Thursday, February 6, 2014

MY VOCABULARY #1


1) Faux (adj) -artificial or imitation
2) Fruition (n) -attainment of anything desired; enjoyment
3) Gratifications (n) -great satisfaction
4) Levanter (n) - a strong Easterly wind in the Mediterranean 
5) Neogolize (v) -to make or use new words to create meanings for existing words

6) Deem (v) -to form or have an opinion, to judge
7) Exhibit (v) -to offer or expose to view
8) Hostility (n) -antagonism, enmity, unfriendliness  
9) Orchestrate (v) -to arrange or manipulate, especially by means of clever or thorough planning or maneuvering
10) Relinquish (v) -to renounce, surrender, to give up 


11) Commercialism (n) -the principles, practices and spirit of commerce; inappropriate or excessive emphasis on profit
12) Dawn (n) -the beginning or rise of anything
13) Discos (n) -a style of popular music for dancing, usually recorded with complex electronic instrumentation in which simple, repetitive lyrics are subordinated to a heavy, pulsating, rhythmic beat
14) Panache (n) -a grand or flamboyant manner
15) Piety (n) -reverence of God or devout fulfillment of religious obligations 


      16)      Cadence (n) –a rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
      17)      Crutch (n) –anything that serves a temporary and often inappropriate support, supplement or substitute
      18)      Frenetic (adj) –distracted, frantic frenzied
      19)      Inconspicuously (adj) –noticeable, prominent
      20)      Squandering (v) –to spend or use extravagantly or wastefully; sattered

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