It’s Vocab time!

1. It’s Vocab time!

2. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Ad infinitum • (adv.) endlessly

3. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Ad infinitum – L.ad "to toward," from PIE *ad-"to, near, at" + L. infinitus "unbounded, unlimited," from in-"not" + finitus"defining, definite," from finis “end.”

4. ad infinitum mnemonic An eye can be tricked ad infinitum by MC Escher’s work.

5. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Apportion • (v.) to divide and give out in shares

6. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Apportion – M.Fr. apportionner, from O.Fr. apportioner, from a- "to" + portioner"to divide into portions," from portion "share, portion”

7. Apportion mnemonic Pizza is an easy food to apportion because it is sliced into eight pieces.

8. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Bona fide • (adj.) genuine; sincere

9. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Bona fide – L., lit. "in good faith," abl. of bona fides “good faith.”

10. Bona fide mnemonic Jewels have to be carefully examined to determine if they are bona fide or fakes.

11. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Buoyant • (adj.) able to float easily; able to hold things up; cheerful, hopeful

12. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Buoyant – perhaps from Sp. boyante, prp. of boyar"to float," from boya "buoy," from Du. boei

13. Buoyant mnemonic Pool toys must be buoyant or they will sink.

14. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Clique • (n.) a small, exclusive group of people

15. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Clique – Fr.clique, from O.Fr. cliquer"to make a noise," echoic. Apparently this word was at one time treated as the equivalent of claque.

16. Clique mnemonic “Mean Girls” was a movie about a girl who joined a clique.

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19. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Concede • (v.) to admit as true; to yield, submit

20. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Concede – L. concedere"give way, yield," from com-, intensive prefix, + cedere "to go, grant, give way”

21. Concede mnemonic Rude drivers will sometimes not concede that another driver has the right-of-way.

22. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Congenial • (adj.) getting on well with others; agreeable, pleasant

23. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Congenial – L.com-"together" + genialis"of birth," thus, "kindred." Sense of "agreeable" is first recorded 1711.

24. Congenial mnemonic Dog breeds known to be congenial are often used as seeing-eye dogs.

25. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Lofty • (adj.) very high; noble

26. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Lofty – O.E.loft "air," from O.N. lopt"air, sky, upper story" (Scand. -pt- pronounced like -ft-), from P.Gmc. *luftuz "air, sky" (cf. O.E. lyft, Du. lucht, Ger. Luft, Goth. luftus "air").

27. Lofty mnemonic Being president is a lofty goal.

28. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Migration • (n.) a movement from one country or region to another

29. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Migration – L.migrationem (nom. migratio), from pp. stem of migrare"to move from one place to another," probably originally *migwros, from PIE *meigw- (cf. Gk. ameibein "to change"), from base *mei- "to change, go, move.”

30. Migration mnemonic Duck migration occurs when ducks fly south for the winter.

31. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Perceive • (v.) to be aware of through the senses, observe; to grasp mentally

32. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Perceive – via Anglo-Fr. parceif, O.N.Fr. *perceivre, O.Fr. perçoivre, from L.percipere "obtain, gather," also, metaphorically, "to grasp with the mind," lit. "to take entirely," from per "thoroughly" + capere "to grasp, take.”

33. Perceive mnemonic The countless benefits from mapping human DNA are difficult to perceive.

34. Don’t forget your words!

35. It’s Vocab time!

36. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Perverse • (adj.) inclined to go against what is expected; stubborn; turned away from what is good and proper

37. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Perverse – O.Fr. pervers, from L. perversus"turned away (from what is right), contrary, askew," pp. of pervertere"to corrupt" [from per- "away" + vertere "to turn"]

38. Perverse mnemonic Many people believed that Elvis Presley’s rock and roll music was perverse at the time.

39. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Prelude • (n.) an introduction; that which comes before or leads off

40. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Prelude – L. præludere"to play beforehand for practice, preface," from præ- "before" + ludere "to play”

41. Prelude mnemonic The debate of which came first, the chicken or the egg, is a prelude quandary.

42. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Rancid • (adj.) stale, spoiled

43. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Rancid – L.rancidus"rank, stinking, offensive," from rancere"be spoiled or rotten," of unknown origin.

44. Rancid mnemonic Restaurants have been shut down because they served rancid meat that made consumers ill.

45. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Rustic • (adj.) country-like; simple, plain; awkward • (n.) one who lives in the country

46. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Rustic – L.rusticus, from rus (gen. ruris) "open land, country”

47. Rustic mnemonic The rustic style of home décor is not as popular as it used to be.

48. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Sever • (v.) to separate, divide into parts

49. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 13 • Sever – Anglo-Fr. severer, from O.Fr.sevrer"to separate," from V.L. *seperare, from L. separare"to pull apart," from se- "apart" + parare"make ready, prepare."

50. Sever mnemonic A woman who sued Wendy’s claimed she found a severed thumb in her chili but she had planted it there herself.