Vocabulary Week 11 Gold. Word 1: Jargon Def: Meaningless talk or language for a specific profession...
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- Vocabulary Week 11 Gold
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- Word 1: Jargon Def: Meaningless talk or language for a specific
profession not understood by others Sent: Incomprehensible jargon
is the hallmark of a profession. Kingman Brewster
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- Word 2: Circumspect Def: To think carefully about something
before doing or speaking, questioning Sent: They are very good
friends, remain very good friends and look forward to the day when
they can be less circumspect with each other. Mike McMurry
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- Word 3: Macabre Def: Frightening due to death or decay Sent:
They share this love of the grotesque, the macabre, this kind of
ghastly sense of humor about modern life. John Harris
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- Word 4: Usurp Def: Take a position of power illegally or by
force Sent: I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial
activism which has usurped congressional authority. Arlen
Specter
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- Word 5: Chronicles Def: Record of events that happened in the
past Sent: Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.
E. M. Forester
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- Word 6: Chicanery Def: To deceive by trickery or sophistry but
not illegally Sent: It's mostly the financial chicanery that's
going on,... People are saying 'What kind of trust can we put in
this market? Mike Farrell
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- Word 7: Charlatan Def: A person who fraudulently claims to have
more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses Sent: There are
lots of these charlatans out there, and the more publicity they get
the more money they make. Steve Malone
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- Word 8: Articulate Def: Having the ability to speak fluently
and coherently Sent: The more articulate one is, the more dangerous
words become. May Sarton
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- Word 9: Disseminate Def: To Spread throughout, disperse Sent:
The actions performed by great souls to spread, promote and
disseminate knowledge to every strata of society is a great service
to mankind. John Milton
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- Word 10: Fervor Def: An intense and passionate feeling Sent:
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he
feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and
with fervor. Benjamin Disraeli
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- Word 11: Solace Def: To give comfort to or an easing of grief
or misfortune, console Sent: Women give us solace, but if it were
not for women we should never need solace. Don Herald
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- Word 12: Discern Def: To recognize what something is either
mentally or visually Sent: As far as we can discern, the sole
purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of
mere being. Carl Gustav Jung
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- Word 13: Solicit Def: To formally ask someone for money,
support, an opinion or to buy their product Sent: If people don't
like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit
their opinions or votes. William T Sherman
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- Word 14: Pallid Def: Having an abnormally pale complexion or
dull in color Sent: Out went the taper as she hurried in; / Its
little smoke, in pallid moonshine, died. John Keats
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- Word 15: Extrapolate Def: To say or calculate what is likely to
happen by using information that you already have Sent: Intuition
is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only
extrapolate from what we know now. Ray Kurzweil
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- Word 16: Rescind Def: To take back, cancel, repeal Sent:
Further, as a matter of law, the city cannot retroactively impose
time limits or unilaterally rescind an entitlement. Henry Eng
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- Word 17: Boorish Def: Insensitive, rude and uncultured Sent:
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant,
and the boorish. Aristotle
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- Word 18: Curtail Def: To reduce or restrict the amount Sent:
Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to
learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school. Ivan
Illich
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- Word 19: Cynical Def: Person who doubts or distrusts others
sincerity or motives Sent: Inside every cynical person, there is a
disappointed idealist. George Catlin
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- Word 20: Erratic Def: Unpredictable or unstable, lacking
consistency Sent: Creative people tend to be more erratic. Adam
Goldberg