wk 7 vocab pt 2

The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye

Week 7 – Part 2

Lavish Lavish

  adjective  \ˈla-vish\

: having a very rich and expensive quality

Lavish Lavish

: having a very rich and

expensive quality

Conscientious Conscientious

  adjective  \ˌkän(t)-shē-ˈen(t)-shəs\

: very careful about doing what you are supposed to do 

Conscientious Conscientious

: very careful about doing what you are supposed to

do

RostrumRostrum

Noun  \ˈräs-trəm also ˈros-\

: a small raised platform on a stage

RostrumRostrum

: a small raised platform

on a stage

Incognito Incognito

adjective  \ˌin-ˌkäg-ˈnē-(ˌ)tō\ 

: with your true identity kept secret (as by using a different

name or a disguise)

: with your true identity kept secret

(as by using a different name or a

disguise)

Incognito Incognito

Pervert Pervert

Noun  \ˈpər-ˌvərt\

: a person whose behavior is considered not normal or

acceptable

Psychic Psychic

Adjective  \ˈsī-kik\

:used to describe strange mental powers and abilities (such as the ability to predict the future, to know what other people are

thinking, or to receive messages from dead people) that cannot be explained by

natural laws

Psychic Psychic

:used to describe strange mental

powers and abilities

PutridPutrid

Adjective  \ˈpyü-trəd\

: decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell

Putrid Putrid

: decayed with usually

a very bad or disgusting

smell

Verification Verification

noun  \ˌver-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən\

: the process of proving, showing, finding out, or

stating that (something) is true or correct

: a person whose behavior

is meant to

attract attention

to themselves

VerificationVerification

ImmaterialImmaterial

adjective  \ˌi-mə-ˈtir-ē-əl\

: not important or significant

ImmaterialImmaterial

: not important or significant

SuaveSuave

adjective  \ˈswäv\

: smoothly though often superficially gracious and

sophisticated

SuaveSuave

: smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated

SterlingSterling

Noun  \ˈstər-liŋ\

:  conforming to the highest standard <sterling character

> <asterling record of achievement>

SterlingSterling

:  conforming to the highest

standard

CrockedCrocked

adjective  \ˈkräkt\

: very drunk or intoxicated

: very drunk or

intoxicated

CrockedCrocked

Is Sheldon Crocked?Take a peek and see what you think?

http://youtu.be/XiSGsHT1vLo

ChateauChateau

Noun  \sha-ˈtō\

: a castle or a large house especially in France

Chateau Chateau

: a castle or a large house especially in

France

NonchalantNonchalant

 adjective  \ˌnän-shə-ˈlänt\

: relaxed and calm in a way that shows that you do not care or are

not worried about anything

NonchalantNonchalant

: relaxed and calm in a way

that shows that you do not care

or are not worried about

anything

http://youtu.be/LEnNn907Tm8View from 0:04-0:30

To see Joey’s version of nonchalance. Is this really what

it means to be nonchalant?

Clavichord Clavichord

Noun  \ˈkla-və-ˌkord\

: a musical instrument that is similar to a piano and was played mostly in the past before the piano

was invented

: a musical instrument that is similar to a

piano and was played mostly

in the past before the piano was invented

Clavicord