1. Saucy: Impudent, to be rude.
“You are a saucy boy!” -Lord Capulet to his nephew Tybalt. (Romeo and Juliet) 2. Anemic: Lacking in color, bloodless. (Thesaurus) “I'm no Spartan and hold up an anemic wrist to prove it.” -Esperanza to her mother. (House on Mango Street) 3. Haint: a ghost or spirit. “We laughed. Haints, hot Steams, incantations, secret signs, had vanished with our years as mist with sunrise”- Scout (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4.Tenuous: to be weak, unimportant, frail. “Tenuous was all he had to say when pressed about the rest of it, the world that is.” -Andrew Bird (Singer of Tenuousness) 5. Psychosis: an extreme mental disorder where all connection to reality is lost. (Psychology class) 6. Apt: to be suitable. “The vines coating the side of the house were apt to be used as a ladder.” (Three letter vocabulary) 7. Ere: before “We must leave ere daybreak.” (Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.) 8. Abdicate: “The Popes abdication was the first for the Roman Catholic church in many centuries.” To give up or step down (Pope Benedicts abdication.) 9. Brusque: “The coach gave a brusque speech after the crushing lost.” short, abrupt, and dismissive. (Thesaurus) |
10. Opulent: To be of rich abundance.“The palace was decorated with opulent stations and fountains.”(Thesaurus)
11. Pragmatic: To be practical or sensible. “In the passenger door of the car was a pragmatic first-aid box.” (My dad) 12. Nuptial: to be married or to be wed. “'Tis since the nuptial of Lucentio, Come Pentecost as quickly as it will, Some five-and-twenty years, and then we mask'd” (Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.) 13. Carcass: the dead body of an animal. “The hyenas of Africa live by feeding of the remains of carcasses.” (History Class) 14. Primeval: to be primitive, ancient. “The tomb discovered was primeval, presumably from 1000 BC.” (The Link to Our Past- Documentary) 15. Mar: to mark or stretch. “The wall was marred by hand prints and mud.” (Three letter vocabulary.) 16. DDT: an organochlorine insecticide used by farmers. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi) 17. Impudent: To be disrespectful, or to be insolent. “You are a saucy and impudent boy” (English class.) 18. Endocytosis : the process by which a living cell takes in material by invagination of its membrane. (Biology class.) |
19. Manifest: easy to understand, obvious. The decision was so manifest, the jury was only out for half an hour. (The Communist Manifesto- History class.)
20. Surcease: cessation, relief or consolation. “The traffic will surcease at 2pm.” (Morning news) 21. Elicit: to bring forth, draw out or evoke. “Even after torture the police could not elicit a response from the spies.” (The history channel) 22. Ode: a lyrical poem. Ode to Joy by Beethoven. (Three letter vocabulary.) 23. Antithesis: the absolute opposite. “As I listened to the politician's speech I understood my views to be the antithesis of his own.” (My dad showing off how smart he is.) 24. Callous: Rough or unfeeling. “The callous mind will be unlikely to give any mercy.” (Maus-history) 25. Yen: to yearn or have desire. “I yen to feel the warmth of summer.” (Three letter vocabulary. 26. Phosphorescence: To give off light without giving off heat. "The fish have adapted to have a phosphorescence quality only visible at night. (Biology class) 27. Redundant: To be repetitive without cause. "You don't need to tell me to clean my room again, I'm already on my way. You are being redundant. (Arguing with my mom.) |