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Week 8 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| LOQU, LOC | to speak |
| eloquent | adjective—fluent; persuasive. "President John F. Kennedy was known as an eloquent speaker" |
| colloquial | adjective—language used when people speak together informally; informal or conversational. “Whatever” is a colloquial expression for “I don’t care.” |
| colloquium | noun—literally a speaking together; an academic seminar on some field of study led by several experts. "The students attended the colloquium on international relations." |
| soliloquy | noun—a speaking alone to oneself, as in a drama. "Even if there is another character onstage, the character speaking the soliloquy thinks that he or she is alone." |
| ventriloquist | noun—literally one who speaks from the stomach; one who speaks so that the sounds seem to come from somewhere other than the speaker’s mouth. "The ventriloquist mesmerized the children who thought the puppet was talking." |
| MAL | bad |
| malice | noun—active bad feeling or ill will. "The past president felt no malice toward the candidate who defeated him." |
| malady | noun—literally a bad condition; a disease. "Science has reduced the number of incurable maladies." |
| malcontent | noun—one who is badly dissatisfied; a discontented or rebellious person. "He was a born malcontent, always complaining." |
| malevolent | adjective—wishing evil toward others. " The researcher in the lab cast a malevolent glance toward the director after his data was rejected." |
| malignant | verb—to speak evil of; to slander. "That politician is known to malign anyone who disagrees with him." |
| METER, METR | measure |
| geometry | noun—originally, the system of measuring distances on Earth through the use of angles; now, a branch of mathematics that deals with points, lines, planes, and solids. "I used my skill in geometry to find the angles of the polygon." |
| metric system | noun—a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter as a unit length and the kilogram as a unit mass. "The metric system is used by scientists worldwide." |
| metronome | noun—a clocklike instrument for measuring the exact time (law) in music by a regularly repeated tick. "Practicing the piano with a metronome helped her keep perfect time." |
| parameter | noun—a fixed limit or boundary. "Stay within the parameters of the present budget." |
| symmetrical | adjective—having both sides exactly alike. "He made symmetrical flower arrangements for both ends of the table." |
| MIT, MIS, MISS | to send |
| intermittent | adjective—stopping and starting at intervals. "The intermittent rain didn’t prevent them from enjoying the game." |
| omit | verb—literally to send away; to leave out. "You’d better omit that unnecessary paragraph." |
| premise | noun—literally a statement sent before; an initial statement that is assumed to be true and upon which an argument is based. "His argument failed because he started with a false premise." |
| remiss | adjective—literally to send back; negligent; lax in attending to duty. "I’ve been remiss about doing my exercises." |
| transmit | verb—to send (across) from one place or person to another. "The lawyer will transmit the document to his client." |
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