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Vocabulary Week 7 Gold

Vocabulary Week 7 Gold. Word 1: Euphemism Def: Substituting a saying that is offensive with one that is less offensive Sent: Euphemisms are not…. useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission… Quentin Crisp.

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Vocabulary Week 7 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week 7 Gold

  2. Word 1: Euphemism Def: Substituting a saying that is offensive with one that is less offensive Sent: Euphemisms are not…. useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission… Quentin Crisp

  3. Word 2: Audacity / Audacious Def: Boldly confident to say or do what you want especially facing negative opinions Sent: With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything. Napoleon Bonaparte

  4. Word 3: Circuitous Def: Not speaking direct to the point or not taking a direct course Sent: The habitude of pleasing by flattery makes a language soft; the fear of offending by truth makes it circuitous and conventional. Walter Savage Landor

  5. Word 4: Garish Def: Bright, colorful but uglySent: People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human… Soren Kierkegaard

  6. Word 5: Loquacious Def: Tending to talk a lot or too much Sent: He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero. Johann Kaspar Lavater

  7. Word 6: Defunct Def: No longer in useSent: Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. -John Maynard Keynes

  8. Word 7: DisperseDef: To spread out in all directions Sent: A temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion. William Cowper

  9. Word 8: Ambivalent Def: Having mixed feelings about Sent: The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, ….it is understood completely only when it is broken. Primo Levi

  10. Word 9: Mundane Def: Commonplace, unimaginative, typical of this worldSent: Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. Colin Powell

  11. Word 10: HaggleDef: To argue back and forth on a priceSent: It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger. Dwight D. Eisenhower

  12. Word 11: IdiosyncrasyDef: Unusual feature or peculiarity that makes someone stand out from the groupSent: The older I get, the more I embrace my ownidiosyncrasies. Brittany Murphy

  13. Word 12: IntrepidDef: Bold and fearlessSent: Unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory over those things that seem impossible... Anon

  14. Word 13: ReticentDef: Inclined to be silent Sent: Circles create soothing space, where evenreticentpeople can realize that their voice is welcome. Margret J. Wheatley

  15. Word 14: Facetious Def: Sarcastically joking often inappropriately while acting seriousSent: It seems that all this in our view falls under the heading of that facetious remark no good deed goes unpunished. George Peteros

  16. Word 15: GoadDef: Provoke and annoy to get a reactionSent: My goal is to goadpeople into saying something that ruins their life. Don Imus

  17. Word 16: ShrewdDef: Sharp keen practical awareness possibly cunning and tricky Sent: If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you? Katie Price

  18. Word 17: Raze Def: To tear down, demolish to the ground Sent The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd. William Shakespeare

  19. Word 18: RaucousDef: Rough rude noiseSent: Laughter shall drown the raucous shout… Louis Untermeyer

  20. Word 19: Pretentious Def: Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed .Sent: Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon. David Olgivy

  21. Word 20: Archaic Def: Very old, ancient or old fashioned Sent: In an age where history is recorded on T-shirts, the very notion of dwelling on the deep structure of an experience has come to appear both arcane and archaic. Thomas Harrison

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