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Vocabulary Week 14 Gold

Vocabulary Week 14 Gold. Word 1: Decrepit Def : Weak or worn out from age Sent: The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down . T S Eliot.

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Vocabulary Week 14 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week 14 Gold

  2. Word 1:Decrepit Def:Weak or worn out from age Sent: The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down. T S Eliot

  3. Word 2: Fortuitous Def:A lucky or fortunate event happening by chance Sent: That the universe was formed by afortuitousconcourse of atoms, I will no more believe than … Jonathan Swift

  4. Word 3: Bombastic Def: Pompous, overly wordy, overblown speech Sent: It is easy to make sweeping allegations, gloss over facts and figures, and make bombastic claims of corruption and mismanagement. David Stuart

  5. Word 4: VoraciousDef: Having a huge appetite, or excessive desire for something like a voracious readerSent: There's a voracious appetite for capital at all levels in the Chinese market. It's a huge market. Steve Iger

  6. Word 5:ExuberantDef: Full of happy enthusiasmSent: Nothing ever succeeds which exuberantspirits have not helped to produce. Friedrich Nietzsche

  7. Word 6: Querulous Def: Habitually complaining, always feels wrongedSent: Criticism should not bequerulousand wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  8. Word 7: AmeliorateDef: To improve or make less severeSent: … a party that truly only welcomes conservative white males. That's an unflattering view …and one frankly we thought they were trying to ameliorate. Jim Jordan

  9. Word 8: Misanthrope Def: One who hates humankind Sent: I wonder that every colored person is not a misanthrope. Surely we have everything to make us hate mankind.  Charlotte L. Forten Grimke

  10. Word 9:Stamina Def: The ability to do work over a long period of timeSent: He has intense stamina. This guy is a workaholic and he is at his best when a game is on the line. Jon Gruden

  11. Word 10: Impugn Def: To oppose or challenge something as false, cast doubt uponSent: Before impugningan opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments. Sidney Hook

  12. Word 11:Impetuous Def: Impulsive, marked by sudden and emotional reaction Sent: Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.  Thucydides

  13. Word 12: Satire / SatiricalDef: The use of irony,sarcasm and ridicule to point out the folly or make fun of somethingSent: Bitter the jest when satire comes too near truth and leaves a sharp sting behind it.  Publius Cornelius Tacitus

  14. Word 13:RegressDef: To go backwards to an earlier stageSent: People on the righteous path always progress, while people who are ignorant always falter and regress. Rig Veda

  15. Word 14:Arbitrate Def: To officially help settle a disagreement by considering the facts Sent: A lot of these arbitrators charge a lot of money… That puts an employee sometimes in a position where they can't afford to arbitrate their claims. James Johnston

  16. Word 15: Monochromatic Def: Using the shades of only one color Sent: They're in the monochromatictones of the outfits, and that helps elongate the strong, narrow line of the silhouette.  Mario Bandiera

  17. Word 16:PittanceDef: A small amount Sent: What they'd be saving on pensions is a pittance. Roger Toussaint

  18. Word 17: Trepidation Def: State of anxiety and fear Sent: He, who controls his senses and 'sacrifices' himself in the 'fire of knowledge' does not have the slightest of trepidation and fear.Atharva Veda

  19. Word 18:Mesmerize Def: To capture the full attention of, hypnotize Sent: Once you lock eyes with her, you are mesmerized. Ever since I met her, she enchanted and inspired me. John Galiano

  20. Word 19: CrepuscularDef: Active at dawn and duskSent: I’ve been through their checkout and noted its resemblance to Hades - the crepuscular gloom, the dungeon lighting, the mile-long shuffling queue… John Walsh

  21. Word 20:Demeaning Def: Making someone or certain people seem less important or valued Sent: Politics calls for robust debate and criticism, but this should never descend to personal and demeaning slurs.  Kim Beazley

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