Wednesday, March 9th 2011

Vocabulary
Week 18

1. armistice– a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce

2. dilemma – a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives

3. chimera – a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail

4. chimerical – a unreal; imaginary; visionary

5. fervent– having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm
6. innocuous – not harmful or injurious; harmless
7. obscure – (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain
8. humble – not proud or arrogant; modest
9. denizen – an inhabitant; resident.

10. fathom – to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand: to fathom someone's motives.
a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements


11. biosphere – the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.


12. backlash – a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil, a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change


13. foregone – that has gone before; previous; past -determined in advance; inevitable

14. oblique – neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

15. arrogate – to claim unwarrantably or presumptuously; assume or appropriate to oneself without right
16. demur– to make objection, especially on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object

17. fastidious – excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater

18. hectic – characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.

19. indisposed – sick or ill, especially slightly: to be indisposed with a cold; disinclined or unwilling; averse

20. brusque – abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return

21. cavort - to prance or caper about; to behave in a high-spirited, festive manner; make merry.

Vocabulary
Week 18

NOTE: Please make sure to write all the words in your notebook so that you do not lose or forget them. Any words you fail to define in class are homework. I will be checking words tomorrow and there will be a quiz on these words at the end of the week.

armistice
denizen
demur
dilemma
fathom
fastidious
chimerical
chimera
biosphere
hectic
fervent
backlash
indisposed
innocuous
forgone
brusque
obscure
oblique
cavort
humble
arrogate
foreman