Lesson 6 VOcab

Dogma (dawg-muh)

• Definition: an official system
• Sentence:As dogma is is purely subjective

Exhort (ig-zawrt)

• Definition: to urge and advise
• Sentence:We would exhort readers to add their own voices to the sites reviews.

Implicit (im-plis-it)

• Definition:implied, rather than expressly stated
• Sentence: No one has yet answered in implicit question in the end of my column.

inveigle (in-vey-guh l)

• Definition: to entice
• Sentence: Their testimony confirmed the defendants successful efforts to inveigle them into investing in the hedge fund.

nondescript (non-di-skript)

• Definition: No particular kind

nonentity (non-en-ti-tee)

• Definition:a person or thing of no importance

parsimonious (pahr-suh-mon-nee-uh s)

• Definition: Frugal or stingy
• Sentence:The recession gives parsimonious innovators a chance to go global.

SCURRILOUS (SKUR-UH-LUH S)

• Definition: Grossly abusive
• Sentence:Others exchange scurrilous messages by computer and telephone.

sundry (suhn-dree)

• Definition: diverse
• Sentence: It will be wide open for all and sundry to cone along and enjoy it.

vociferous (von-sif-er-uh s)

• Definition: crying out noisily
• Sentence:Yet a small but vociferous number of scientist remain undeterred