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Power Words 13

Power Words 13. abhor (v.). to hate, detest Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport. caustic (adj.). Biting; nasty (comes from root meaning “burn”)

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Power Words 13

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  1. Power Words 13

  2. abhor (v.) • to hate, detest • Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.

  3. caustic (adj.) • Biting; nasty (comes from root meaning “burn”) • The politicians exchanged caustic insults for over an hour during the debate.

  4. cosmopolitan (adj. OR n.) • sophisticated, worldly • (Lloyd’s education and upbringing were cosmopolitan, so he felt right at home among the powerful and learned.)

  5. desecrate (v.) • to violate the sacredness of a thing or place • They feared that the construction of a golf course would desecrate the preserved wilderness.

  6. idiosyncratic (adj.) • peculiar to one person; highly individual • (I know you had trouble with the last test, but because your mistakes were highly idiosyncratic, I’m going to deny your request that the class be given a new test.) • A person has an “idiosyncrasy.”

  7. negligent (adj.) • careless, neglectful • (Jessie’s grandfather called me a negligent fool after I left the door to his apartment unlocked even though there had been a recent string of robberies.)

  8. obstinate (adj.) • not yielding easily, stubborn • (The obstinate child refused to leave the store until his mother bought him a candy bar.)

  9. pariah (n.) • an outcast • (Following the discovery of his plagiarism, Professor Hurley was made a pariah in all academic circles.)

  10. stoic (adj.) • unaffected by passion or feeling • (Penelope’s faithfulness to Odysseus required that she be stoic and put off her many suitors.)

  11. sycophant (n.) • one who flatters for self-gain • (Some see the people in the cabinet as the president’s closest advisors, but others see them as sycophants.)

  12. trite (adj.) • not original, overused • (Keith thought of himself as being very learned, but everyone else thought he was trite because his observations about the world were always the same as David Letterman’s.)

  13. wane (v.) • to decrease in size, dwindle • (Don’t be so afraid of his wrath because his influence with the president is already beginning to wane.)

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