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Vocabulary Week 19 Gold

Vocabulary Week 19 Gold. Word 1: Impetus Def : Force or something that brings change, catalyst for change Sent: What will ever replace the Cold War as a driver and the impetus for doing these big space explorations?  Andrew Chaikin.

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Vocabulary Week 19 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week 19 Gold

  2. Word 1: ImpetusDef: Force or something that brings change, catalyst for change Sent: What will ever replace the Cold War as a driver and the impetusfor doing these big space explorations?  Andrew Chaikin

  3. Word 2: Ruminate Def: Think about or to turn a matter over and over in the mind.Sent: The key is that your friend needs to help you sort out your thoughts... Simply ruminating with a friend is not going to help. Carla Grayson

  4. Word 3: Girth Def: Circumference around Sent: Orson was a beautiful man, he was not only a genius as a director, an actor, a writer but as a person he was bigger than life and I don't mean just in girth.Ruth Warrick

  5. Word 4: MenialDef: Work that is boring and takes no thoughtSent: I come from a generation where the dreams and aspirations of a whole lot of young men were sacrificed at the altar of getting some kind of menialjob. Bill Dixon

  6. Word 5: ShunDef:To avoid deliberately; keep away fromSent: He is not worthy of the honey-comb, That shunsthe hives because the bees have stings. William Shakespeare

  7. Word 6: Plummet Def: To rapidly fall straight down Sent: The sudden stoppage in U.S. activity hurt oil demand, and we have seen petroleum prices plummet as a consequence.  Joel Naroff

  8. Word 7: AbscondDef: To leave secretly and quicklySent: He absconded with money from a bank and has disappeared.  John Vance

  9. Word 8: Meek Def: Gentle, not strong, lacking in courageSent: I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.  Samuel Butler

  10. Word 9: AnomalyDef: Different from what is normalSent: We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.  Margaret Atwood

  11. Word 10: Dowdy Def:Dressed in something drab, old fashioned,lacking stylishness Sent: The third reason is that the dress became dowdy. It just wasn't something anyone youthful and hip wanted to wear. C. White

  12. Word 11:Fallacy Def: A false belief or false reasoning Sent: We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire.. Samuel Johnson

  13. Word 12: Woeful Def:Sad, miserable and sorrowful Sent: She marking them begins a wailing note And sings extemporally a woeful ditty; How love makes young men thrall and old men dote. William Shakespeare

  14. Word 13:Sycophant Def:A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential peopleSent: The king appeared... with his dogs and sycophants behind him. Kathleen Winsor

  15. Word 14: QualmDef:To have slight doubt Sent: I am going to have a face-lift. I have no qualms about telling people. I'm going to look younger so people will want to know why. Toyah Wilcox

  16. Word 15:CognitiveDef:Gaining knowledge through thought or perceptionSent: The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws. Edward Tufte

  17. Word 16: Pandemonium Def: Noisy and confused situation, chaos Sent: They tore the seats apart. People were screaming, and old ladies were fainting. It really was pandemonium.  Richard Zanuck

  18. Word 17: RepugnantDef: Extremely unpleasant and offensiveSent: I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition. Fidel Castro

  19. Word 18:Skirmish Def: A minor battle or disagreement Sent: There have been skirmishes. The military tells us of 33 different incidents, although most of these incidents were very small… AtikaShubert

  20. Word 19: Abrasive Def: Rude and offensive or a surface that is rough and coarse Sent: She was rather abrasive and difficult, but it must've taken that kind of personality to survive …in the 1960s.Michael Messner

  21. Word 20: PerspectiveDef:The way in which objects appear to the eyeSent:Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. Martin L King

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