Ms. Taylor's Vocab. Unit 9
If you were absent, or just want the full definition she gave us in class, (with the etymology, and big words to be held accountable for) here you go!
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| (v) to be an omen of; to indicate by signs [OE boda- message] | ||
| (adj) having an unpleasant odor [L. fætere- to stink] | ||
| (n) a male demon or evil spirit fabled to have sexual intercourse with women in their sleep; a nightmare; an oppressive or nightmarish burden [L. incubare- to sit or lie on] | ||
| (n) the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years [1580- variation of high day] | ||
| (adj) burning with enthusiasm or zeal; extremely heated [L. feavere- to boil] | ||
| (adj) unpleasantly damp or wet [Swed/Icelandic dökk or damak- a marshy piece of ground; a swamp or stagnant water] | ||
| (n) a state of perfect happiness or blessedness; a blessing [L. beatus- happy, blessed] | ||
| (adj) worldwide or universal in influence or application [L. oecumenicus- belonging to the whole inhabited world] | ||
| (n) someone or something that one especially dislikes, dreads or avoids [Fr. "black beast"] | ||
| (adj) of immense size, volume, or capacity; enormous, prodigious [Fr. the name of a friendly giant (Gargantua) in Rabelais's satire, Gargantua and Pantagruel] | ||
| (v) to yield or submit tamely or submissively [Gk. trokhos wheel- from truckle bed (a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another bed...] | ||
| (n) needless repetition of an idea by using different but equivalent words; a redundancy | ||
| (n) a basic foundation or framework; a system of public works; the resources and facilities required for an activity; permanent military installations [L. infra- beneath + struere- to construct] | ||
| (adj) long-winded and wordy; tending to speak or write in such a way [L. prolixus- long, extended] | ||
| (n) an extra or unexpected gift or gratuity [Creole: la ñapa- the gift] | ||
| (n) someone who seeks favoritism through flattery or servile behavior; a brown-nose; a slanderer; defamer [Gk. sūkon- fig + phainein- to show] | ||
| (n) someone whose welfare, training, or career is under the patronage of an influential person [Fr. protéger- to protect] | ||
| (n-sing.) the acclaim, prestige, or renown that comes as the result of some achievement; praise [Gk. kydos- honor; renown; glory] | ||
| (n) an original pattern or model; a primitive or ancestral form [Gk. protos- first, original + typos- model, type] | ||
| (v) to entice; to persuade by using flattery or artful talk; to obtain by sweet talking [OF aveugler- to lead a blind person astray] |