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Friday, January 8, 2010
G Block Vocab words 1-23
Please post the word #, word, part of speech and the definition.
Claire: #1 Argot: noun -a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, esp. that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification -the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group
#14 Dregs: noun -the most worthless part or parts of something or the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment -the most worthless part or parts of something
Ciarra 12. Foment - verb - to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
25. Decency - noun -conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc.
Anonymous said... 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
Claire:
ReplyDelete#1 Argot: noun
-a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, esp. that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification
-the special vocabulary and idiom of a particular profession or social group
#14 Dregs: noun
-the most worthless part or parts of something or
the remnants of a liquid left in a container, together with any sediment
-the most worthless part or parts of something
Maya:
ReplyDelete#2 Amalgam: noun
-a mixture or blend
#15 Pendulous: adjective
-hanging down loosely
Hermeneutics N. - Science of interpretation, especially with scriptures.
ReplyDeleteRechoning N. - an accounting as for things seen or done
Sarah Tillman
ReplyDelete#7 Impunity: n., exemption or immunity from punishment, penalty, or harm
#20 Impotence: n., 1. Helplessness or powerlessness, inability to take effective action
2. (of a man) Inability to attain a sexual erection
Alex Hartzell
ReplyDelete#13 (n) - Proletariat - A class of workers who earn their living from manual labor. Working class people.
Avery Hale
ReplyDelete3. Baleful: adjective: full of menacing influences, pernicious.
16. Interminable: adjective: continuous or unable to be terminated.
Michel Acevedo
ReplyDelete#4 Apartheid: n., A formal policy of segregation and political and economic discrimination against non-European groups in South Africa
#17 Drone: n., A deep sustained or monotonous sound; hum
9. Febrile: adj- feverish, related to fevers
ReplyDelete22. Meagre: adj- lacking in quantity or quality, inadequate
Ciarra
ReplyDelete12. Foment - verb - to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
25. Decency - noun -conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc.
Scourge: Noun- a whip or lash, esp. for the infliction of punishment or torture.
ReplyDeleteRespite: Noun-a delay or cessation for a time, esp. of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief
#11 Transience: noun, the atribute of being brief or fleeting
ReplyDeleteStraitened
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
Luke
ReplyDeletemeagre: adj. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteImplacable - 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
Ryan K.