Vocab #7

1. Obstreperous- noisy and difficult to control
(ahb-streperes) Latin
Boys are obstreperous.

2. Invective- insulting, abusive, or highly critical.
(in-vektiv) Middle English
Teenage girls can be invective.

3. Apoplectic- overcome with anger
(apo-plektik)  French
Boys are easily apoplectic when their favorite team loses.

4. Philippic- a bitter attack or denunciation 

(felipik) Latin

Many parents receive philippic's from their kids.

5. Benign- gentle, kindly. 

(binīn) Middle English

The mother was benign to her newborn baby.

6. Arbor- a device holding a tool in lathe.
(ärber) French
Many men have arbor's for their tools.

7. Magisterial- having or showing great authority.
(majestilerēal) medieval Latin
Bullies are magisterial.

8. Benevolent- well meaning and kindly.
(benevelent) Middle English
Some friends try to come off benevolent, but don't.

9. Hitherto- until now or until the point in time under discussion
(hitherotōō) unknown origination

10. Primitive- having a quality or style that offers an extremely basic level of comfort, convenience, or efficiency.
(primetiv) Middle English

Vocab #6

1. Arbitrate- to reach an authoritative judgement or settlement
(ärbi-trāt) Latin
The board has the power to arbitrate in disputes.

2. Palette- the range of colors used by a particular artist or in a particular picture

(palit) French

Artists use palettes while painting pictures.

3. Skeeter- a mosquito 

(skēter) mid 19th century 

4. Triumphant- victorious 

(trī'emfent) Middle English

The blue team was triumphant in winning the game of kickball.

5. Phenomenon- a remarkable person, thing, or event

(fe-näme-nän) Latin/Greek

Chocolate is a phenomenal thing.

6. Devilry- wicked activity 

(develrē) unknown origination 

Witches are known for devilry. 

7. Whittle- to wear something away

(witl) mid 16th century

Rain whittles away soil.

8. Quell- put an end to rebellion or disorder

(kwel) Old English/Germanic

In Project X, the police had to quell the party. 

9. Aloof- not friendly or forthcoming

(alōōf) mid 16th century

Scout is not aloof to many people she doesn't know.

10. Browbeat- to intimidate

(brou-bēt) unknown origination

Atticus was accused of browbeating Mayella. 

Vocab #5

1. Analogy- a comparison
(uh-nal-uh-jee) Latin

On the reading EOG, I saw a lot of analogy's:  car:adult and crawling:baby

2.Annihilate- to destroy

(uh-nahy-uh-leyt) Middle English

The Gladiators use to annihilate other Gladiators for the entertainment of other people. 

3. Criterion- judging or criticism 

(krahy-teer-ee-uhn) Greek

Many kids have a certain criterion about things, especially about people.

4. Emanate- to originate 

(em-uh-neyt) Latin

Many people from today emanate from people in Europe. 

5. Holistic- theory or practice

(hoh-lis-tik) 1926

Religions have holistic ideas about how Earth came about.

                                          

6. Placebo- to please someone or humour them

( plah-chey-boh) Middle English/Latin

Guys placebo girls all the time. 

7. Proficient- well advanced

(pruh-fish-uhnt) Latin

Doctors are proficient in the medical field, not like the internet. 

8. Staunch- loyal

(stawnch) Middle French

My dogs are so staunch, they always do what I command.

9. Subversive- to cause destruction 

(suhb-vur-siv) Latin

Kids are usually subversive to the house. 

10. Vindicate- to clear (from accusation, suspicion, etc..) 

(vin-di-keyt) Latin

People at court usually try to vindicate themselves.