Vocab Blog #13

1. Auspicious- favorable
(ah-spish-chus) Latin
My dinner was very auspicious; I could eat it every night.

2. Expedite- to hasten
(ex-peh-diet) Middle English
I wish teacher's would expedite their lectures.

3. Extenuating- providing a good excuse
(ex-tin-yoo-ate-ing) Middle English
When the teacher checks for homework, he hears a lot of students extenuating for where their homework is.

4. Fraudulent- deceitful
(frah-dull-ent) Middle English
Suspects have to take a test that sees if they're being fraudulent.

5. Innuendo- a suggestion
(in-yoo-en-do) Latin
When Daniel makes an innuendo, he gets shot down.

6. Rebuke- to criticize
(re-booke)  Middle English
Many girls rebuke other girls.

7. Redeem- to make up for past errors
(re-deem) Middle English.
Daniel tried to redeem himself by being quiet.

8. Subordinate- lower than
(sub-bor-din-ate) Medieval Latin
People hate when others subordinate them.

9. Transgress- to commit an offense
(trans-gress) Latin
Many people transgress against the law.

10. Vehement- strong
(vee-uh-muhnt) Latin
Wrestlers are very vehement.
 

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.