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Bulwark
(Bull wark)
Link:Bulls Work building a bulwark.
Noun
-a defensive wall;something serving as a principle defense.

ex. He stood as a bulwark to the entrance of the office.
Augment
(awg MENT)
Link: How not to augment a driveway with cement.
Verb
-to make better or become greater.

ex. You must augment yourself during workouts to see improvement later on.
Incongruous
(in KAHN grew us)
Link:The new Alaskan senator's presence in congress was incongruous.
Noun
-not fitting.

ex. Ed appeared incongruous wearing his tuxedo on an old fashioned hayride.
Gossamer
(GOSS uh mer)
Link:The spider gossamer captured many unhappy customers.
Noun, Adjective(depends on how it's used)
-Delicate floating cobwebs; a sheer gauzy fabric;something delicate, light, flimsy.

ex. The gossamer touched the beaming bride's face.
Succinct
(sek SINGKT)
LinK: Virginia was succinct when Ernie forgot to fix the sink.
Adjective
-Brief and to the point; concise and terse.

ex. Jerry was succinct about what he wanted from his workers.
Tantalize
(TAN tal ize)
Link: Santa's lies tantalize.
Verb
-To excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach.

ex. The tantalizing aroma of the bread made us all very hungry.
Languid
(LANG gwid)
Link: A languid squid.
Adjective
-Lacking energy; weak; showing little interest in anything.

ex. After his bout with the flu, Joe was languid and unable to workout for over a week.
Benighted
(ne NI tid)
Link: A benighted knight.
Adjective
-Being in a state of intellectual darkness;ignorant;unenlightened.

ex. Many benighted people become unlighted during the Renaissance.
Kindle
(Kin dl)
Link: Patrick found a unique way to kindle candles.
Verb
-To cause to burn or ignite; to arouse or inspire.

ex. He kindled the fire with lighter fluid.
Dire
(DYE ur)
Link: A dire fire.
Adjective
-Disastrous; desperate.

ex. The hurricane struck the Florida Key with dire results; all the buildings were flattened.
Rhetoric
(RET or ik)
Link: A salesman's rent-a-wreck rhetoric.
Noun
-The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively; over-elaborate language.

ex. A person's use of rhetoric can indicate much about a person's character.
Myriad
(MIR ee ud)
Link:Many mirrors add a myriad of reflections.
Noun
-An extremely large number.

ex. Jane said she had a myriad of things to do to get ready for the party.
Latent
(LAYT nt)
Link:Never lay your tent on a latent volcano.
Adjective
-Laying hidden or undeveloped.

ex. Trent had a latent talent as a singer which he didn't discover till was in his 50's.
trenchant
()
Julia had a trenchant tongue and was always putting down her friends behind their backs.
Jaunt
(jawnt)
Link:A haunt jaunt.
Noun
-A short pleasure trip

ex. My parents are always taking jaunt in their new motor home.
Vertigo
(vur tuh GO)
Link:When test pilot Bob developed a bad case of vertigo, he didn't know where to go.
Noun
-Dizziness.

Even though he is a stunt pilot he got vertigo jumping from the high board.
Impede
(im PEED)
Link:The job of highway patrolmen is to impede speeding motorist.
idk!.!.
Countenance
(KOWNT uh nanz)
Link:By their facial countenance aone was easy too count the nuts.
Noun.
-A person's face, especially the expression.

The submarine commander's countenance belied his true feeling of anxiety and fear.
Scrutinize
(SKROOT uh nyze)
Link:"U.S. Customs officials have screw eyes when they scrutinize baggage."
Verb
-To look very carefully;to examine.

Newspaper proof readers scrutinize an entire newspaper each day.
Spector
(SPEK ter)
Link:A specter with spectacles.
Noun.
-A ghost or phantom

As the lights come up on stage, a specter seemed to materialize from no where.
paradox
(Pair uh dahks)
Link:
Noun
-A statement that seems true but at the same time contradicts itself.

ex. That if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.
Wax
(waks)
Verb
-To increase in something(power, quantity).
-Increase moon light compared to full moon.
-To grow or become something.
-Enlarge, get bigger.
Wane
(wain)
Link:Snowmen wane in the rain.
Verb
-Decrease gradually/overtime.

ex.A waning interest by theater-goers prompted the theater to shut down.
Perspicacious
Link:Annotating the novel, Perry's perspiration increased while concentrating on perspicacious.
Adjective
-Having or showing extreme mental discernment.

ex.Sherlock Holmes is touted for his perspicacity while solving difficult mysteries.
Daguerreotype
(duh-gair-uh-tahyp)
Link:Old photos are on plates called daguerreotypes.
Noun, Verb
-An obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.

ex:Thus the taking of the first photographic image in australia is in direct line with the first daguerreotype taken in south america.
Precipices
(pres-uh-pis)
Link:Cliff hanger.
Noun
-a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or overhanging face.

ex:Ya'll are on the precipices of insanity.
Shod
(shod)
Link: Shoes
Verb
-Simple past tense of shoe.

ex:His shods were wore and old.
"To this accompaniment, the poorly shod of Inman's party climbed over the wall to yank the books off the dead."(Frazier 13).
Forbearance
(for bayr ans)
Link:Four parents exhibiting forbearance.
Verb
-To be patient.

ex:Teachers must forbear when they deal with unruly students.
Cerebral
(Suh REE brul)
Link:Eat your cereal so you'll grow up and be cerebral like your father.
Verb
-To be intellectual or to be brainy.

Dr. Clark was too cerebral to be a boy scout leader. Instead of saying "pitch your tents over by the cliff," he would confuse everyone with his big words and say, "construct the canvas shelters in the proximity of the promontory."
Cacophony
(kuh KAFH uh nee)
Like:A cacophony of coughing.
Noun
-Harsh sounds

ex.A cacophony isn't noise alone, it is disturbing noise such as when people shout all at once.
Connoisseur
(kahn uh SUR)
Link:The king of the sewer is a connoisseur of garbage.
Noun
-Expert, particularly in taste and art.

My uncle is a connoisseur of fine wine.
Cupidity
(kyoo PID ih tee)
Link: Cupid with Cupidity
Noun
-Love of money, extreme greed

The CUPIDITY of the Roman upper-class led to the demise of the Roman Empire.
Ubiquitous

Link:Big as us
-Feeling of being everywhere or at the same time

Computers were once rare, but today are more UBIQUITOUS than typewriters.
Adroit
(ah DROIT)
Link:The auto workers of DETROIT are AdRoIt at manufacturing automobiles
Adjective
-Skillful; DEFT

Many fourth graders are more ADROIT on the computers than their parents.
Fetter
(FET ur)
Link:A FETTERED FEATHER.
Verb
-To restrain; to hamper

The prisoners were fettered by shackles around their ankles
Exonerate
(ig ZON er ate)
His HONOR was to late to EXONERATE hime from his crime.
Verb
-To be free from guilt or crime
Mores
(MAWR ayz)
Link:Our educational MORES have it that MORE A's a student makes, the better their education.
Noun
-Cultural standards; moral attitudes

According to Chinese MORES, it is considered polite to belch at the table as a gesture of appreciation.
Doldrums
(DOHL drums)
Link:All covered with dust, the Doll Drums were in the DOLDRUMS
Noun
-Periodical or condition of depression or inactivity

Ever sinceJackie's dog died, the little fellow has never touched his toys, moping around day after day in the DOLDRUM.
Throng
(throng)
Link:The THRONG broke into Song.
Noun
-A large group of people gathered closely together

When the Pope visited the United States, an admiring THRONG gathering at every major city
Austere
(AW stere)
Link:A AUSTERE STEER is no fun at a party.
Adjective
-Stern, Simple or plain

The AUSTERITY of life in the village was understandable. Many were jobless and evidence of poverty was everywhere. (noun form)
Palpable
(PAL pah bul)
Link:Our PAL, THE BULL, is PALPABLE.
Adjective
-capable of being touched or felt.

The answer is as PALPABLE as the nose on your face.
Gregarious
(gruh GAIR ee us)
Link: GREGARIOUS Greg was Hilarious.
Adjective
-seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable

Paige was so GREGARIOUS she hated to be alone.
Pious
(PI ou)
Link:A PIOUS Pie.
Adjective
-Devout or virtuous; holy.

ElizabethPIOUSLY said her prayer before bed every night.
PHILANTHROPY
(fi LAN thruh pee)
Link:I really love my job. everyday I meet so many wonderful people like you.
-Love of mankind

In the the movie ,Good Sam, Gary Cooper's character was PHILANTHROPIC, giving to anyone in need and keeping little for his own family.
Espouse
(eh SPOWZ)
Link:Harold's Spouse ESPOUSED a large family.
Verb
-To adopt; to support

I ESPOUSE the idea that we eat dessert before dinner.
Ethereal
(i THEER ee ul)
Link:Ethereal cereal.
Adjective
-Very light; airy; delicate; heavenly

An ETHEREAL mist covered the hill in the morning.
Amenable
(ah MEE nuh bul)
Link:The matador tried to be AMENABLE to the Mean Bull.
Adjective
-Agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another

Jack was such a classy guy, always AMENABLE to any reasonable solution to a problem
Culpable
(kuhl-puh-buhl)
The culprit is culpable for the crime.
Origin:Late 13th century, old french

Orleanna--in The Poisionwood Bible--must deal with her feelings of guilt, facing how she is partly CULPABLE for what befalls her family.
Complicit
(kuhm-PLIS-it)
Link:Criminal are complicit even if they could go to jail for it.
Adjective
-Choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity.

It was unwittingly, or perhaps wittingly, complicit in the cover-up of a scandal.
Portend
(POR tend)
Link:His teacher PORTENDED that Billy would come to a Poor End
Verb
-To warn as an omen
Catharsis
(kuh THAR sis)
Link:Cat and horses CATHARSIS
Adjective
-An emotional or psychological cleansing that brings relief or renewal.

After Jeremy returnee to the French World War ll battlefield he had known fifty years before, he said he found the experience CATHARSIS.
Abate
(ah BAIT)
ABATED Bait
Verb
To reduce

Marta's defeat in the tennis tournament did not ABATE her zeal for the game.
Intrepid
(in TREP id)
Everyone considered David INTREPID after he TRipped Ed, the bully, in the cafeteria.
Adjective
-Fearless, bold

The bullfighter was INTREPID as he stood in the arena before the fierce bull.
Surreptitious
(sur ep TISH us)
Link:To escape from the circus, the elephant has to be SURREPTITIOUS without being Suspicious.
Adjective
-Done or acting in a secret, sly manner

Helen SURREPTITIOUS crept around the car, hoping to get the cat out from under it.
Fraught
(fraught)
Link:Eric Caught a boatload in a lake FRAUGHT with fish.
Adjective
-Teeming, very full, overload

The freighter was FRAUGHT with cargo.
Erudite
(ER yoo dyte)
Adjective
-Deeply learned, scholarly

The extent of Dr.Smith's library is an indication of his ERUDITION
Bolster
(BOHL ster)
Link:Members BOLSTERED each other by wearing their Holsters.
Verb
-To support, as in a group; to give a boost.

The coach saw it was time to BOLSTER his team, so he gave them a pep talk.
Surfeit
(SUR fit)
Link:A SURFEIT of Surfers is a sure path to disastrous surfboard accidents.
Adjective
-An over abundance of something, especially in eating and drinking.

Thanksgiving is a time when most families have large meals that are a SURFEIT for everyone at the table.
Arduous
(AHR joo us)
Link:The ARDUOUS snow-covered trail is Hard On Us.
Adjective
-Hard, difficult, tiresome

Swimming three miles was the most ARDUOUS exercise Jeannie ever had.
Enmitty
(EN mi tee)
Link:Sir Howard, I have great emity for your dog's tongue In The Tea.
Noun
-Hostility; deep-seated hatred

The ENMITY between teams was apparent to the spectators.
Bevy
(Bev EE)
Link:A BEVY of Animals.
Noun
-A group of animals; an assemblage

Bud's hunting dogs scared out of a BEVY of quail.