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Vocabulary Workshop

Vocabulary Workshop. Unit 8. PED “foot”. Impediment – noun Something that gets in the way; obstacle One mistake at work need not be an impediment to your advancement in the company. Expedient - Adjective Providing results quickly; practical and effective

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Vocabulary Workshop

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  1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit 8

  2. PED “foot” • Impediment – noun • Something that gets in the way; obstacle • One mistake at work need not be an impediment to your advancement in the company. • Expedient - Adjective • Providing results quickly; practical and effective • Tom decided it would be most expedient for him to leave town as soon as he could.

  3. 3. Pedestrian – adjective • Lacking excitement; ordinary and dull • Although I thought my trip to the city would be thrilling, it turned out to be rather pedestrian.

  4. PED “Child” 4. Pedant – noun • One possessing abundant knowledge of minor, uninteresting things • Only a pedant would care about what the uniforms look like, instead of how the team is doing. 5. Pedagogue - noun • A teacher who is dull and narrow-minded • Because our previous teacher had been boring, we expected the new teacher to be a pedagogue of the same type.

  5. VEST “clothing” 6. Travesty – noun • A bad imitation of something • The new Footloose movie is a travesty of the original 1984 version. 7. Vested - Adjective • Significant to ones own profit or well-being • Joy does not have a vested interest in the company so she doesn’t worry if it goes bankrupt.

  6. 8. Vestment – noun • Clothing worn to symbolize religious or political authority • The youngest members of the choir did not want to wear their vestments because they felt that the clothes weren’t cool. 9. Divest – verb • To strip or remove a title or position of authority • When his cheating was discovered, Brian was divested of the office of student body president.

  7. CORPOR/CORPU “body” 10. Corporeal– Adjective • Having to do with the nature of the body • Corporeal cravings such as hunger and thirst are natural to the body. 11. Corpulent - Adjective • Extremely fat; obese • It seems shameful that the king is corpulent while his people are thin and starving.

  8. 12. Incorporate – verb • To bring together features, ideas, or elements • The most popular recipes in the cookbook manage to incorporate ideas about health and nutrition without sacrificing flavor.

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