notes in class

1. venerable (adj.)
-meriting or commanding high esteem.
-example: The vendor was a venerable Irishman.


2. verdant (adj.)

1. introspective (adj.)
-Tending to examine your own feelings, thoughts, or ideas instead of communicating with other people.
-example: Their introspective ways were not free of drawbacks, however.

2. unprecedented (adj.)

1.   berth (n.)

-(1)a bed on a train or ship

-(2)a place at a port where a ship stays for a period of time

-example: I sleep in the lower berth.

2.   bedight (v.)

1.   leery (adj.)

-not trusting of someone or something and usually avoiding them if possible

-example: I've always been a bit leery of authority figures.

2.   insatiable (adj.)

1.     anomaly (n.)
-a person or thing that is different from what is usual, or not in agreement with something else and therefore not satisfactory 
-example: Statistical anomalies can make it difficult to compare economic data from one year to the next.
 

1.      stall (v.) 
- to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage 
-example: She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time).
 

1.      ignominy (n.)

-public embarrassment

-example: The Workers' Coalition experienced the ignominy of total defeat in the last election.

2.      appease (v.)

-to prevent further disagreement in arguments or war by giving to the other side an advantage that they have demanded

1.   combatant (n.)

-a person, group, or country that takes part in a war

-example: Our nation is combatant during this war.

2.   duel (n.)

-an argument between two people

1.   chaise and four  (n.)

-a closed four-wheel carriage pulled by four horses

-example: He sat beside the chaise and four.

2.   chamberlain (n.)

-the main servant in a household

1.   reverence (n.)

-a strong feeling of respect and admiration for someone or something

-example: They spoke of the old man with reverence.

1.   bureaucratic (adj.)

-using or connected with many complicated rules and ways of doing things : of, relating to, or like a bureaucracy or bureaucrat

-example: She had a bureaucratic nightmare.

1.   obscure (v.)

-to make (something) difficult to understand or know : to make (something) obscure

-to hide or cover (something) : to be in front of (something) so that it cannot be seen

-example: The true history has been obscured by legends about what happened.

2.   pastoral (adj.)

1.   basin (n.)

-(1)a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake

-(2)a round open container used for holding liquids or for storing or mixing food

-(3)a large bowl fixed to the wall in a bathroom for washing your face and hands in

-example: Have you ever been to the Colorado River Basin.

1. scarcely (adv.)

- almost not

-example: I scarcely have enough money.

2. disciple (n.)

1.      begrudge (v.)

-To feel unhappy that somebody has something because you do not think that they deserve

-example: I don't begrudge her being so successful.

2.      abnegate (v.)

-To renounce (a right or privilege)

1.    majesty (n.)

-If something has majesty, it causes admiration and respect for its beauty

-example: This music has majesty, power and passion.

2.    hindrance (n.)

-something which makes it more difficult for you to do something or for something to develop

1.      cradle (n.)

-a small bed for a baby, especially one that swings from side to side

-example: The nurse rocked the cradle.

2.      hone (v.)