Vocab Reminder

If you've paid attention to your handy calendar, you've noted that there's a vocab quiz on Thursday. Here's a copy of the Week 6 word list:

1. expectorate: v—to spit, to remove mucus by spitting and/or coughing

Cough syrup is a great expectorate when one is sick.

2. palpate: v—to examine by touch

The nurse palpated the patient’s stomach.

3. preemptory: adj—putting an end to or making impossible an action, debate, delay

The teacher made a preemptory gesture in giving the kids an extra day to complete their essays.

4. pusillanimous: adj—lacking courage and resolution

He despised himself for entertaining such pusillanimous considerations in the country’s time of need.

5. surfeit: n—an overabundant supply; excess

He looked at the surfeit of homework which laid on his desk.

6. allay: v—to make less severe; relieve

The parents tried to allay their children’s fears about the upcoming storm.

7. capacious: adj—able to contain a great deal; not narrow

Her capacious bag was ridiculous; it looked like a small suitcase.

8. diurnal: adj—reoccurring every day

The students completed a diurnal journal which required several entries.

9. extricate: v—to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty

He could not extricate himself from the Halloween maze.

10. ignominious: adj—marked by disgrace or shame; dishonorable

The British were forced into an ignominious retreat in the Revolutionary War.