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Vocabulary Quarter 2

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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SUBJUGATION

THE STATE OF BEING SUBMISSIVE OR SUBSERVIENT, BEING BROUGHT UNDER COMPLETE CONTROL

EDUCATION IS INDOCTRINATION IF YOU'RE WHITE, SUBJUGATION IF YOU'RE BLACK. JAMES A. BALDWIN

WORLD wAR II WAS THE RESULT OF THE SUBJUGATION OF EUROPE BY NAZI GERMANY.

UNDULATING

TO MOVE WITH A WAVELIKE MOTION, DISPLAY AN ALTERNATION OF MOVEMENT, TO RISE AND FALL IN PITCH

THE UNDULATING ROAD GOES UP AND DOWN LIKE A WAVE.

Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies. Vitruvius

COPIOUS

IN LARGE NUMBER OR QUANTITY, NUMEROUS

THE COPIOUS CROWD OF PEOPLE CHEERED WHEN THE GOAL WAS SCORED.

Before flights, I drink copious amounts of herbal brews to help me relax. Ruzwana Bashir

CONGENIAL

FRIENDLY; HAVING THE SAME NATURE, TASTES, AND INTERESTS; EASY-GOING

THE CONGENIAL SMILEY FACE WAS VERY FRIENDLY.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. V. S. PritchetT

FASTIDIOUSNESS

TRAIT OF BEING METICULOUS ABOUT MATTERS OF TASTE OR STYLE

THE WOMAN'S FASTIDIOUSNESS MADE HER WANT TO KEEP HER HOUSE NEAT AND TIDY.

THOSE TWO ARE A FASTIDIOUS COUPLE. SHE'S FAST AND HE'S HIDEOUS. HENNY YOUNGMAN

FEIGN

TO GIVE A FALSE APPEARANCE, TO FAKE

THE BOY FEIGNED A SMILE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS VERY SAD INSIDE.

Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am. Lake Bell

PREEMINENTLY

HAVING IMPORTANCE, IN A SUPERIOR WAY

THE PRESIDENT IS CONSIDERED PREEMINENTLY OVER NORMAL CITIZENS.

IN OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS PREEMINENTLY THE PEOPLES OFFICE. GROVER cLEVELAND

POSTERITY

ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE NATIVE AMERICAN LEFT THREE KIDS AS HIS POSTERITY.

Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me? Groucho Marx

PROGENY

A DESCENDENT OR OFFSPRING, AS A CHILD

THE NATIVE AMERICAN LEFT BEHIND THREE KIDS AS HIS PROGENY.

NATURE FAVORS THOSE ORGANISMS WHICH LEAVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN BETTER SHAPE FOR THEIR PROGENY.

QUINTESSENTIAL

THE MOST PERFECT EMBODIMENT OF SOMETHING

BARBIE IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL EXAMPLE OF A PERSON.

My father was the quintessential husband and dad. Sidney Poitier

SCRUPULOUS

WITH STRICT REGARD FOR WHAT IS CONSIDERED RIGHT OR PROPER

A TIGHTROPE WALKER MUST BE VERY SCRUPULOUS ABOUT HIS MOVEMENTS OR HE WILL FALL.

A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel. Julien Green

VACILLATE

TO HESITATE BETWEEN CHOICES, TO SWAY

THE GROCERY SHOPPER VACILLATED BETWEEN WHICH BRAND OF CEREAL TO BUY.

I don't like politicians who vacillate. Eliot Spitzer

ZEALOUS

ARDENTLY ACTIVE, DEVOTED, OR DILIGENT

SPONGEBOB GREW ZEALOUS AT THE THOUGHT OF MAKING KRABBY PATTIES FOR 24 HOURS.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. William Shenstone

DISCERN

TO DETECT OR IDENTIFY WITH YOUR SENSES

IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE WOMAN TO DISCERN THE TINY TYPE ON THE PAPER.

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors. Henry David Thoreau

ENIGMATIC

SOMETHING HARD TO UNDERSTAND

EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS ARE VERY ENIGMATIC AND HARD TO UNDERSTAND.

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies. Michael AzerraD

FACETIOUS

NOT MEANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AMUSING

MANY PSYCHICS ARE FAKE AND FACETIOUS.

I don't want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. Martin LawrenCE

GRATUITOUS

GIVEN WITHOUT RECEIVING ANYTHING IN RETURN

GRATUITOUS PEOPLE GIVE GIFTS WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING IN RETURN.

I'd like to think I'd never do a gratuitous fart joke. Harold Ramis

RHETORICAL

ASKED MERELY FOR EFFECT WITH NO ANSWER EXPECTED

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS ARE NOT MEANT TO BE ANSWERED.

Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. George SantayanA

RIVETED

ATTRACTED AND HELD THE ATTENTION OF COMPLETELY

THE MAN WAS ABSOLUTELY RIVETED BY THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

BUT MY EYES WERE RIVETED ON A SMALL SLIM WOMAN HER HAIR SIMPLY COILED INTO HER NECK. ELLEN WILKINSON

UBIQUITOUS

EXISTING OR BEING EVERYWHERE, ESPECIALLY AT THE SAME TIME

AIR IS UBIQUITOUS, IT EXISTS EVERYWHERE.

I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French. Francois HollandE