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Word List #1

Word List #1. 1. Aberration : defect. “ The psychopath had a mental aberration .”. 2. Amenities : attractive features and comforts. “The luxury car had several amenities as a sale incentive.”. 3. Benighted : ignorant. “A society without education creates a benighted population.”.

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Word List #1

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  1. Word List #1

  2. 1. Aberration: defect • “The psychopath had a mental aberration.”

  3. 2. Amenities: attractive features and comforts • “The luxury car had several amenities as a sale incentive.”

  4. 3. Benighted: ignorant • “A society without education creates a benighted population.”

  5. 4. Cerebration: thought • “Studying for exams requires intense cerebration.”

  6. 5. Dative: of the indirect object • “We studied the dative case of pronouns in my Latin class.” • Ex: Can you help me find the indirect object in this sentence?

  7. 6. Defalcate: embezzle • “The CEO attempted to defalcate funds from his company.”

  8. 7. Diapason: 1. entire range. 2. burst of harmonious song • “The opera singer has a great diapason.” • “I awoke in the morning to the diapason of the birds.”

  9. 8. Engender: produce • “Cliques can often engender arguments in school.”

  10. 9. Fell: cruel; deadly • “The assassin used a knife for his fell purpose.”

  11. 10. Hybrid: offspring of parents of different species • “The scientists produced a hybrid of two flowers through genetic engineering.”

  12. 11. Inveigh: to speak out vehemently • “The victim’s family inveighed against killer’s actions.

  13. 12. Mandible: jawbone • “The caveman used the mandible of a horse as a weapon.”

  14. 13. Orifice: mouth-like opening • “We entered the cave through the orifice.”

  15. 14. Rational: reasoning; sensible • “Humans are the most rationalspecies.”

  16. 15. Sidereal: of the stars • “Astronomy is a sidereal science.”

  17. 16. Torrid: hot • “Can you name a couple in literature who has a torrid love affair?”

  18. 17. Venal: corrupt • “The venal politician was arrested for accepting bribes.”

  19. Assignment • Show mastery of each vocabulary word by writing a sentence that demonstrates its meaning. • Underline the vocabulary word in the sentence. • Skip lines between sentences.

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