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.

Week Four Vocabulary List

Quiz Tuesday

Happy Studying! :)

nefarious: adj—flagrantly wicked or impious
Darth Vader is one of the most nefarious movie characters.

retinue: n—a group of retainers or attendants
Kurt Cobain never left his house without his retinue surrounding him.

suppliant: adj—humbly imploring
The suppliant beggar asked the businessmen for money.

tedium: n—the quality or state of being bored; a tedious period of time
No one truly experiences tedium until sitting through Mr. Smith’s education classes.

torrid: adj—parched with heat; giving off intense heat; passionate
The children played in the fire hydrant to avoid overheating in the torrid afternoon.

affront: v—to insult especially to the face by behavior or language
The baseball player’s comment about the media affronted the reporters in the room.

blasé: adj—apathetic to pleasure or excitement because of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
After a huge steak and two potatoes, Tim had a blasé reaction when the waiter asked if he wanted dessert.

cajole: v—to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance; to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion
Tiffany cajoled her mother into buying her a Lexus.

choleric: adj—easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger; hot-tempered
Most employees avoided the payroll manager because of his choleric reputation.

encumber: v—to weigh down or burdenThe eight-man tent usually encumbered the hikers, so they bought a lighter one.