1 - Define the following. For each,
list part of speech and write sentences. Words with asterisks do not
require sentences. Several words are already defined, but you must still
write sentences. A few of these may be repeats so you may write your
own definition, provided you're certain of its meaning. You must still
use in a sentence.
exuberant: (adj) killed with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement
*brood: (n) a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
*brood: (v) to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.
electorate
brood: (v) to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem.
*fin de siecle: "end of the century"
*Anglophone: (adj/n) the English speaking world, person, group pr locality
emolument: (n) salary, wages and benefits paid for employment or an office held.
subsist: (v) to continue in existence
nemesis: (n) a source of harm or ruin
ramshackle
feudalism
venality: (n) susceptible to bribery or corruption
dour
dissimilitude: (n) not similar
abhorrent: (adj) detestable, loathsome, inspiring disgust
fret: (v) to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like
*lapidary: (n) a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones usually other than diamonds
*Arcadia: A region of ancient Greece in the Peloponnesus. Its inhabitants, relatively isolated from the rest of the known civilized world, proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life
stratagem: (n) a plan or strategy used to trick an enemy
decimate: (v) kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage of
comprise
unfurling
succumb
arduous
nullify
cession
candid
*littoral: (adj) of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
common-law
equipage
ostentatious
*panegyric: (n) a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
gape
*eponymous: (adj) of, relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named
euphoria
incessant
serene
apropos
averse
*antediluvian: (adj) "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood)
exuberant: (adj) killed with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement
*brood: (n) a number of young produced or hatched at one time; a family of offspring or young.
*brood: (v) to sit upon (eggs) to hatch, as a bird; incubate.
electorate
brood: (v) to think or worry persistently or moodily about; ponder: He brooded the problem.
*fin de siecle: "end of the century"
*Anglophone: (adj/n) the English speaking world, person, group pr locality
emolument: (n) salary, wages and benefits paid for employment or an office held.
subsist: (v) to continue in existence
nemesis: (n) a source of harm or ruin
ramshackle
feudalism
venality: (n) susceptible to bribery or corruption
dour
dissimilitude: (n) not similar
abhorrent: (adj) detestable, loathsome, inspiring disgust
fret: (v) to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like
*lapidary: (n) a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones usually other than diamonds
*Arcadia: A region of ancient Greece in the Peloponnesus. Its inhabitants, relatively isolated from the rest of the known civilized world, proverbially lived a simple, pastoral life
stratagem: (n) a plan or strategy used to trick an enemy
decimate: (v) kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage of
comprise
unfurling
succumb
arduous
nullify
cession
candid
*littoral: (adj) of or pertaining to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
common-law
equipage
ostentatious
*panegyric: (n) a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.
gape
*eponymous: (adj) of, relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named
euphoria
incessant
serene
apropos
averse
*antediluvian: (adj) "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood)
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