For this installment of the "Vocabulary - Use It Or Lose It" blog topic, we'll be using words from an SAT Prep word list. No matter if you're doing the GED, SAT, or other standardized test, having a good, broad, varied vocabulary is important!
Please pick one word and post the definition. You may use an online dictionary (such as this one: http://www.merriam-webster.com).
Abhor
Bigot
Counterfeit
Enfranchise
Hamper
Kindle
Noxious
Placid
Remuneration
Talisman
10 comments:
COUNTERFEIT
Definition: To closely immitate or copy with the intent to deceive.
Sentence: The bank discovered a large sum of cash that was counterfeit.
Sheila W.
REMUNERATION:
Definition: something that remunerates : recompense, pay
Sentence: The employees of Uniroyal were remunerated with an extra pay bonus for their work.
Adriana Wagner
Talisman :
1. An object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune.
2. Something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects.
Michele T.
PLACID
Definition: pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
My dream is to find a place where the waters are placid and the grass is green and I can just lay there and rest.
Tais M.
Enfranchise
1: to set free (as from slavery)2: to endow with a franchise: as a: to admit to the privileges of a citizen and especially to the right of suffrage b: to admit (a municipality) to political privileges or rights
Bigot:
A person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.
A person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
Giancarla D.
Placid: serenely free of interruption or disturbance
I love this word because I would give anything to go to a place that is placid.
Archarna Jones
Kindle ~ (transitive verb)
1. a: to start (a fire) burning: light
2. a: to stir up (kindle interest): arouse b: to bring into being: start
3. to cause to glow: illuminate
~ (intransitive verb)
1. to catch fire
2. a: to flare up b: to become animated
3. to become illuminated
sentence: His unusual sense of humor kindled my curiosity.
Remuneration - compensate
The teacher remunerate her students with a pizza party.
Maria Rodriguez-Trelles
TALISMAN(NOUN)
1: AN OBJECT HELD TO ACT AS A CHARM TO AVERT EVIL AND BRING GOOD FORTUNE.
2: SOMETHING PRODUCING APPARENTLY MAGICAL OR MIRACULOUS EFFECTS.
SHENEA WALKER
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