Post on 01-Apr-2015
Aegis – (n) protection; patronage
*** aEGiS – egg shell protects egg
Apprise – (v) inform; notify
***advise
Bibulous – (adj) fond of drinking; inebrious
*** bebir = to drink in Spanish
Claque – (n) fan club; people hired to applaud
***a claque would clap for their team
Deracinate – (v) uproot; eliminate all traces of; eradicate
***eliminate, eradicate
Eleemosynary – (adj) charitable; philanthropic
*** charity
Indigenous- (adj) originating in the nation where found; native; inborn
*** “in the genes”
Lachrymose – (adj) given to tears; mournful; tearful
*** morose
Lexicon – (n) – dictionary of a language; glossary; wordbook
*** language
Melee – (n) confused struggle; violent free-for-all; brawl; scuffle
*** “Hey, Hey! Stop that MELEE!”
Microcosm – (n) a miniature world; model of larger system
*** microscopic cosmos
Miniscule – (adj) very small, tiny(n) lowercase letter
*** miniature
Obfuscate – (v) to darken; to confuse or bewilder
*** to obscure
Paternalism – (n) policy of treating or governing as a father does with his
children
*** paternity
Polarize – (v) to cause to concentrate around two conflicting
positions; divide; alienate
*** be positioned at opposite poles
Purview – (n) range or scope of something; jurisdiction
*** be in view
Sanguine – (adj) having a ruddy complexion; cheerful; flushed; rosy
*** when we win my face is sanguine!
Solecism – (n) ungrammatical usage; misusage; blunder; faux pas
*** don’t sing a SOLO if you have a bad voice!
Vassal – (n) a subordinate or dependent; a servant (adj) subservient
*** my vassal cleans my castle
Verisimilitude – (n) quality of appearing to be true; realism;
lifelikeness
*** very true to similar to