Vocabulary #10 – Period 1
1. promontory
[prom-uh n-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
–noun,
1.
a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water
beyond the line of coast; a headland.
2. a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.
Origin: 1540–50; < L
2. penitent[pen-i-tuh nt]
–adjective
feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing and disposed
to atonement and amendment; repentant; contrite
Origin: 1325–75; ME < ML
3. Obsequious
[uh b-see-kwee-uh s]
–adjective
1.
characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference;
fawning: an obsequious bow.
2.
servilely compliant or deferential: obsequious servants.
3. obedient; dutiful.
Origin:1375–1425; late ME < L
4. nonpareil
[non-puh-rel]
–adjective
1.
having no equal; peerless.
–noun
2. a person or thing having no equal.
Origin: 1400–50; late ME
5.
gambol
gam-buh l]
verb
1. to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
Origin: Middle French, 1495-1505
6.
austerely
[aw-steer]
–adjective
1.
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict;
forbidding: an austere teacher.
2.
rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral; ascetic; abstinent:
the austere quality of life in the convent.
3.
grave; sober; solemn; serious: an austere manner.
4.
without excess, luxury, or ease; simple; limited; severe: an
austere life.
6.
lacking softness; hard: an austere bed of straw.
7. rough to the taste; sour or harsh in flavor.
Origin: 1300–50; ME (< AF)
7. mutinous myoot-n-uh s]
adjective
1. disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority.
2. characterized by mutiny; rebellious.
3. difficult to control: mutinous feelings.
Origin: Middle French, 1570-1580
8.
jocund
[jok-uh nd, joh-kuh nd]
–adjective
cheerful; merry; gay; blithe; glad: a witty and jocund group.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
9. bombinate
bom-buh-neyt]
verb
to make a humming or buzzing noise.
Origin: 1875-80; < New Latin
10.
abstemious [ab-stee-mee-uh s]
–adjective
1.
sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
2.
characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
3. sparing: an abstemious diet.
Origin: 1615–25; < L