2016 Vocabulary #13 – Period 5
1.
deference
[def-er-uh ns]
noun
1. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of
another.
2. respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes.
Origin: 1640–50; < French
2.
raiment [rey-muh nt]
–noun
clothing; apparel; attire.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
3.
repine
[ri-pahyn]
verb
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
Origin: 1520–30
4.
importune [im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuh n]
–verb
to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or
1.
persistence.
2.
to make improper advances toward (a person).
3. to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
5.
deplorable [dih-plawr-uh-buh l, -plohr-]
–adjective
1. causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable
death of a friend.
2. causing or being a subject for censure, reproach, or disapproval;
wretched; very bad: This room is in deplorable order. You have deplorable
manners!
Origin: 1605–15; < F
6.
fricassee
[frik-uh-see]
–noun
1. meat, esp. chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a
sauce made with its own stock.
Origin: 1560–70; < MF
7.
parsimonious pahr-suh-moh-nee-uh s]
adjective
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
Origin: 1590-1600;
8.
hitherto
[hith -er-too]
–adverb
1. up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.
2. to here.
Origin: 1175–1225; ME
9.
scrupulous
[skroo-pyuh-luh s]
–adjective
1. having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled.
2. punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact: a scrupulous
performance.
Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L
10. encumbrance
en-kuhm-bruh ns]
noun
1. something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or
superfluous; burden; hindrance:
Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
2. a dependent person, especially a child.
Origin: 1275-1325; Middle English