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Vocabulary Week 20 Gold

Vocabulary Week 20 Gold. Word 1: Ingenious Def: Using clever and new ideas Sent: No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.  Henry Kissinger .

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Vocabulary Week 20 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week20Gold

  2. Word 1: Ingenious Def: Using clever and new ideas Sent: No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious- has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.  Henry Kissinger

  3. Word 2: Deluded / Delusion Def: To deceive or mislead the mind Sent: Elections are held to deludethe populace into believing that they are participating in government. Gerald F. Lieberman

  4. Word 3: FordDef: To cross a river by wadingSent: If you ford the river in a crowd, the crocodiles won't get you.  Malagasy Proverb

  5. Word 4: IndoctrinateDef: To teach a set of beliefs or doctrine without the learner being critical of it Sent: We are brave enough to have all areas discussed. Students will be informed and not indoctrinated.  Kathy Martin

  6. Word 5: VociferousDef: Clamorous and noisySent: There is a vociferous group from within the government that are saying it is better to go to war.  Wade Shanower

  7. Word 6: InsipidDef: Lacking flavor or not interestingSent: Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.  Christina of Sweden

  8. Word 7: AcuteDef: Serious, Sharp or severe in degree or an angle that is less than 90 degreesSent: I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise. Thomas Jefferson

  9. Word 8: Quell Def: To put an end to, to lessen the effect of Sent: Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.  Siddha Nagarjuna

  10. Word 9: Ramble Def: Wander or roam without direction or talk in a long-winded wandering fashion Sent: He would ramble back and forth. He was in one subject and out of one subject. Jim Wilson

  11. Word 10: Rant Def: Talk in a wild, angry manner for a long time Sent: If you're going to dedicate your career to ranting about the excesses of American capitalism, you probably shouldn't weigh 450 pounds.  Greg Giraldo

  12. Word 11: Sardonic Def: Scornfully or cynically mocking Sent: The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement.  Diane LaVey

  13. Word 12: StagnantDef: Not flowing or moving, showing no activity Sent: Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. Leonardo DaVinci

  14. Word 13: VerbatimDef:To quote word for word exactly Sent:I can remember what he said, verbatim. He said, 'Yes, I did it. So what? It was many years ago.' No remorse. Nothing.  Ken Schmidt

  15. Word 14: AberrationDef: A deviation from the proper or expected course especially regarding truth or morals Sent: The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations.

  16. Word 15: Impediment Def: Obstruction in doing something or defect in speakingSent: Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being at ease with yourself.Honorede Balzac

  17. Word 16: Din Def: Aloud continued noiseSent: True solitude is a dinof birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. Edward Hoagland

  18. Word 17: Torpid Def: Sluggish, no energy or vigor Sent: The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. Ralph Waldo Emerson

  19. Word 18: Concoct Def:To devise, using skill and intelligence or cook by combing ingredients Sent: Whatever men can work to concoct Women can play havoc.  Arthur Tugman

  20. Word 19: Burly Def: Big and strongSent: The old faiths light their candles all about, but burly Truth comes by and puts them out.  Lizette Reese

  21. Word 20: Frolic / Frolicking Def: To Play happilySent: Summer wanes; the children are grown; Fun and frolic no more he knows.  William Cullen Bryant

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