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Vocabulary Week 4 Gold

Vocabulary Week 4 Gold. Word 1: Gregarious Def: Someone who enjoys being with others, very social Sent: Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. George Santayana.

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Vocabulary Week 4 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week4Gold

  2. Word 1:Gregarious Def: Someone who enjoys being with others, very social Sent: Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.George Santayana

  3. Word 2: PetrifiedDef: To become frozen with fear or for a plant to gradually become stoneSent: I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Chris Evert

  4. Word 3: Abdicate Def: For a king or queen to give up the throne, to give up powerSent: A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. Marlene Dietrich

  5. Word 4: Doldrums Def: 1) Time when there is a lack of success or improvement 2) Ocean current in Atlantic Sent: Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. Alan Hansen

  6. Word 5: GlowerDef: To stare intensely at in an angry waySent: We sat and glowered at each other for 40 years, then we tiptoed around each other for 10. George Robertson about Russia

  7. Word 6: SordidDef: Morally wrong and vileSent: The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

  8. Word 7: Domineer / DomineeringDef: To control others Sent: You who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you! Pleny the Elder

  9. Word 8: HaughtyDef: Arrogant and overly proudSent: The attitude of insolent haughtiness is characteristic of relationships Americans form with what is alien to them, with others. Jose Saramago

  10. Word 9: ObsoleteDef: No longer used because it has bee replaced by something more efficient Sent: In particular fast-moving technologies skills will become obsolete every five years or so.Owen Davies

  11. Word 10:NarcissisticDef: Extreme Love of oneself preventing caring about othersSent: We find ourselves at the mercy of our narcissistic, wounded false self with its insatiable craving for validation and anesthesia.-David F. Allen,

  12. Word 11: AdmonishDef: To express warning or disapprovalSent: Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.-Publilius Syrus

  13. Word 12: DiffidentDef: Lack of self-confidence Sent:Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals.  Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident. Henry Ward Beecher

  14. Word 13: BefuddledDef: Confused, PerplexedSent: “One of the problems with computers, particularly for the older people, is they were befuddled by them… Steve Case

  15. Word 14: CompliantDef: To willing to do what others want Sent: The rising power of the United States in world affairs requires, not a more compliant press, but a relentless barrage of facts and criticism.

  16. Word 15: TentativeDef: Not certain, likely to change, especially meeting times or dates Sent: Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Therefore, give yourself fully to your endeavors.Epicetus

  17. Word 16: ServileDef: Slave-like, submissiveSent: The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself. Noam Chomsky

  18. Word 17: SquanderDef: To use wastefully like time or money Sent: All human beings are born with the same creative potential. Most people squander theirs away on a million superfluous things.Pablo Picasso

  19. Word 18: CajoleDef: To try to persuade someone to do something by pleading, flattery and being niceSent: I beg. I badger. I cajole. Part of my secret is everyone has fun and that’s really motivating. Katie Couric

  20. Word 19: FleetingDef: Passing swiftlySent: Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.Hippocrates

  21. Word 20: CrypticDef:Having a mysterious and hidden meaningSent: We didn't want to add to the negative noise pollution, but we did want to do something. It's just not the time to be cryptic. Eddie Vedder

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