Sunday, May 12, 2013

Vocab 12

1. Heinous- wicked
(hanous) Middle English
Math is heinous, I'm surprised I didn't fail

2. Complement- to go perfectly with
(calm-pleh-mint) Middle English
Her shoes complemented her dress.

3. Inference- a conclusion
(in-fur-ence) Medieval Latin
At the end of lab we have to make an inference of the data.

4. Intuition- instinct
(in-two-itshun) Middle English
My mother's intuition about my feelings are always right.

5. Discreet- cautious
(dis-creet) Middle English
Not all drug dealers are discreet, most get caught.

6. Flout- to show off
(flaw-t) Dutch
My mom flouts her new jewelry.

7. Implement- to put in effort
(em-pleh-mint) Middle English
You have to implement school work if you want good grades.

8. Fastidous- working quickly
(fast-ee-dus) Middle English
Procrastinators have to be fastidous the night before the project is due.

9. Improptu- not rehearsed
(em-promp-too) French
Schools fights are impromptu.

10. Obstrusive- overly obvious
(ahb-true-siv) Latin
Girls are obtrusive about what they want for Valentines Day.

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