Vocab+Ch.+5

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

Salutary Def: beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome Syn: Salubrious, curative Ant: Detrimental, deleterious, pernicious Ety: Latin salutaris meaning health MA: You salute helpful people S: Boy scouts have a salutary effect on society David Lenahan

Filch Definition: To steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts Synonyms: pilfer, purloin, swipe Antonyms: give, bestow Etymology: Middle English (1561). Memory-aid: Argus Filch is a character in Harry Potter who punishes students. He is very unkempt and looks like a thief. //Filch sounds like filth, and stealing is filthy.// Sentence: I saw the cashier filch pennies from the cash register, wondering if he knew I was watching him. Pictures: Saida Gjinatori.

Scourge Def- to whip or to punish Syn- afflict, discipline Ant- guard, protect //Ety- early 13c., from Anglo-Fr. //escorge//, back-formation from O.Fr.// escorgier //"to whip,"// //MA- "courg" is the word and it looks like courage, and if someone was scourging you, you would need to have great courage to endure the pain (pirate)// //Sentence- After the captain found his crew talking about mutany, he scourged each and everyone of them, beating them furiously// //Belle Perry-Moore//

//﻿axiomatic (adj.) // //self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">taken for granted // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">questionable, dubious, controversial // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Middle Greek axiōmatikos, from Greek, honorable, from axiōmat-, axiōma // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"matic", like "automatic", as in you would automatically know what the definition of axiomatic is // //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The student raised his hand to answer the axiomatic question, having no trouble finding the easy answer. // <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 80%;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> //<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lydia Bednarski //

//<span class="rg_ctlv">Equitable (adj.) // //<span class="rg_ctlv">fair, just, embodying principles of justice // //<span class="rg_ctlv">syn- right, reasonable, evenhanded // //<span class="rg_ctlv">ant- unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate // //<span class="rg_ctlv">etym- 1640–50;  [|equit(y)] + [|-able] // //<span class="rg_ctlv">memory- #1 "equ" begins equal // //<span class="rg_ctlv">#2 the legs on a "table" are the same so it can stand properly // //<span class="rg_ctlv">sentence- The ruling in court seemed equitable, giving each side what they deserved. // //<span class="rg_ctlv">picture- // //<span class="rg_ctlv">Alexa Fedynsky //


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">fractious (adj.) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Defintion: tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Synonyms: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Antonyms: docile, tractable, cooperative **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Etymology: 1725, from [|**//fraction//**] in an obsolete sense of "brawling, discord" + [|**//-ous//**]; probably on model of captious//.//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Memory Aid: Fractious looks like ‘fraction.’ In a fraction, the top and bottom parts are divided, and since they are divided they might be fighting with each other. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sentence: The two brothers that owned the huge corporation had fractious personalities, bickering every day at board meeetings. **

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Blazon Definition: (v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish pr proclaim widely Synonyms: broadcast, trumpet Antonyms: hide, conceal, cover up, bury Etymology: “coat of arms,” late 13c., from O.Fr .blason (12c.) “as shield, blazon,” also “collar bone;” of uncertain origin Memory Aid: I see the word blaze in this and when someone is blazing he or she is very angry and when someone is angry he or she is most likely loud and not hiding their feelings Sentence: When Hilary found out that her little sister had ruined her favorite sweater, she held no emotions back, blazoning to the entire house how angry she was.


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 * WORD: Autonomy **
 * DEFINITION: (n.) Self-government, political control **
 * SYNONYMS: home rule **
 * ANTONYMS: dependence, subjection, colonial status **
 * ETYMOLOGY: 1615-25; < Greek autonomia "independence", equiv. to autonom (os) **
 * MEMORY AID: The word, ends in "__my__" so its like "__my__ own rules" **
 * SENTENCE: The Americans acheived autonomy, breaking away successfully from England. **

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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Word: flout (v.) Definition:to mock, treat with contempt Synonyms: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn Antonyms: obey, honor revere, uphold Etymology: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">from Middle English //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">flouten //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> to play the flute, from //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">floute //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> flute,First Known Use: 1551 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Memory aid:If you __flout__ someone, you __shout__ out mean things at them Sentence: Jill __flouted__ the choir students, snickering at them for knowing solfege. Pictures: Catherine Hall <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> //** Etymology: <L: let him beware, 3rd person sing. pres, subj. of to **//cavēre // take care // //** Memory Aid: In caveat you see the word "eat" and when you eat your Halloween candy, your parents warn you to check it before you eat it. **// //** Sentence: The Godmother gave Cinderella a very important caveat, warning her that she must be back before twelve o'clock, or else her magical clothing will wear off. **//
 * Word: Caveat (n.) **
 * Definition: A warning or caution; Admonition **
 * Synonyms: Forewarning, alarm, caution **
 * Antonyms: --- **

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//__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unwieldy (adj.) **__// //__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-Not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity __// //__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical __// //__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-manageable, easy to handle __// //__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-late 14c., "lacking strength," from __ [|un-] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(1) "not" + O.E. wielde "active, vigorous," from P.Gmc. *walth- // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"have power" (see [|wield]__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). Meaning "moving ungracefully" is recorded from 1520s; in ref. to __// //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">weapons, "difficult to handle, awkward by virtue of size or shape" it is attested from 1540s // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-1. I think of UN meaning not and Wield meaning to hold and just think cant hold // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-2. I think of a sword or a weapon that is not meant for someone to hold: A large axe carried by a little kid // //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">-The men, hired to move the new sofa into the attic, struggled to carry the unwieldy piece of furniture up the spiral staircase, slamming it against the wall as they ascended up the stairs. //

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//Sepulchral (adj.)//

//Definition: of or pertaining to burial; proper to or suggestive of a tomb; funeral or dismal.//

//Synonyms: mournful, forlorn, dismal, dreary.//

//Antonyms: cheery, upbeat, happy//

//Etymology: 1610s, “pertaining to a burial or place of burial,” from L. sepulcralis, from sepulcrum (see [|sepulcher]). Transf. sense of “gloomy” is from 1711.//

//Memory Aid: This is a little far-fetched but here it is. The word sepulchral kind of has the word crawl in it at the end. Sometimes the undead are seen "crawling" up out of their graves. A very dismal scene.//

//Sentence: Zombies were seen crawling up out of their graves at the sepulchral graveyard, writhing and grabbing for a hold with which to pull themselves up.//

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//Zeph Sawyer//

//straitlaced (adj.)// //Meaning: extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical// //Synonyms: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy// //Antonyms: lax, loose, indllugent, permissive, dissolute// //Etomology: When women wore corsets, they were tied up in laces. If a woman's laced were tied straight and tight, she was a proper woman. Meaning she had the right virtues and values, much as someone straightlaced might have. This word is apparently an example of "folk etomology" where the word was not originally spelled this way, but the dictionary recognizes this spelling as legitamate now.// //Memory Aid: Well, you could think of the above etomology because tight laces tend to mean you are uptight in your values. Also, straight in straightlaced reminds me of a ruler. And when I think of straightlaced people I think of old time schoolteachers whacking children with rulers for their not-so-virtuous behavior.// //Sentence: Old and straightlaced Mrs. Brittle punished little Timmy for acts of tomfoolerly, whapping him with much vigor.// //Pictures://



//Word:Soporific// //Definition: (adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness orlethargy// //(n.) something that includes sleep.// //Synonyms: (n.) narcotic, anesthetic// //Antanym: (adj.) stimulating; (n.) stimulant, stimulus// //ET: 1655–65;  < L // sopor // [|sopor] + [|-i-] + [|-fic] ; cf. F// soporifique // Memory Aid: it has tow O's in the word and when your sleepy, you yawn and make your mouth into an O. // // Sentence:The college professor's soporific lecture made class boring, causing the students to doze off. // // Picture: // // Name:Adam Smith //

// Extricate // // Def. (v.) To free or release from a difficulty or entanglement // // Syn relieve, disburden, release, rescue // // Ant.complicate, embroil, entangle, encumber // // Ety.1610s, from L. extricatus, pp. of extricare "disentangle," from ex- "out of" + tricæ (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances," of unknown origin. Related: Extricable ; extricated ; extricating ; extrication // // Mem aid. "ex" is also in exit. Extricate sounds like extra gate, and if you have an extra gate, you would probably get rid of it, because a gate is rather large and burdensome. // // Sentence: I saw the kitten perched precariously on a branch, wondering if I should help him down. //

//<-extricating the food from the throat// //Oriana Fleming//

//scathing// //bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm// //searing, harsh, ferocious, savage// //bland, mild// // bef. 1000; (n.) ME  scath  (  e  ), scade, schath ( e ) < ON skathi damage, harm, c. OE  sc  ( e )  atha  malefactor, injury (with which the ME forms with  sch-  might be identified); (v.) ME scath ( e ), skath ( e ) < ON skatha, c. OE  sceathian  // //scathing looks and sounds like scalding which is very harmful and severe if someone scalds themsleves// //The words whipped out at the boy, scathing his emotions forevermore.// //<span class="rg_ctlv"> <span class="rg_ctlv"> <span class="rg_ctlv">Cara Mitchell

<span class="rg_ctlv">__Transient__ <span class="rg_ctlv">__Definition__: (adj) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n) one who stays only a short time. <span class="rg_ctlv">__Synonyms__: (adj) impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent <span class="rg_ctlv">__Antonyms__: (adj) permanent, imperishable, immortal <span class="rg_ctlv">__Etymology__: Latin transeunt-, transiens, present participle of transire to cross, pass by, from trans- + ire to go <span class="rg_ctlv">First Known Use: 1599 <span class="rg_ctlv">__Memory aid__: It rhymes with sent, and something that is transient may be sent away quickly. <span class="rg_ctlv">__Sentence__: The family was worried about the history for transient good weather where they lived, fearing for their planned picnic. <span class="rg_ctlv">__Pictures__: <span class="rg_ctlv"> <span class="rg_ctlv"> <span class="rg_ctlv">Alec Temes