VOCABULARY LIST 4

Entrench

• Verb• To fix firmly or securely, to establish firmly in order to

prevent removal or change• Synonyms: secure, lodge, establish, embed

Some people believe that our financial struggles are so far entrenched in the banking system, that they will never be able to be solved without creating a completely new system.

Think TRENCH…it protects you from the enemy (war or rain)

Try to entrench these definitions in your mind so that they are not forgotten!

Glacial• Adjective• Bitterly cold, icy

• The weather in the Rio Grande Valley can hardly ever be described as glacial. Rarely does it get drop below freezing, snow, or sleet.

Improvidence• Noun• State of being improvident• The act of not planning, not providing for future needs,

being unwary

• My improvidence towards money in my youth is now coming back to haunt me.

Man has shown improvidence towards Mother Earth. What will come in the future?

Matriculate

• Verb• To admit or be admitted into a group• Usually used when speaking of

college or university enrollment

• It is Sharyland High School’s goal to see 100% of its students matriculate into post-secondary education.

Methodical• Adjective• Characterized by precise action or planning, deliberate,

systematic, sedulous

• He was methodical in his completion of the assignment. At each step, he double checked his work, making sure that he was following directions carefully.

The Scientific Method is Methodical

Prescient• Adjective• Having knowledge of things before they come to pass,

having foresight

He was prescient and could see what would become of him if he dropped out of school. He decided to stick it out until graduation, because he knew it would pay off in the end.

Since they have a premonition, you could say the Black Eyed Peas are prescient. They can see that tonight’s going to be a good night…

Retrospection• Noun• The action of looking back on things in the past, reflecting,

revisiting the past

John zoned out, staring at the window in a state of retrospection, thinking of how he wished he take back what he said that morning to Diana.

Reverie• Noun• A daydream, a state of absent mindedness

Music can take you away from where you are, it can be a reverie from the chaos of the world.

Seethe• Verb• To surge, foam, or boil• To be in a state of agitation, specific to anger

The young boy seethed with anger towards his older brother. It just wasn’t fair that he always got what he wanted!

If you seethe in silence, you are passive aggressive.

Stately• Adjective• Majestic, elegant, dignified• Mostly used to describe things like

homes, trees, statues, monuments.

• The stately homes in Washington DC were beautiful and dignified. It seemed that only the highest officers would live inside.