VOCABULARY

SUBJUGATION

SUBJUGATION

• The aim of the British was to subjugate the U.S., so they could rule us.
• "I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate."

UNDULATING

UNDULATING

• "All the Valley quivered one extended motion, wind undulating on mossy hills ."
• Ballet dance is like an undulating motion.

COPIOUS

COPIOUS

• “thoes prepared to shed copious floods of crocodile tears . . .”
• There is a copious amount of snowfall today.

CONGENIAL

CONGENIAL

• "The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony."
• They are congenial friends who can agree on many things.

FASTIDIOUSNESS

FADTIDIOUSNESS

• "Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy."
• I am in a sad fastidiousness.

FEIGN

FEIGN

• "But old folks--many feign as they were dead, Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead."
• Magicians feign their audience when they are doing a trick.

PREEMINETLY

PREEMINENTLY

• "Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value;the primary values are safety and morality.
• President Obama does jobs preeminently.

POSTERITY

POSTERITY

• "People will not look forward to posterity who never look backwards to their ancestors."
• I hope I have a happy posterity.

PROGENY

PROGENY

• "Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in a better shape for their progeny to survive."
• After the death of her sister Prim, Katniss was the only progeny on the Everdeen Family.

QUINTESSENTIAL

QUINTESEENTIAL

• "My father was the quintessential husband and father."
• She is the quintessential popular girl.

SCRUPULOUS

SCRUPULOUS

• "A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel."
• He is a scrupulous police officer and always does his best to protect the citizens.

VACILLATE

VACILLATE

• “Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. "
• She was vacillating between which lipstick she should use.

ZEALOUS

ZEALOUS

• "Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it."
• The girl was zealous for learning how to play piano.

DISCERN

DISCERN

• “Genius - To know without having learned; to draw just conclusions from unknown premises; to discern the soul of things.”
• I could discern a storm coming.

ENIGMATIC

ENIGMATIC

• "I have this theory,bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies."
• Math was an enigmatic thing for her, she always had trouble with it.

FACETIOUS

FACETIOUS

• I dont want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean? "
• She is being facetious, so don't believe her.

GRATUTIOUS

GRATUITOUS

• "To want friendship is a great fault.Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art of life."
• She gratuitously gave the other girl her cookie.

RHETORICAL

RHETORICAL

• "Genuine dialogue,not rhetorical bomb throwing, leads to progress."
• The poem was rhetorical, and asked questions without any answer.

RIVETED

RIVETED

• “She watches my hand, riveted. I keep my lips in a straight line, but I want to grin at her obvious hand fetish. She's had one since we were in college.”
• I was riveted in my boring history class.

UBIQUITOUS

UBIQUITOUS

• " I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous language.