Lesson 3 and 4 vocab\

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retort

a person's verbal retaliation in a fight

elegy

a sad or mournful poem

traction

a truck's grip on a muddy road

panoramic

a view of an area in all directions

disposition

base word: dispose and usual emotional response; manner

infamous

base word: fame and having a bad reputation; disgraceful

dispassionate

base word: passion and unaffected by strong personal emotions; fair

systematic

base word: system and according to a system; thorough and regular

infamous

having a disgraceful reputation

inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

condescend

lower oneself

would a car's tires have good TRACTION in deep mud?

no because the car would have gotten stuck in the mud

would the father of someone in a skating competition be a DISPASSIONATE judge of the performances?

no because their child is there

inscrutable

not easily understood, mysterious

arboretum

place where different trees and shrubs are studied and exhibited

gress means "go" or "wander"

regress and move backward; return to a previous, usually worse, state; digression: turning away from the main subject when speaking or writing

nautical

related to sailing, sailors, or ships

systematic

relating to the classifying species

tort means "twist"

retort and answer in a quick or biting manner; torsion: twisting or turning

medley

series

converge

to come together

regress

to go back to childhood

tract means "draw" or "pull"

traction and act of drawing or pulling; pulling power; protracted: drawn out in time

delectable

very pleasing, especially to the taste

delectable

very pleasing; delightful

diction

word choice

is adolf hitler regarded as an INFAMOUS leader?

yes because he killed millions if innocent people

is telling a long joke in the middle of a formal speech a DIGRESSION?

yes because it is a random distraction

would a SYSTEMATIC worker be likely to do a job well?

yes because they are structured in a way


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