Vocabulary Week Two
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VOCABULARY WEEK TWO
Definitions and practice
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ABJECT
miserable
hopeless
http://ezeedictionary.com/forum/showthread.php/10-Image-Mnemonic-For-The-Word-ABJECT
The survivors of the typhoon were forced to live in abject conditions until help could arrive.
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ADMONISH
scold
warn
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/admonish
Why must I constantly admonish you about speeding?
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COMMENSURATE
equal in proportion
Four quarters are commensurate to one dollar.
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DISTRAUGHT
emotionally distressed
After losing his job, Jim was distraught.
http://daniela09.edublogs.org/files/2010/01/distraught.jpg
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EUPHEMISM
substituting mild language for language deemed too harsh
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NEBULOUS
ill-defined
in the form of a cloud or haze/hazy
The fog made the outlines of the church seem nebulous.
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PHLEGMATIC
indifferent
unemotional
apathetic http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3806
It’s difficult to get Roy excited about politics; he’s completely phlegmatic about what happens in Washington.
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PROPRIETY
acceptable behavior
good manners
http://freetestprep.net/images/dictionary/propriety-pete.jpg
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PROSAIC
commonplace
run-of-the-mill
unimaginative
dull, unexciting
Lately my life seems like nothing more than one prosaic task after another. I am in a rut of routineness.
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REVILE
insult
criticize in an abusive, angry manner
Tim’s boss would publically revile co-workers for making mistakes.