week vocabulary

2/1/2010 vex, vexation

awards speeches dovetail
POST
SCRIPT
broach
voluble
suave
enunciation
2/8/2010 congruent

nonverbal comm incongruent

cognitive
IN-/IM-/IR-...
CON/COM-
2/15/2010 Ambiguous
Tannen article Ambivalent
Condescend
AMBI-/AMPHI-
2/22/2010 Adversarial
Waive
Vest
AD-/A-/AS-...
rapport
inherent
candor
HERE (HAERERE)
3/1/2010 antipathy
livery
languid
PATHOS
3/8/2010 abide
impertinent
coax
treacle
3/22/2010 warrant
surreal
quadrille
3/29/2010 parse
portmanteau, -eaus,
-eaux
query
4/19/2010 demure

lithe
chortle
gyre
4/26/2010 levity
proletarian
doppelganger
futile
prudent
 impudent
myriad

5/17/2010 contemptuously
ingenious
GEN
truculent
umbrage
serendipity
querulous
definition
(v) to annoy, anger; (n) an annoyance
(v) to join harmoniously
(root) after
(root) write
(v) to bring up a topic for the first time
(adj) extremely talkative; fluent
(adj) smoothly agreeable & polite
(n) speaking clearly & concisely
(adj) agreeing; accordant; congruous

(adj) not congruent

(adj) having to do with knowing & perceiving

(prefix) not [incomplete, incompetent, irrelevant...]
(prefix) with, together, in association
(adj) Having two or more possible meanings; not clear; vague
(adj) Having simultaneous conflicting feelings
(v) To regard as lower; deal w/ others as beneath one’s dignity
(prefix) BOTH [ambidextrous, amphibian...]
(adj) Characterized by opposition or disagreement
(v) To give up or forego
(v) To put a person in control of (as a power or authority)
(prefix) to, at [advance, adhere, advise, adapt, addict, assume, etc]
(n) A relationship, esp. one that is close
(adj) Existing in someone or something as a natural quality
(n) Sharp, blunt honesty and frankness in expressing oneself
(root) cling, stick to [adhere, inherent, adhesive, etc]
(n) a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion
(n) a uniform worn by servants; distinctive attire worn by an official
(adj) lacking in vigor; indifferent; drooping from weakness or fatigue
(root) feeling, suffering [empathy, sympathy, pathology, pathetic...]
(v.i.) to remain, reside, continue; (v.t.) to tolerate (abide by) commit to
(adj) intrusive, insolently rude; irrelevent
(v) to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion & flattery
(n) molasses, syrup
(v) to justify (n) a statement of justification
(adj) dreamlike, strange, random, fantastic, as in art or literature, or
(n) a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements; music for this dance
(v) To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components

(n) a traveling case or bag that opens in two halves; "two meanings packed up into one word" (smoke + fog = smog)
(n) question (v) to question someone, to ask about something
(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved (Though everyone else at the party was dancing and going crazy, she remained demure.)

(adj.) graceful, flexible, supple (Although the dancers were all outstanding, Jae Sun’s control of her lithe body was particula
(n) a snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle. (v) to chuckle gleefully
(n) a ring or circle; a circular motion; a circular current in the ocean
(n) lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
(n) a member of the working class (adj) pertaining to the lowest economic class
(n) a ghostly counterpart of a person; a ghostly double of a living person. 2) an alter ego
(adj) ineffective, useless
(adj) wisely cautious
(adj) boldly rude, insolent, impertinent
(n) a great many (adj) innumerable, infinite

(adv) in a manner showing or expressing disdain; scornfully, arrogantly

(adj) clever, resourceful, inventive [ingenuity (n)]
(root) that which produces [genesis, generate, genius, genitor, genes, genus, gender, genital, congenital...]
(adj) ready to fight; cruel
(n.) resentment, offense [used most often with "to take___at" as in "I took umbrage at his insults"]
(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them
(adj.) whiny, complaining
adv. vocabulary definition
PEDO/PAED/PED child
aplomb (n) Complete self confidence and poise
stilted (adj) artificially stiff

metacognition (n) thinking about thinking

META after, along with, beyond, among, behind [metaphysics, metamorphosis, etc]

PARA by the side of, beside, by, past, to one side [parasite, paranormal, paralegal]

mendacious (adj) lying (habitually), dishonest, untruthful

VERT/VERS to turn [convert, converse, reverse, advertise, divert, etc]

usurpation (n) seizing and holding by force or without legal right

deride (v) to laugh at with scorn or contempt; to mock, (n) derision

RID/RIS (root) laugh [ridicule, risible, ridiculous...]

risible (adj) given to laughter; laughable

fallacious (adj) logically unsound (a fallacious argument); deceptive, misleading

FID/FI
(root) trust, faith [confide, fidelity, fiduciary,

Sisyphean (adj) Endlessly laborious and fruitless.

taciturn (adj.) not inclined to talk [ANT: voluble]
tirade (n.) a long speech marked by harsh or biting language
odious (adj.) instilling hatred or intense displeasure
word forms

mendacity (n)

usurp (v)
Though Jane never seems to stop talking, her brother is quite taciturn.