word list #1
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Word List #1
1. Aberration: defect
“The psychopath had a mental aberration.”
2. Amenities: attractive features and comforts
“The luxury car had several amenities as a sale incentive.”
3. Benighted: ignorant
“A society without education creates a benighted population.”
4. Cerebration: thought
“Studying for exams requires intense cerebration.”
5. Dative: of the indirect object
“We studied the dative case of pronouns in my Latin class.”
Ex: Can you help me find the indirect object in this sentence?
6. Defalcate: embezzle
“The CEO attempted to defalcate funds from his company.”
7. Diapason: 1. entire range. 2. burst of harmonious song
“The opera singer has a great diapason.”
“I awoke in the morning to the diapason of the birds.”
8. Engender: produce
“Cliques can often engender arguments in school.”
9. Fell: cruel; deadly
“The assassin used a knife for his fell purpose.”
10. Hybrid: offspring of parents of different species
“The scientists produced a hybrid of two flowers through genetic engineering.”
11. Inveigh: to speak out vehemently
“The victim’s family inveighed against killer’s actions.
12. Mandible: jawbone
“The caveman used the mandible of a horse as a weapon.”
13. Orifice: mouth-like opening
“We entered the cave through the orifice.”
14. Rational: reasoning; sensible
“Humans are the most rational species.”
15. Sidereal: of the stars
“Astronomy is a sidereal science.”
16. Torrid: hot
“Can you name a couple in literature who has a torrid love affair?”
17. Venal: corrupt
“The venal politician was arrested for accepting bribes.”
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.
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