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Vocab 7
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| adieu | farewell **who ever would say farewell would defiantly say adieu too! i dont say either! |
| advent | arrival **if you go to an event (advent) you have to come! arrive |
| apex | highest point **apex of a book |
| assimilate | absorb fully or make one's own adopt/adapt **an ass grabbing a cup of water and pouring it on its pants making the pants assimilate the water |
| bogus | false **ms.bogos |
| exorbitant | unreasonably high **ex=out. orbit=around sun. BIGGER THAN THAT!? |
| intrepid | time between **inter...like intermition |
| inundate | flood **2 prefixes! in and un!....flood! too much! |
| malign | speak evil of slander **malign --> alien |
| meander | wander about **"dont meander around the halls" |
| metropolis | large city **metro |
| momentous | very important **important MOMENT **tell MOM she is MOMentous |
| obstreperous | noisy unruly disorderly **Say this word really loud! |
| pensive | thoughtful melancholy **if you are thinking or sad, use a PEN to write down your feelings |
| perilous | dangerous **if you are little miss fancy then you aren't dangerous, and you own pearls! on the other land...you are perilous |
| shoddy | poor quality **if someone says "shoddy" to get the front seat of the car...they are probably not a princess! |
| sprightly | lively **spirit ly = Julia Illia |
| surly | angry **if i go to a place with a bar there better be Sherly Temples or i will surely be surly! |
| tirade | long **tireing |
| vagrant | idle wander tramp **vag=tramp |