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Word List 5
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1. Acumen: keenness of mind
“Studying will increase your acumen.”
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2. Atone: to make amends
“Apologizing will atone for my mistake.”
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3. Bucolic: pastoral
“The artist painted a beautiful bucolic landscape.”
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4. Codicil: addition to a will
The millionaire added a codicil that left his nephew out of his will.
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5. Dissension: quarreling
The “He said, She said” game always leads to dissension.”
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6. Egress: way out; exit.
When someone yelled “Fire!”, I headed for the egress.
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7. Emolument: salary
An education is a safe bet for a good emolument for the rest of your life.”
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8. Equity: fairness
“The judge was known for his equitable manner.”
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9. Exegesis: critical interpretation
After reading 1984, we discussed our exegesis of the novel.
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10. Fetish: 1. object believed to have magical properties; 2. excessive devotion
A lucky rabbit’s foot is a fetish ( but not for the rabbit).
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11. Incursion: sudden invasion
The rebels fought off the incursion of the foreign army.
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12. Itinerant: traveling
The itinerant salesman knocked on our door.
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13. Libation: poured offering
The natives offered a libation to their gods.
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14. Nuptial: wedding
The couple wrote their own nuptial vows.
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15. Patrimony: estate inherited from one’s father
The patrimony made the son very wealthy.
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16. Precedent: act used to justify a later one; earlier
George Washington established the precedent that a president only serve two terms of office.
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17. Sobriquet: assumed name
The witness was given a sobriquet to protect him from the mob.
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18. Yaw: to swing off course
The advancing waves caused the ship to yaw in the storm.
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Assignment
Show mastery of each vocabulary word by writing a sentence that demonstrates its meaning.
Underline the vocabulary word in the sentence.
Skip lines between sentences.