Anthony's Vocab

Goad- to incite or rouse
POS: transitive Verb
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Sentence: The owner goaded the elephant.
Related Words: synonyms- motivate, thorn, spur

Capricious- unable to be predicted
POS: adjective
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Sentence: He has always acted so capriciously.
Related Words: Synonyms- inconsistent, unpredictable, impulsive

Obviate- to avoid or anticipate
POS: transitive verb
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Sentence: They completely obviated that question.
Related Words: Etymology:
Late Latin obviatus, past participle of obviare to meet, withstand, from Latin obviam

Malady- in bad condition, disease
POS: Noun
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Sentence: Malady has spread throughout the school.
Related Words: Etymology:
Middle English maladie, from Anglo-French, from malade sick, from Latin male habitus in bad condition

Felicity- a state of being happy
POS: Noun
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Sentence: There’s always a sense of felicity in the classroom after Mrs. Schellenberg says, “Ladies and Gentlemen…”.
Related Words: Etymology:
Middle English felicite, from Anglo-French felicité, from Latin felicitat-, felicitas, from felic-, felix fruitful, happy

Anthony's Vocab

Soporific- Something that causes sleep
POS: adjective
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Sentence: His soporific powers began to take hold of us as he continued his sermon.
Related Words: Synonyms – Lethargic, drowsy, sleepy

Prevaricate- not to be true or stray away from something true
POS: intransitive verb
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Sentence: He was prevaricating.
Related Words: Synonyms- Equivocate, lie, fib

Reprehensible- needing punishment or harsh criticism
POS: transitive verb
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Sentence: What she did was reprehensible.
Related Words: Censure, etymology-Latin reprehendere, condemn

Penitent- showing humility or another apologetic emotion for a sin or wrong action
POS: adjective
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Sentence: His reaction was penitent.
Related Words: Synonym- Repentant, regretful, sorrowful

Rapacious-exceedingly ravenous
POS: adjective
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Sentence: The hippos ate rapaciously, they were hungry.
Related Words: Synonyms- Ravenous, insatiable, voracious

Rob R's Vocab

Belie:
Description: To falsify or misrepresent the truth
Part of Speech: Verb
Related Words: refute, disprove, controvert
Sentence: Their laughter belied their undeniable grief.
Clandestine:
Description: To be done in secrecy, or concealment
Part of Speech: Adjective
Related Words: underhand, confidential, illicit
Sentence: The CIA often does many clandestine operations.
Collusion:
Description: A secret agreement
Part of Speech: Noun
Related Words: intrigue, connivance, complicity
Sentence: John Wilkes Booth acted in a collusion to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
Dissemble:
Description: To give a false meaning to something
Part of Speech: Verb
Related Words: hide, camouflage, dissimulate
Sentence: Gravy had to dissemble his incompetence in business in order to pass a marketing class.
Nefarious:
Description: Incredibly evil
Part of Speech: Adjective
Related Words: flagitious, heinous, infamous
Sentence: The mad scientist nefariously plotted his revenge. (worst sentence ever)

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Paradigm- examples within a model of something
POS ~ noun
Related Words ~ example, model, prototype
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Sentence ~ Dr. McGregor used Greg's symptoms as a paradigm to help diagnose the flu.

Philology- the study of language in literature and rules for that specific language
POS ~ noun
Related Words ~ linguistics
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Sentence ~ The Latin philology class at MSU is one of the hardest classes on campus, because there is no language before Latin to help students understand how the language works.

Phonology- the study of tone and speech in language
POS ~ noun
Related Words ~ phonetics, pronunciation, inflection
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Sentence ~ The renowned phonologist Robert Crytominor detailed in a long report the differences in the sound of English between the East Coast and the West Coast.

Rhetoric- using speech effectively
POS ~ noun
Related Words ~ oratory, address, campaigning
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Sentence ~ Adolf Hitler used his rhetoric skills to successfully win over the German people.

Syntax- the correct formation and structure in writing
POS ~ noun
Related Words ~ usage, sentence structure, language rules
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Sentence ~ "The came over here," does not show correct syntax as if is missing a subject.