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Vocabulary Week 21 Gold

Vocabulary Week 21 Gold. Word 1: Misogynist Def: One who hates women Sent: That's what's good about this character. I love James Bond, but I hate that he's a misogynist chauvinistic pig.  Louis Leterrier.

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Vocabulary Week 21 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week 21 Gold

  2. Word 1: MisogynistDef: One who hates women Sent:That's what's good about this character. I love James Bond, but I hate that he's a misogynist chauvinistic pig.  Louis Leterrier

  3. Word 2: SanguineDef: 1 Cheerfully optimistic 2 A reddish color relating to healthy bloodSent: His sanguine spirit turns every firefly into a star.  Arthur Conan Doyle, Sr.

  4. Word 3:Tutelage Def: Process of serving as protector or teaching instructorSent: Our student-athletes deserve the opportunity to develop and play under the tutelage of a proven, seasoned and successful head coach.Tim White

  5. Word 4: Surreal Def:Something surreal is so strange that you cannot believe it is real, bizarreSent: It's really impressive. It is kind of surreal almost to go to a store and see yourself on a cereal box.

  6. Word 5: SchismDef: A split between strongly opposed sides, caused by differences in opinionSent: I suspect it's got to do with a general schism in this society which is really becoming ever more destructive. A Greenspan

  7. Word 6:HyperboleDef: Obvious, outrageous and intentional exaggerationSent: I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.  Ron Chernow

  8. Word 7:ParadigmDef: Theoretical framework of ideas and beliefs that creates a model for interpretation or change, a way of thinkingSent: The paradigm of competition is a race: by rewarding the winner, we encourage everyone to run faster. Richard Stallman

  9. Word 8:VendettaDef: To inflict punishment and seek vengeance in return for injury or insult received Sent: I've got a vendetta to destroy the Net, to make everyone go to the library.  Joseph Fiennes

  10. Word 9:PlacidDef: Calm and peaceful Sent: We live on aplacidisland of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. H. P Lovecraft

  11. Word 10:CircumlocutionDef: Unnecessarily wordy to avoid getting to the point.Sent: Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office was beforehand with all the public departments in the art of perceiving- how not to do it. Charles Dickens

  12. Word 11: DemureDef: Reserved, modest, and shySent:I get the feeling that Japanese women aren't as demure and slender and cute as the rest of the world thinks.Mariko Tashiro

  13. Word 12: Stymie Def: To hinder the progress ofSent: There are 900 ways the House can stymie the president, if it had the political will.Antonin Scalia

  14. Word 13: ExtemporaneousDef: Spoken or done without preparationSent: The extemporaneous thinking is important. It is a really important skill in life.Scott Mills

  15. Word 14: AppraiseDef: Assess the value or quality ofSent: Never judge someone by who he's in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool,appraisingglance at his pals. Cynthia Heimel

  16. Word 15: AversionDef: Having a strong dislike forSent: To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.  Marcus Aurelius

  17. Word 16: Behemoth Def: A huge or monstrous creature or something enormousSent: Big Oil behemoths are making out like bandits, while the average American family is getting killed by high gas prices... C. Schumer

  18. Word 17: PerpetuateDef:To keep something going Sent: There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.Charles de Montesquieu

  19. Word 18: IncorrigibleDef:A person so bad that their behavior cannot be changedSent: Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone.John Updike

  20. Word 19: AccrueDef: Result of a natural growth, additionSent: Shifting debt from one card to another can get you in trouble if you just accruemore debt.Stephen Brobeck

  21. Word 20: Quintessential Def: Perfect example of Sent: He's a quintessential artist. He was eccentric, bizarre and weird, and he did brilliant work. A lot of people know about Dali…Leslie Hammond

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