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Vocabulary Quarter 2

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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VOCABULARY QUARTER 2

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SUBJUGATION

TO CONQUER OR BRING UNDER CONTROL
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He subjugated the people.
  • "The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world"
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UNDULATING

TO MOVE WITH WAVELIKE MOTION
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The singers voices undulated.
  • "All the valley quivered one extended motion, wind undulating on mossy hills"
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COPIOUS

IN LARGE NUMBER OR QUANTITY; NUMEROUS
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The birds were copious.
  • "I'll get back to him on that feature in my copious free time."
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CONGENIAL

FRIENDLY, HAVING THE SAME INTERESTS; EASY GOING
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • She was congenial because of her interest in photography.
  • "Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him."
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FASTIDIOUS

CONCERNED ABOUT DETAIL
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He was fastidious about his writing.
  • "Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle."
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FEIGN

TO GIVE A FALSE APPEARANCE; TO FAKE
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He feigned getting punched
  • As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves.
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PREEMINENTLY

HAVING IMPORTANCE
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He ruled preeminently
  • "Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view"
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POSTERITY

ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • There was a posterity of people.
  • "What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely."
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PROGENY

A DESENDANT OR OFFSPRING, AS A CHILD
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He was a progeny of the family.
  • "Nature favors those organisms which leave the environment in better shape for their progeny to survive."
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QUINTESSENTIAL

PERFECT EXAMPLE
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He was the quintessential tough guy
  • "My father was the quintessential husband and dad." -Sidney Poitier
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SCRUPULOUS

STRICT REGARD FOR WHAT IS PROPER
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The princess must be scrupulous
  • "A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel." -Julien Green
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VACILLATE

TO HESITATE BETWEEN CHOICES
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • She vacillated between her two choices.
  • "I don't like politicians who vacillate." -Eliot Spitzer
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ZEALOUS

DEVOTED
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He was zealous when it came to his country.
  • "Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it." -William Shenstone
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DISCERN

TO DETECT OR IDENTIFY WITH YOUR SENSES
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • He could discern whether the fruit was good or bad by smelling it.
  • "Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn." -Robert Browning
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ENIGMATIC

SOMETHING HARD TO UNDERSTAND
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The math problem was enigmatic.
  • "I get interested in writers who are enigmatic." -Harry Hamlin
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FACETIOUS

NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The lost backpack sign was facetious.
  • "I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean?" -Martin Lawrence
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GRATUITOUS

GIVEN WITHOUT RECEIVING ANYTHING IN RETURN
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The cupcake was a gratuitous gift.
  • It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir." -Henry Miller
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RHETORICAL

ASKED FOR EFFECT WITH NO ANSWER EXPECTED
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The teacher asked a rhetorical question.
  • "Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress." -Mark Udall
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RIVETED

ATTRACT AND HOLD ATTENTION
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The was riveted by the football game on TV.
  • “She watches my hand, riveted." -Tarryn Fisher
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UBIQUITOUS

BEING EVERYWHERE
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SENTENCE AND QUOTE

  • The ants were ubiquitous.
  • "I think you have a passion and an obsession for something when it's not necessarily ubiquitous." -J. J. Abrams

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