribe the drinking of alcoholic beverages by pregnant women.

presage

v. to foretell; to warn or indicate in advance, pre-before; sage is a wise person- the sage told them before what they should look out for PREH-sage press age- during the printing press age/era, there was someone who warned Johannes Gutenberg that the printing press would go out of business Dark clouds presage rain.

glean

v. to gather bit by bit everyone started to glean in order to clean the big mansion (remember when we used to play pretend that we would have to clean some persons house hahaha) president nelson mandela's farewell speech to the south african parliament was four and a half hour long, but i could glean its major points from the newspaper the next day.

revere

v. to have great respect and affection for. (re-vere) kinda sounds like reFEAR in a way- to have great respect also comes fear, i fear them again and again but because of the respect i have for them reverence means showing respect reverend is someone from the church (respectable) his contemporaries revered george washington for his character and leadership.

enamor

v. to inspire with love; to captivate enamEL is part of your tooth, to be inspired to brush your teeth because of someone you love amor-love in spanish in love, your significant other can inspire you with love the director was especially enamored off a fine bronze statue by cellini.

decimate

v. to kill or destroy a large part of decimate deci means 0.1 or 1/10 so maybe they killed a large part of something so only 1/10 is left thanos?? Cholera swept through the town, decimating the population.

deride

v. to laugh at in scorn or contempt; to ridicule derision n. de- to make less (of ur self confidence); ur riding... a honda?????? ur so broke???? yeah the ride ?? that car is so cheap!! to ridicule 1. Laughing sarcastically, the coach derided the players for their lackluster performance in the game's first semester. 2. Ira's hackneyed speech earned the derision of his scornful classmates.

entice

v. to lead or persuade by arousing desire or hope; allure enticing adj. en- within, tie; to lure in within by tying them to our words i think i've heard "enticing words" many times maybe skoemone is trying to persuade by saying like "wouldn't you want to see what's IN a DICE?" The beautiful holiday window display was meant to entice the customers into the department store. 2. the enticing aroma of dads famous pecan pie drew immediate to the kitchen

debase

v. to lower the quality, character, or status of; to devalue de- off, to take off the top and move to the base destress is lowering the stress debase is lowering the base (let's just say someone's base is like their basic quality or character) The Watergate conspiracy did much to debase the American presidency.

interpose

v. to place or come between, to intervene or interrupt. inter like interrupt, pose - photobombing yeah exactly to intervene or interrupt a photo by interrupting and posing in their picture roberta interposed herself between the two children to distract them from their argument.

promulgate

v. to proclaim or make known. will u go to prom with me? ul go to prom with me??? MEET ME AT THE GATE <3 and they posted it on their insta, snap, pinterest,etc to make known that they have a date to prom prom or gate! you either go to prom with me or you walk out that gate she proclaimed The department has promulgated to all employees new guidelines to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace.

articulate

v. to pronounce distinctly 2. to express one's thoughts, feelings, or beliefs in words adj. able to speak in clear and effective language articulate Children usually can articulate words before they are two years old. In this essay, I have tried to articulate my view of the novel Jane Eyre. WInston Churchhill's slight speech impediment did not prevent him from being a very articulate public speaker.

propound

v. to put forward for consideration; to propose i am pro putting more pounds on this item, i propose that because i think it will make the company work better i am pro using pound in America even though the rest of the world doesn't use it Einstein propounded the startling idea that time is elastic nd can expand and contrast.

exalt

v. to raise in rank, wealth, or honor; to praise highly; glorify exalted adj the word reminds me of like catapult, to catapult in rank wealth or honor the scrambled egg and salt combo has been raised in my personal rank! 1. The Roman senate exalted the emperor Caligula by declaring him a god. 2. By knighting Laurence Olivier 1947, King George VI placed him in the exalted ranks of those who have given great service to England.

demur

v. to raise objections; to withhold ones approval or agreement de- not, separated from, mur kinda like urrrr, and murmuring. they were separated from that idea and there was murmuring about how that was the worst idea ever de-MUR de merch on mars? there were def objections raised for de merch about mars bc no one is even on mars while elaborate supported ms collator o for the directors position, sebastian demurred, arguing that she lacked experience

maraud

v. to roam in search of plunder (steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder/ looting) marauder n. ma roamed with a ROD to see if there was anything she can steal (ma-ROD) MA ROD my metal rod is gone so i am roaming to steal another metal rod centuries ago highwaymen marauded the Dover Road, stopping stagecoaches and robbing the passangers. 2. the vikings were the most infamous marauders of all who plundered the north sea coasts.

pillage

v. to rob and plunder (steal goods from (a place or person) wasn't there another one with pill or like something like that that had to do with stealing to stop aging, they robbed the pills PILL-ij i came to rob a pill from this village After the army retreated, enemy troops pillaged the town, looting house after house.

brandish

v. to shake or wave in a threatening way "its a BRAND new DISH get outta here before you break it" the old neighbor yelled while shaking and waving in a threatening way either brand new dish or brandon's dish this is BRANDON'S DISH *while holding the dish and shaking it in a threatening way Katherine would brandish her fist at the sky every time the rain canceled a soccer game.

sully

v. to soil, tarnish, or besmirch sully's (from monsters inc) image has been soiled and tarnished because of all the memes Vandals had sullied the marble headstones with spray paint.

Besmirch

v. to stain or tarnish; to make dirty bi-smirch, dis merch was made by an extremely problematic person! i am going to make it dirty bi-SMIRCH b's merch was dirty and i wanted to make it more dirty "The sole reason for the existence of tabloids," Amelia asserted, "is to besmirch the reputation of famous people."

defoliate

v. to strip a plant of leaves, thereby damaging or destroying it exfoliate is similar to this but this is for leaves haha yeah Gypsy moths defoliated many of the trees in the park, leaving bare branches in their wake.

Surmise

v. to suppose something without sufficient evidence n. a guess to summarize a sunrise, when you woke up too late to even see the sunrise. you have to guess what it looked like and supposed it without evidence. Heloise surmised that her visitors were late because of traffic.

expend

v. to use up; consume ex spend- to spend your money at first i thought that said expand i was like it means TO CONSUME?????? HUH???? but anyway ya ex spend, to use up all your money Sedentary office workers do not expend much physical energy.

substantiate

v. to verify or confirm by presenting evidence the youtube SUBs that are the youtuber's STANS worked hard to verify the youtuber was innocent and confirmed by presenting evidence substantial means of considerable importance or worth like substantial amount of money so to confirm that he was rich, he showed his substantial amount of money A deed substantiates ownership of a property.

attenuate

v.1. to make or become thin 2. to lessen the amount, force, or value of at ten you ate! right...? they never fed him and he became thin because they kept lessening the times they fed him 1. By twisting and pulling, the spinner can attenute the mass of wool fibers into a long slender thread. 2. That stone breakwater attenuates the impact of high storm tides on this harbor.

espouse

v.to advocate or embrace, especially a cause or idea espousal n. pronunciation isnt 100% there but to embrace an idea that u never thought of becsuse of ur spouse the second part of despise sounds like this word the despise of the spouse was advocated in this kdrama In his 1903 book The souls of Black Folk, WEB Dubois espoused self-determination and independence for African Americans. 2. Ang's espousal of alien abduction theories estranged her from her friends.

regale

verb to entertain or delight to be gay is to be happy, to make someone happy or to delight gale (it's actually gabe)- a character from the office his job is to entertain or delight the office fans her doctor expects amanda to recuperate quickly.

assail

verb. 1. To attack violently or verbally 2. To trouble in the mind some violent pirates are sailing then they spot A SAIL boat. They yell "ATTACK VIOLENTLY" and when they attack they attack verbally saying "you suck!". this is troubling in the mind for the innocent people. 1. Critics assailed the book when it first appeared, but the reading public loved it. 2. During the test, feelings of guilt assailed Miranda as she peeked at the answers she had written on her hand.

immerse

verb. 1. To cover with liquid 2. To completely engage the attention of. to immerse oneself in their thoughts to immerse an item in water To prepare the salad, Eva first blanched the vegetables by immersing them in boiling water. 2. Sophie, immersed in her book, did not notice when Jay boarded the bus and sat down beside her.

discern

verb. 1. To detect with the eyes 2. To understand or comprehend 3. To recognize as separate or different discerning (adj): having good judgement; perceptive DIS EARN (your paycheck) you have to detect with your eyes how much you got, understand taxes, and recognize your paycheck from others. separate checks. you need to have good judgement, to make sure you got paid enough. 1. About forty- five minutes after the ferry left Block Island, the passengers could discern the coast of Rhode Island before them. 2. Not until she finished the novel did Janice discern the significance of the title. 3. Unfortunately for Laura, her teacher was able to discern Laura's handwriting from her mother's handwriting. 4. The coach's discerning comments about Rudi's jump shot helped him improve his game.

consecrate

verb. 1. To set apart as holy 2. To dedicate to a cause; to devote consequence crates the popes had these things called consequence crates that were devoted to collecting people's sins + their consequences these were set apart as holy within the popes reminds me on consequence. at church when you set something as unholy, you will be consequenced. to devote your time to pray after you consequenced. Hagia Sophia, in Constantinople (today Istanbul), was consecrated as a church in 537 and is now a museum. Mother Teresa consecrated her life to helping Calcutta's poor.

cleave

verb. 1. to cling to or be faithful to 2. to split with force or a sharp instrument cleave the restaurant cleave to their customers so they can't LEAVE and i guess "split away" physically from the restaurant Many people cleave to their values of simplicity and self- sufficiency 2. I cleaved a chunk of wood from the block with an axe.

wheedle

verb. 1. to coax by using sly persuasion or insincere praise. 2. To gain by using sly persuasion or insincere praise wheedle- fakes bumping into a car to coax the driver with persuasion or insincere praise for their expensive car "ohhhhhhh man i am a wheeeeedle hurt im gonna need some money from you.. but your car is sooo nice!!" YES, or the NEEDLE only hurts a WIDDLE sew this for me He tried to wheedle his father into letting him go to a movie on a school night. Merritt wheedled information about the test from her friend who had taken it earlier in the day.

deprecate

verb. 1. to criticize or express disapproval of 2. to represent as of little value. appreciate vs depreciate kinda de-removal; to remove the appreciation and criticize it Nutritionists deprecate the excessive use of saturated fats in the U.S diet. 2. Amy deprecated her own contribution to the soccer team's victory.

appraise

verb. 1. to estimate the value of. 2. to form a judgment of; to evaluate appraise a praise? no, i am here to evaluate you yess in like a piano competition A real-estate agent appraised the house across the street at $125,000 2. The foreman looked long and hard at the woman's resume, appraising it carefully before offering her the job.

repose

verb. 1. to lie at rest 2. to place (power etc) in some person or group noun. a state of rest or relaxation repose before re posing for the magazine, i need to lie at rest and relax the agency places power in the models who are able to ask for the breaks yes and the magazine photographers and company could be the person or group Until it was time to leave, I reposed in the hammock on the porch. 2.The nation reposes its trust in the fairness of the federal court system. 3. Juliet's visage in repose was serene.

impart

verb. 1. to make known; disclose 2. to bestow (to present or give) (im-PART) sounds like depart the boat departed the captain made that known and gave us the schedule on tiktok, people decided to make known that a middle PART made people look better; jt was like people decided to GIVE tips He imparted his views in such a humorous manner that we were unsure whether to take them seriously. 2. The capers impart just the right amount of piquancy to the fish sauce.

Impoverish

verb. 1. to make poor 2. to take away. impoverished adj. impoverish- poverty (wow 3 words i knew in a ROW) poverish- poverty ^HAHA 1. uncontrolled spending can impoverish a person. 2. Continual overfarming impoverishes the soil. 3. The peace corps is an agency of the United States government that sends volunteers to improve living standards in impoverished areas of the world.

plumb

verb. 1. to measure the depth of water 2. to reach the deepest part of. 3. to understand by examining closely; to solve adj. straight up and down; vertical plumber- they EXAMINE water pipes that go STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN closely. he first MEASURES DEPTH OF THE WATER and REACHES THE DEEPEST PART OF the water. honestly it can't get better than that; the plumber has to measure the deepest part of the water just in case the house floods, and if they don't understand how would they do their job??? 1. The lake was too deep for us to plumb. 2. The bathyscaphe is a vessel designed to plumb the oceans of the world. 3. Her latest book of poems is a valiant attempt to plumb the human soul. 4. The bricklayer keeps checking to make sure that the wall being built is plumb.

propagate

verb. 1. to reproduce 2. to cause to reproduce 3. to foster the spread of propagation. noun propagate sounds like propaganda propaganda fosters the spread a particular political belief (often biased) and the idea reproduces and more and more people know abt it this is very good- prop o gate reproduce- produce again; after willy wonkers got famous on tiktok he said "prop o gate!! we need to reproduce the chocolate and spread the news fast!!" The scientists were puzzled when the frogs that propagated in the fall had unusually few offspring. 2. Begonias are easy plants to propagate. 3. The professor wrote several articles to propagate his theory explaining the causes of sudden climate change. 4. The propagation of information has been facilitated by the use of computers.

contend

verb. 1. to struggle with 2. to maintain or assert contention noun. 1. a conflict or struggle 2. A point made in an argument content struggling with being content and maintaining being content ? Mail carriers sometimes have to contend with bothersome dogs. 2. Opponents of nuclear power plants contend that the risk of a malfunction in one is too great. 3. Miwa and JEssie are in contention for first place on the honor roll. 4. It is my contention that the ghost you claim to have seen was merely a shadow on the wall.

Speculate

verb. 1. to think about or make guesses 2. To engage in a risky business venture (invest with hope but with risk of loss) Reminds me of spectate- to spectate a scene and then to guess what is happening there. mommy and daddy spectate what will happen with tesla and speculates with it. i like the tesla reference :3 they spectate tesla joo-sik and think about and make guesses as to how much money to invest but this IS a risky beeswax As we waited, we speculated about whether he'd keep his promise and show up. She lost a great deal of money when she speculated in the stock market last year.

convene

verb. One. To summon or cause to assemble 2. to gather or assemble; to meet formally convenience, for everyone's convenience people summoned people using zoom to meet formally in a CONVENtion, people gather and meet formally and interVENE with each other 1. The president has convened a meeting of his economic advisers for this Thursday. 2. student council members convene on the first Monday of the month.

dote

verb. TO show excessive fondness for (used with on or upon) makes me think of anecdote- my teacher shows EXCESSIVE FONDNESS towards essays with anecdotes totes! TOTES girly pop, I'll obviously get you this <3 She dotes on her grandson and indulges his every whim.

Endeavor

verb. To attempt earnestly noun. a serious, earnest effort toward a goal en-de-ver; endy would never take never as an answer, therefore he will always attempt earnestly to get that yes as an answer. The person we spoke to at the school office said she would endeavor to find the papers we need.

subjugate

verb. To bring under control; to conquer. subjugation. noun. sub- under, jug as in a name, ate because they had jug under control, they made him ATE(eat) something he didn't like sub (sandwich) you ate from jimmy johns was really good now conquer/bring under control all jimmy johns so we could get whatever subs we want at any time In the late eighteenth century, Russia subjugated the country of Georgia, in western Asia, and made it part of the Russian empire. The subjugation of the working class had led to revolutions all over the world.

perpetuate

verb. To cause to continue indefinitely per pet you ate, it will cause to continue pain (or whatever) indefinitely - pet as in fish or chicken Your negative attitude toward studying science just perpetuates your inability to get a good grade in the class.

Augment

verb. To increase in size, amount, or degree ARGUMENTS INCREASE anger (if you include a sarcastic comment in the argument, it increases, and you're done for) In order to buy a new bike before summer, Iris augmented her savings by babysitting the twins next door.

Enhance

verb. To make greater or better to enhance an image, to make the quality better, (zoom in and see the details) The large window in our new kitchen enhances the room's light, airy feeling.

exhort

verb. To urge strongly; to warn or appeal. exhortation. noun (eg-SORT) when egg sorting, i strongly urge/warm you not to break the eggs ^i like that a lot The quarterback's teammate exhorted him to ignore the boos of the crowd. The pool's rules contain an exhortation against diving into the shallow end.

concede

verb. to admit to be true, often reluctantly 2. to grant or let have kinda sounds like conceded? he is so conceded that he admits (very reluctantly) that someone else did a better job than he did. he lets people have the spotlight, but not so long. yeah when they're so conceited that they can't admit they're wrong so they have to reluctantly admit someone else is correct Bungee jumpers concede that the sport can be dangerous. 2. When it was clear that she wouldn't win, Marla conceded the chess game to her opponent.

accede

verb. to agree to; to consent to, often urging from another sounds like exceed; even I admit the noise was exceedingly loud, so I acceded/ agreed to, consented to my classmates' wishes Nasri acceded to the wishes of his classmates and stopped tapping his fingers on the table during study hall.

Assess

verb. to analyze and determine the nature, value, or importance of assessment noun. assess, assessment yeah to give an assessment is to test; to assess would be like "a test" but to analyze and determine the nature of After she assessed the difficulties we faced in repairing the storm damage, she proposed a plan. My assessment of the contents of the refrigerator showed that we were in dire need of going to the grocery store.

expostulate

verb. to argue earnestly in an attempt to dissuade or show strong disapproval ex- without; posture- "if you are without good posture you will be DOOMED for the rest of your life" "nO I WoN'T" "Yes it will and I disapprove this" see your EX POSTED YOU LATE on ig too!! i am trying to dissuade you and show strong disapproval on your new bf too My friends expostulated with me on the wisdom of waiting until the storm had passed before I walk to the park.

remonstrate

verb. to say in protest; to raise an objection to demonstrate something incorrectly and everyone says NO THATS NOT HOW U DO IT i like urs much better than what i had originally had i demonstrated wrong and everyone is protesting against me and raining an objection Ms. Rashad remonstrated with Darryl for constantly teasing his classmate.

solicit

verb. to ask for in a formal way solicitation. noun. "SO whyd u MISS(lis) IT???" don't do that! ask formally "is there a reason you missed it and can i do anhthing to help you answer it correctly the second time?" illicit means illegal (for me to not confuse solicit vs illicit) solicit solely sit here please the princess asked the king in a formal way, telling him to solely sit through the party Ms. Vargas came to our apartment to solicit contributions to her husband's campaign. 2. Although I considered their cause a good one, I could not afford to respond to their repeated solicitations for money.

nurture

verb. to care for and give sustenance to. noun. the process of raising one's young. nurture Parents nurture their children physically, mentally, and psychologically. Both male and female emperor penguins provide nurture for their young chicks.

transmute

verb. to change the form or appearances of transform but transformed into a mute state trans+ mute, ^perfect In the fairy tale "Rumpelstiltskin," the foolish miller claimed that his daughter could transmute straw into gold.

emanate

verb. to come out from a source (warmth emanated from the fireplace) (em-in-ate) em (as in emily) in class ate some chips and the sound from the chips flooded the classroom(monch monch monch) em and nate's lights illuminated and came from the living room as the boys crept down the basement stairs, a low humming noise emanated from the furnace.

expire

verb. to come to an end 2. to die expire Unless i renew it, my fishing license will expire next month. 2. the patient expired before he could be rushed to the hospital.

vie

verb. to compete for, as in a contest BYEE!! in this contest that were competing against, im gonna beat you !! baaaaa By January, ht top eight schools in the state vied for the debate championship.

deem

verb. to consider; to believe to reDEEM yourself is to compensate for yourself; before you compensate, someone has to consider if you really redeemed yourself. have you actually redeemed urself?? hm lets see Hearing about the train derailment, the mayor deemed it prudent to call up emergency crews from neighboring countries.

aver

verb. to declare positively; to state as the truth. (a-VER) this is a VERB not a NOUN to declare positively omg that's so good, there's a camera website called aver and they would declare positively that they are the best The lawyer averred that her client was innocent.

scrutinize

verb. to examine with great care scrutiny noun. close examination scrutinize (screw-tin-eyez) in the wizard of oz, they had to screw the tin eues with great care, or the tin man would DIE My parents scrutinized each line of my essay before i turned it in for the contest. The detective's careful scrutiny of the crime scene helped solve the mystery.

bewail

verb. to express deep regret or sorrow over. wail- to cry; to BE WAILING would be to express ur sadness and regret agreed- "she do be wailing doe" Many football fans bewailed the replacement of real grass by AstroTurf when the new stadium was built.

stagnate

verb. to fail to develop, change or move stagnant. adj. Not moving, changing, or developing stagger means walking unsteady so stagnate meanings unsteady learning and thus failing to develop and move Students' minds may stagnate if they are not challenged. As we approached the edge of the lake, we found stagnant, muddy water instead of the cold clear ripples we had expected.

commiserate

verb. to feel or express sorrow or compassion for; to sympathize com-MISER-ate; the word miserable is in it, to feel miserable for something or someone come here, i sympathize with the misery you are feeling If I'm upset about something, it helps me feel better if someone commiserates with me.

amass

verb. to gather or collect for one's use or profit; to accumulate mass- coming together into a mass all the money is coming into a mass and accumulating yeah or like taking stuff in a mass to make a profit Karen's aptitude for business enabled her to amass a small fortune before she was thirty.

proffer

verb. to offer for acceptance or consideration noun. an offer proffer- the word offer is in the word im offering you this.. are you pro-movement ? if so, please sign this mhm and pro is like pro something so they're very accepting The Tai family proffered their spare room to an exchange student from China. 2. The senior class gladly accepted the proffer of the Aldrich Mansion as the site for its graduation party.

infer

verb. to reach a conclusion through reasoning inference. noun infer Because you never return my phone calls and are always too busy to do anything with me, I infer that you are ending our friendship. 2.The only inference to be drawn from the principals' speech about budget-cutting was that no money would be allocated to a new computer lab.

allude

verb. to refer to in an indirect way (used with to) allusion: noun. a loot? a bunch of pirates came to the shore and one pirate sees a loot in the corner of his eyes and alludes to it "so anyone see a loot..?" allusion- an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; same thing "I made a mistake that night," she said, alluding to the way she lost her temper. The poem is an allusion to Penelope in Homer's The Odyssey.

recuperate

verb. to regain health or strength re-again, coup-soup, ate to ate(eat) soup and gain strength again same thing but "her ate" like she ate the soup and regained health and strength maybe the eggs from the coop were used for the soup too Her doctor expects Amanda to recuperate quickly.

alleviate

verb. to relieve or make more bearable a-lienent; a-levitate: to relieve pain in your by levitating them above your heart Gargling with saltwater alleviates a sore throat.

supersede

verb. to replace; to cause to be set aside because of superiority super seed with this ONE SINGULAR SUPER SEED, it can take over allllll seeds. this SUPER SEED will replace ALL SEEDS (we won't need millions of apple trees anymore we just need ONE now) By the 1960s, airplanes had superseded ships as the most common means for long-distance travel.

extol

verb; to praise highly ex-not, toll (taking a toll on someone, having a bad effect on them) as a student, it would leave a bad effect if a teacher bullied them. instead the teacher did NOT take a toll and praised the student my ex stole my stuff. but my current bf praises him highly bc all the stuff were broken anyway The scout leader extolled the virtues of truth and honor.

prudent

very careful; showing judgement and wisdom prudence- the avoidance of risk; carefulness in what one says or does cartoons portray old, wise people as old fruits, with wrinkles and stuff. prunes are dried out fruits, therefore are wise and very careful. Lost in the forest, Aadhya argued it was more prudent to wait until morning to find the trail than to continue wandering in the park. Although the knight was shaking with anger, he exercised prudence, saying nothing to the king who had insulted him.

excruciating

very painful excruciating pain She was weak and the pain was excruciating, but she was determined to go home.