Focus on the goal. Voc. Unit 3 Ms. B. Wulchak

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Focus on the goal. Voc. Unit 3 Ms. B.
Wulchak
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Articulate (v., adj.) - (v.) to pronounce
distinctly express well in words (adj.)
expressed clearly and forcefully able to employ
language clearly and forcefully
jointed.The class president articulated her
hopes to present the students views to the
principal.
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Cavort (v.) --To romp or prance around
exuberantly to make merry.--Porpoises cavorted
in the bay.
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Credence (n.) --belief , mental acceptance.
--Based on scientific evidence, I give credence
to the idea of global warming.

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Decry (v.) --to condemn, express strong
disapproval to officially deprecate. -- We
decry government bail outs for banks.
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Dissemble(v.) --to disguise or conceal,
deliberately give a false impression.--The
politician dissembled instead of giving us
the truth.
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Distraught (adj.) --very much agitated or upset
as a result of emotion or mental conflict.--They
were distraught over the disappearance of their
child.
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Eulogy (n.)--A formal statement of commendation
high praise--Many famous dignitaries presented
eulogies to honor Senator Ted Kennedy at the 2009
funeral service.
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Evince (v.) --To display clearly, to make
evident, to provoke.-- Looking into another
World by high school student Suzanne
Vandivertevinces her talent in photography.
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Exhume (v.) --To remove from a grave to bring
to light. --The coroner ordered that the body be
exhumed.
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Feckless (adj.) --Lacking in spirit and
strength ineffective, weak, irresponsible,
unreliable.-- His feckless nature led to being
fired.
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Murky (adj.) --Dark and gloomy, obscure lacking
in clarity and precision.--The divers searched
the murky waters for the missing boater.
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Nefarious (adj.) --Wicked, depraved, devoid of
moral standards.--The thieves hatched a
nefarious plot to steal identities from job
applicants.
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Piquant (adj.) --Stimulating to the taste or
mind spicy, pungent appealing provocative -- A
well-known Szechuan dish is Kung Pao chicken
which can be very piquant.
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Primordial (adj.) --Developed or created at the
very beginning going back to the most ancient
times or earliest times fundamental, basic.--
The history of mans primordial times can be
discovered through archaeology.
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Propinquity (n.) --Nearness in place or time
kinship.--We got along because of the
propinquity of our ideas.
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Unwonted (adj.) --Not usual or expected not in
character. --It was very unwonted to find a
zebra in a pasture with cows.
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Utopian (adj.) --founded upon a visionary view
of an ideal world impractical.--Its a utopian
idea to think we could have world peace.
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Verbiage (n.) --Language that is too wordy or
inflated wordiness--Readers today may think
some Victorian novels like Jane Eyre are filled
with endless pages of verbiage.
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Verdant (adj.) --Green tint or color immature
in experience or judgment.--I walked through
verdant fields.
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Viscous (adj.) --Having a gelatinous or gluey
quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity.
-- SAE Motor Oil 10W-30 is for temperatures
above 0 F. It is the most frequently
recommended motor oil viscosity grade for
automobile engines.
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Add-on

• Derogatory, (adj.)

• EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL
• PEJORATIVE
• NEGATIVE
• BELITTLING
• Sentence- Calling out names in a derogatory and
  pejorative way is childish.

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Add-on

• Intractable, (adj.)

STUBBORN, INTRANSIGENT, HARD TO
MANAGE Sentence-Some people are as docile as
lambs others as intractable as mules.
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