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Vocabulary Week 27 Gold

Vocabulary Week 27 Gold.

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Vocabulary Week 27 Gold

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  1. Vocabulary Week27 Gold

  2. Word 1: SavantDef: A learned person, a scholar, or exceptionally gifted in a specialized field Sent: Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I'm convinced of the opposite. B. Russell

  3. Word 2:SumptuousDef: Very impressive and expensiveSent: Lots of things made it special. It was the most current of the hotels, and it boasted 100 baths, some private and some shared. It was very sumptuous.David Barber

  4. Word 3:ProcureDef: To obtain by particular care and effortSent: That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. Francis Hutcheson

  5. Word 4: Prudent Def: Showing care and thought for the future, cautiousSent: Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudentforethought.Thucydides

  6. Word 5: ConsternationDef: A feeling of anxiety, dismay, dreadSent: We would all like to see a solution to this because it does cause consternation within the community.Mayor Morris Vance

  7. Word 6: BeseechDef: To beg for urgently or anxiouslySent: If you beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. Mark Twain

  8. Word 7: Delegate Def: Entrust a task or responsibility to another personSent: Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere.Ronald Reagan

  9. Word 8: VagabondDef: A person who wanders from place to place without a homeSent: …but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. Oliver Goldsmith

  10. Word 9: SuperciliousDef:Person behaves as if they think they are better or more important than everyone elseSent: He liked to put people off balance and have this supercilious smile on his face.Michael Malone

  11. Word 10: PilfererDef: A thief who steals without using violenceSent: It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out.  Jupiter Hammon

  12. Word 11: SagaciousDef:Showing sound judgment, wiseSent: Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life.Titus MacciusPlautus

  13. Word 12: EmbroiledDef: To become involve deeply in an argument or conflict Sent: Athletes are under the microscope, and it's a risk for advertisers to spend millions on someone who could get embroiled in scandal. Bob Dorfman

  14. Word 13:PunctiliousDef: Showing great attention to detail, precise Sent: It's the punctilious attention to detail, in a time when nobody even bothers to get the spelling of your name right.Holly Brubach

  15. Word 14: Fracas Def: A noisy, disorderly fight or quarrel; a brawl Sent: But he was pretty sore the last couple of days from that big old pile during the fracas.Joe Maddon

  16. Word 15: Collusion Def:Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy Sent: This whole scandal is incredible given the scope of collusionthat has to be involved. Glenn McGee

  17. Word 16: TelekineticDef: The power to move something by thinking or concentrating with the mindSent: How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand.Emo Philips

  18. Word 17: CatharsisDef: A purifying, cleansing of the emotionsSent: I was bawling, and I knew it was going to happen. It was the ultimate catharsis for everyone who has been touched by this disease.Rosie O'Donnell

  19. Word 18: PurloinDef: To carry away for one's self; hence, to steal often in breach of trustSent: Purloined data was used to inflateSnipermail'scontact list and make it a more attractive target for acquisition. YourDictionary

  20. Word 19: IlluminateDef: To light up or give off lightSent: Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.Martin Luther King, Jr.

  21. Word 20: DiligentDef: Showing care in one's work or dutiesSent: To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.Buddha

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