GE Vocabulary Set 6

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GE Vocabulary Set 6

Abby Stephens

"elate." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 6 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elate>

Smiley Face. Digital image. Joke of the Week Crime

Spree-Be Careful!

Web. 6 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.clevelandseniors.com/forever/jow88.htm>.

Elated Boy. Digital image. Pat

Edgar Education Consultancy .

2008. Web. 6 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.patedgar.com/cont act.html>.

Collens, Trevor. Flying High .

Digital image. Smh.com.au

.

Web. 9 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.smh.com.au/ftimage s/2006/03/25/1143084052348.ht

ml>.

Elate

To fill with love and joy

“I liked this scheme, and Provis was quite elated by it.” (380)

The discovery that she had made the team made the girl elated.

"superscription." Merriam-

Webster Online Dictionary.

2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 7

November 2009

<http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/supe rscription

“It was directed to

Phillip Pip, Esquire, and on top of the superscription were the words…”(387)

Blackwell, Tom. Custom

Tombstone Maker. Digital image. Custom Tombestone

Maker. Web. 7 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.tombstonebuilder.

com/>.

By saying the pledge of allegiance, we demonstrate our fealty to the United

States.

Gabrielle Granger

As I saw that he was restrained by fealty to Little

Britain from saying as much as he could, and as I knew with thankfulness to him how far out of his way he went to say what he did, I could not press him.

371

Fealty

a)The fidelity of a vassal or feudal attendant to his lord b)the obligation of such fidelity

Intense fidelity

Fidelity

The quality or state of being faithful

Knight kneeling to girl. Digital image. Unrecognized

Talent . Theresa Margaret, 23 July 2007. Web. 16 Nov.

2009. <http://homeschoolteenzine.blogspot.com/>.

" fealty." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 16 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fealty>

"fidelity." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 16 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fidelity >

Kids saying pledge of allegiance. Digital image. Through the

Magnifying Glass . Oct. 2007. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

<http://blog.case.edu/james.chang/2007/10/index>.

Someone kowtowing/bowing. Digital image. Show Me .

Graham Spicer, 6 Sept. 2007. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO1224.html>.

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Abeyance

"abeyance." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 12 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abeyance

>

1 : a lapse in succession during which there is no person in whom a title is vested

2 : temporary inactivity

“For this reason, I suppose, they were now inflexible with one another; Mr.

Jaggers being highly dictatorial, and Wemmick obstinately justifying himself whenever there was the smallest point in abeyance for a moment.” (chap 51)

The girl always took a short nap when there was abeyance.

“-on account of the parental brutality if an ignorant farmer who opposed the choice of his daughter’s heart, by purposely falling upon the object in a flour sack, out of the first-floor window

--summoned a sententious enchanter…”(407)

"Psychicwomanopt ..."

Psychicnirup.com. Web. 8 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.psychicnirup.com/assets/i mages/PsychicwomanOpt.jpg>.

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Www.scitraining.com/. Web.

8 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.scitraining.com/

Files/Teacher-Aide-2.jpg>.

Merriam-Webster. "Sententious." Def. 1a. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate

Dictionary. 11th ed. 2005. 1134-1134. Print.

The sententious teacher told Sam a better and more concise way to answer the question.

V. Alexis Eason

Monique Guraya

“She had only a bruise or two about hernothing for a tramp-but the backs of her hands were lacerated, and the question was, was it with her finger-nails?” (395)

lacerated

The dog lacerated her arm with its claw.

The Free Dictionary . 1995. Web. 17

Nov. 2009.

<http://img.tfd.com/wn/19/17EBA4lacerate.gif>.

1 : “to tear or rend roughly : wound jaggedly”

2 : “to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to”

"lacerated." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 6 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lacerated>

"Man Complaining and Screaming Clipart

Illustration." Royalty-Free (RF) Stock

Illustrations, Clip Art, Vector Graphics, Logo

Designs, Collections, and Posters . Web. 19

Nov. 2009.

<http://www.clipartof.com/details/clipart/5836

.html>.

Alexander Brondyke

The girl was querulous when her balloon popped.

“Querulous”

“full of complaints; complaining”

“Mr. Jaggers was querulous and angry with me for having " let it slip through my fingers," and said we must memorialize by-and-by, and try at all events for some of it.”

"perspicacious."

Merriam-Webster Online

Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online.

18 November 2009

<http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/p erspicacious>

P

ERSPICACIOUS

“of acute mental vision or discernment : keen”

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Caricatures, Cartoon Art |

Jokes and Humor . Web. 19

Nov. 2009.

<http://www.toonpool.com/cart oons/Light%20Bulb%20Boy_1

7036>.

Maddie Norsworthy

Wicket

1 : a small gate or door; especially : one forming part of or placed near a larger gate or door

2 : an opening like a window; especially : a grilled or grated window through which business is transacted

3 a : either of the two sets of three stumps topped by two crosspieces and set 66 feet apart at which the ball is bowled in cricket b : an area 10 feet wide bounded by these wickets c : one innings of a batsman; specifically : one that is not completed or never begun <win by three wicket s >

4 : an arch or hoop in croquet

At the bank, I went up to the teller and made my transaction through the wicket.

“The turnkey laughed, and gave us good day, and stood laughing at us over the spikes of the wicket when we descended the steps into the street.” (Dickens 264)

RelaxedPolitics.com

. 20 Sept. 2008. Web. 18 Nov.

2009. <http://www.relaxedpolitics.com/?p=3017>.

"wicket." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 18 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wicket>

Noun

Trepidation

1. “Archaic: a tremulous motion: a tremor”

2. “Timorous uncertain agitation: apprehension”

3. “Synonym: Fear”

Megan Killilea :D

I felt trepidation waiting for the job interview with the company CEO.

“For some days, I kept close at home, and looked out the kitchen door with the greatest caution and trepidation before going on an errand, lest the officers of the county jail should pounce on me.” (93)

“trepidation." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.

2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 17 November 2009

<http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/trepidation>

A nervous boy giving a speech. Digital image. Dimdima.

Web. 17 Nov. 2009.

<http://dimdima.com/smartkids/show_smartkids.asp?q

_aid=41&q_title=Battling%20fear>

Nervous man. Digital image. Bob in Oz. 28 May

2009. Web. 17 Nov. 2009.

<http://www.bobinoz.com/blog/1415/moving-toaustralia-part-eleven/>

“ Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing ”

“The rhapsody welled up within me, like blood from an inward wound, and gushed out.” (450)

Chapter 44

The rhapsody overcame the students and everyone cheered on their favorite team.

Enthusiasm: A key hiring Requiremnet. Digital image. HR

Observations. Omega HR Solutions inc., 01 May 2008. Web. 10

Nov. 2009.

<http://omegahrsolutions.blogspot.com/2008/05/enthusiasmkey-hiring-requirement.html>.

"rhapsody." The Free On-line Dictionary of

Computing . Denis Howe. 17 Nov. 2009.

<Dictionary.com

http://dictionary.reference.com/br owse/rhapsody >.

Sarah Schellpeper

Jacob Kingma

Spectral

Adjective

Of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly

"Google Image Result for http://www.danscottart.com/Images/SpectralForce.jpg." Google Images . Web. 19 Nov. 2009.

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102&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dspectral%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den>.

"Spectral - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary." Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online . Web. 20

Nov. 2009. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spectral>.

Jared Levesque

Demeanor

"The time wi' Compeyson was a'most as hard a time as ever I had; that said, all's said. Did I tell you as I was tried, alone, for misdemeanor,

Noun

while with Compeyson?"

1. behavior toward others: outward manner

He had an awfully condescending demeanor when I spoke with him.

"demeanor." Merriam-Webster Online

Dictionary. 2009.Merriam-Webster Online.

17 November

2009 <http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/demeanor>

"Words of Wisdom from Mother Teresa&."

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<http://activesuccess.wordpress.com/2008/

11/10/mother_teresa/>.

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This left me no course but to regret that I had been “betrayed into a warmth which,” and on the whole to repudiate, as untenable, the idea that I was to be found anywhere. (310) http://dfafie.wordpress.com/2009/01/

Lee Stephens

Digital image. Freewebs.com. Web. 16 Nov. 2009.

<www.freewebs.com/the-swordfish/>.

Vestige

Digital image. Http://media.photobucket.com. Web. 16 Nov.

2009.

<http://media.photobucket.com/image/forensics%20hair/lucky

132000/lucky2/image-2.jpg>.

“A trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost

(2)

the smallest quantity or trace”

"vestige." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009.

Merriam-Webster Online. 18 November 2009

<http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vestige>

“Though every vestige of her dress was burnt, as they told me, she still had something of her old ghastly bridal appearance…” (405)

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