VOCAB

SUBJUGATION

• Noun
• The state of being submissive or subservient

SUBJUGATION

• The teachers were subjugated by the school.
• Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.
• -Jennifer Aniston

UNDULATING

• Adj
• To move with wavelike motion

UNDULATING

UNDULATING

• The dancer was very undulating and graceful.
• Whether being battered by the surf or swimming through the gentle undulating surface
• -Janet Echelman

COPIOUS

• Adj
• In large number or quantity

COPIOUS

• There was a copious number of people at school today.
• Before redeye flights, I drink copious amounts of herbal brews to help me relax.
• Russians Bashir

CONGENIAL

• Adj
• Friendly, having the same nature, tastes, interests

CONGENIAL

• My friend and I are very congenial in fashion.
• The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. V. S. Pritchett

FASTIDIOUSNESS

• Noun
• Trait of being

FASTIDOUSNESS

• Those two are a fastidious couple. She's fast and he's hideous. Henny Youngman R
• Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.

FEIGN

• Verb
• To give a false appearance; to Fake

FEIGN

• I feigned being sick so I would not have to go to school.
• would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. -Hedy Lamarr

PREEMINENTLY

• Adverb
• Having importance in a superior way

PREEMINENTLY

• The trophy was preeminently to the young boy.
• What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying.
• -Maya Angelou

POSTERITY

• Noun
• All future generation

POSTERITY

• If I have kids, they will be part of posterity.
• The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
• Benjamin Disraeli

PROGENY

• Noun
• A descendent or offspring, as a child.

PROGENY

• The baby was a progeny of the parents.
• It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks.
• Lewis Thomas

QUINTESSENTIAL

• Adj
• The most perfect embodiment of something

QUINTESSENTIAL

• I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella
• Madonna Cicone
• He was a quintessential man.

SCRUPULOUS

• Adj
• With strict regard for what is considered right

SCRUPULOUS

• It was scrupulous that you dress nice to the tea.
• Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.
• Charles Dickens

VACILLIATE

• Verb
• To hesitate between choices, to sway

VACILLIATE

• I vacillated between going to Paris or Rome.
• I don't like politicians who vacillate. Eliot Spitzer

ZEALOUS

• Adj
• Ardently active, devoted or diligent

ZEALOUS

• I am zealous about all of the sports I play.
• Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds.
• William Shedstone

DISCERN

• Verb
• To detect or identify with your senses

DISCERN

• Some people are it able to discern right from wrong.
• Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
• Sophocles

ENIGMATIC

• Adj
• Something hard to understand

ENIGMATIC

• Albert Einstein was an enigmatic man.
• I get interested in writers who are enigmatic.
• Harry Hamlin

FACETIOUS

• Adj
• Not meant to be taken seriously

FACETIOUS

• His answers were all facetious.
• I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key.
• Martin Lawrence

GRATUITOUS

• Adj
• Given without receiving anything in return

GRATUITOUS

• We gratuitously gave the children are old toys.
• I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous joke.
• Harold Ramis

RHETORICAL

• Adj
• Asked merely for effect with no answer expected

RHETORICAL

• Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.
• Mark Udall
• I rhetorically asked the teacher about the test.

RIVETED

• Verb
• Attracted and held the attention of completely

RIVETED

• The students attention was riveted to the teacher.
• But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman.
• Ellen Wilkinson

UBIQUITOUS

• Adj
• Existing or being everywhere at the same time

UBIQUITOUS

• In the summer Mosquitos are ubiquitous.
• Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe.
• Godfrey Reggio