Vocab+Ch.+6

Word Definition Synonyms Antonyms Etymology (merriam-webster.com dictionary.com) Memory aid Sentence: Use a closing participle--present or past tense Pictures Your name

Heinous Def: Very wicked, offensive, hateful Syn: Evil, odious, abominable, outrageous Ant: Excellent, wonderful, splendid Ety: Anglo-French Haine for hate MA: Hei- sounds like hate, and us is in the word, so someone who hates us is heinous S: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz told Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, and the Cowardly Lion to kill the heinous Wicked Witch of the West. David Lenahan

Demagogue Definition: a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power Synonyms: rabble-rouser, firebrand Antonyms: peacemaker, reconciler, uniter Etymology: Greek //dEmagOgos,// from //dEmos// people (perhaps akin to Greek //daiesthai// to divide) + //agOgos// leading, from //agein// to lead Memory Aid: Demagogue rhymes with monologue, and it be could a future ruler giving a false speech of promises. Sentence: The politician made it evident that he was a demagogue, saying he would invent unicorns if he was selected.   Saida Gjinatori

Word: Brusque Definition: (adj) abrupt, blunt, with no formalities Synonyms: curt, tactless, ungracious, gruff, rough Antonyms: gracious, tactful, courteous, diplomatic Etymology: 1650s, from Fr. brusque "lively, fierce," from It. adj. brusco "sharp, tart, rough," perhaps from V.L. *bruscum "butcher's broom plant." Memory Aid: Brusque kind of sounds like brisk, and when it is a brisk day the wind may have a cold/sharp feeling. Sentence: Jimmy’s parents met Jimmy’s plea for a new car for his sixteenth birthday with a brusque no, wanting Jimmy to work for his own car.

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immutable not subject to change, constant unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle immutable, from L. immutabilis "unchangeable," from in- "not" + mutabilis "changeable," from mutare "to change" the prefix im means not and mute is in the word which if someone is mute, it is hard for them to change something by talking because they are a mute The girl threw her hands in the air, giving into her immutable heritage.  Cara Mitchell

Word: Castigate (v.) Def: to punish severely, to criticize severely Syn: chastise, rebuke, censure, upbraid Ant: reward, honor, praise, laud Etym: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">1600–10; <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">< <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">L  <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; 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font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">driven to be faultless (ptp. of <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">castigāre // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">to chasten), <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">equiv. to <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">cast // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">( <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">us // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">pure,  <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__<span style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[|chaste] __ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">+ <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">-īg-, // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"> comb. form of <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">agere // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">to drive, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">incite + <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">-ātus // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__<span style="color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[|-ate] __<span class="x" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__<span style="bottom: 1ex; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 0px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static; vertical-align: baseline;">1 __ Memory: When you are punished, you are put behind a gate, as in behind bars Sentence: He was castigated for fighting with the referee, earning a technical foul for his misbehavior. 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Insurgent (n) Def- a person who revolts against civil authority or an estbblished government; especially a rebel not recognized as a belligerent Syn- rebellious, mutinous Ant- loyalist, loyal Ety-1765, from L. //insurgentem// (nom. //insurgens// ), prp. of //insurgere// "rise up, rise against, revolt," MA- The Runaways, or a "surge" of people revolting Sen- In attempt to feel in control, she stormed out of class, feeling like an __insurgent__. Isabella Perry-Moore

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">ennui (n.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Definition: weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Synonyms: languor, world-weariness, listlessness <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Antonyms: enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Etymology: 1660–70; < F: boredom; OF //enui// displeasure; see [|annoy] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Memory Aid: Ennui sounds like Wii, the videogame console. Some people chose to play videogames when they are bored <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sentence: As he sat in Ms. Jones boring history class, Jimbo was overwhelmed by a sense of ennui, dozing to sleep on his creaky old desk. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Pictures:

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<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">bizarre (adj.) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">extremely strange, unusual, atypical <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">grotesque, fantastic, outlandish <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">normal, typical, ordinary, expected <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">French, from Italian //bizzarro//, first known use: 1648 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"bi" (the prefix), means "two", so a person with two heads would be quite bizarre <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The two-headed dog lunged at me, barking at me with one head and preparing to bite with the other. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lydia Bednarski

Contrive Def. (v) to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan. Syn. think up, devise, concoct, fabricate Ant. - but I guess plagairize is the opposite. Ety. Middle English controven, contreven, from Anglo-French controver, contrever, from Medieval Latin contropare to compare, from Latin com- + Vulgar Latin *tropare to compose, find" Mem Aid. contrive sounds like connive, and if you are conniving, you're kind of sly and mean. Contrive said quickly sounds like "couldn't drive" and if you can't drive, maybe it's because you were too busy planning someone's demise. <-KIND OF a stretch.  Sent. The witch contrived a plan, concocting a scheme in which a roasted and salted Hansel and Gretl would be cruelly forced into her salivating mouth.   contriving rumorscontriving a building  Oriana Fleming

Word: disabuse (v.) Definition: to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking Synonyms: undeceive, enlighten, set straight Antonyms: deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes Etymology: French désabuser, from dés- dis- + abuser to abuse. First Known Use: circa 1611 Memory aid: if people thought that you were abusing someone and you really weren’t then you could disabuse their thoughts about you Sentence: Obama tried to disabuse the audience about his financial plan, claiming that he would be a better president than John McCain. <span style="color: #9d4fe5; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Pictures:

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #5e1ea6; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Catherine Hall Word: Cajole Definition: (v.) to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises. Synonyms: Wheedle, inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk Antonyms: coerce, force, strong-arm Etymology: French for Cajoler (to cajole, wheedle, or coax) Middle French for cageoler (to chatter like a jay) Old French for gaioler (to cage; entice into a cage) Memory Trick: You see "caj" in cajole, which, in a way, reminds you of "cage" and dog catchers would try to lure or "cajole" a dog in that cage. Sentence: The dog catcher cajoled the dog into the cage, wheedling him in with a large, raw steak.



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surreptitious (adj.) -stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud Syn: furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed Ant: open, frank, aboveboard, overt Etymology: mid-15c., from L. //surrepticius// "stolen, furtive, clandestine," from //surreptus//, pp. of //surripere// "seize secretly," from //sub// "from under" (hence, "secretly") + //rapere// "to snatch" (see [|**//rapid//**]). Related: //Surreptitiously//. Memory Aid: In surreptitious the word "rep" is in there...and I was thinking that if someone has a rep or reputation of being sneaky and shady then they would have the rep of being surreptitious. Sentece: The man surreptitiously snatched the money, snickering at the easy crime he had just so sneakily committed.



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Def: Sinecure Syn: "no-show" job, cushy job, "plum" Ant: none Et: 1655–65;  < ML ( // beneficium // ) // sine cūrā // (benefice) without care <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mem: It has the word sin in it, and its a sin to have an easy job while others are working hard. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sen: The man in the office cubicle put his fee up, treating his job like a sinecure. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pic: <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Adam Smith

<span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Vicarious <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Definition- Performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place or another. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Syn- Surrogate, substitute, imagined, secondhand <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ant- Real, actual, firsthand <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Etymology- Latin word "vicarius", or "vicis"- which means change or alternation. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Memory Aid- the word starts with "vi" just like "video games", where you live through a character in the game. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Sentence- The vicarious father lived through his son, forcing him to participate in all the activities he never experienced as a boy. <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Picture- <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">

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<span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**Transgress** <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Definition__: (v.) to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law. <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Synonyms__: overstep, exceed, trespass, err <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Antonyms__: obey, toe the line <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Etymology__: Middle English, from Middle French transgresser, from Latin transgressus, to step beyond or across. First Known Use: 15th century <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Memory aid__: If you transgress into a dangerous area, you'll want to regress into a safer place (they rhyme). <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Sentence__: The thiefs transgressed into the house, transgressing against the law. <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Pictures__: <span style="background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">

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