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Sunday, January 10, 2010
F Block Vocab Words 1-23
Please post the word #, word, part of speech and the definition.
4. Apartheid - noun - from the Afrikaans word apartheid: (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population; any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.
Implacable - Adj. Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable Veld - Noun The open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa
1. Argot (p. viii)-noun: jargon or slang of a particular group or class 18. Respite (p. 6)-noun: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
Emily says: transience (p. xiv)- adjective lasting only for a short time; impermanent : a transient cold spell. See note at temporary . • staying or working in a place for only a short time : the transient nature of the labor force in catering. noun 1 a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time. 2 a momentary variation in current, voltage, or frequency.
noun 1. dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds. 2. Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything: the dregs of society. 3. a small remnant; any small quantity.
#9 Febrile: adj. -Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
ReplyDelete-having or showing a great deal of nervous excitement or energy.
10. Implacable (adj.) -unable to be made less angry or hostile
ReplyDelete4. Apartheid - noun - from the Afrikaans word apartheid: (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population; any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.
ReplyDelete21. Reckoning - noun - an accounting, as for things received or done; an appraisal or judgment; a settling of accounts as in the Day of Reckoning
ReplyDelete16. Interminable: adj. never ending; endless, often used hyperbolically.
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ReplyDeletescourge: n. a whip or lash.
2. Amalgam: noun-a mixture or blend (ex: a curious amalgam of the traditional an modern)
ReplyDelete19. Despondent: adj-in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
6. straitened: verb: to make narrower, to confine, to bring an end to hardship.
ReplyDelete23. veld: noun: open country characteristic of south africa.
3. baleful-(adj.)-threatening harm; menacing
ReplyDelete20. impotence-(noun)-unable to take action; helpless or powerless
12. Foment- verb- instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action)
ReplyDeleteImplacable - Adj.
ReplyDeleteNot to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable
Veld - Noun
The open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa
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1. Argot (p. viii)-noun: jargon or slang of a particular group or class
ReplyDelete18. Respite (p. 6)-noun: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant
7. Impunity- (Noun) Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action
ReplyDeleteEmily says:
ReplyDeletetransience (p. xiv)-
adjective
lasting only for a short time; impermanent : a transient cold spell. See note at temporary .
• staying or working in a place for only a short time : the transient nature of the labor force in catering.
noun
1 a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time.
2 a momentary variation in current, voltage, or frequency.
ensensate/insensate
Straitened
ReplyDelete–verb (used with object)
to put into difficulties, esp. financial ones: His obligations had straitened him.
Despondent
–adjective
feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom: despondent about failing health.
Dregs -
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1. dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
2. Usually, dregs. the least valuable part of anything: the dregs of society.
3. a small remnant; any small quantity.
Rosario
Alex
ReplyDelete#8-Hermeneutics
N. the science of interpretation, esp. of the Scriptures.
Ben
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Prolatariat-
noun; a citizen of a lower, working class.
Hassan
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Drone
N. a person who speaks in a monotonous tone.
Pendulous
ReplyDeleteHangling loosely or swinging freely
-Sam