Vocabulary

Unit 7A

Adieu

• (int.) “farewell” (good-bye)

• Hint: there was much to do before they would say adieu

Sentence

• When our old friends left for France they said, “Adieu.”

Advent

• (n.) an arrival; a coming into place or view

• Hint: an advent calendar awaits the coming of Christmas

Sentence

• The advent of winter is marked by the leaves falling, the birds’ migrating, and shortened daylight.

Apex

• (n.) the highest point, tip

• Hint: apex = a peak

Sentence

• At the apex of his career Andre Agassi was considered unstoppable on the tennis courts.

Assimilate

• (v.) to absorb, or adapt fully or make one’s own

• Hint: Absorb Something So Its Mine now (ASSIM)

Sentence

• Immigrants may take years to assimilate the language and culture of their adopted country.

Bogus

• (adj.) false, counterfeit

• Hint: Hocus Pocus are pretend words, bogus is pretend or fake objects.

Sentence

• The bogus excuse he gave was obviously a lie but at least it was creative.

Exorbitant

• (adj.) unreasonably high; excessive

• Hint: Prefix “ex” means out of, the word exORBITant can be though of as “out of orbit” or unreachable

Sentence

• The house the real estate agent showed us was beautiful but the price was exorbitant.

Interim

• (n.) the time between; (adj.) temporary, coming between two points in time

• Hint: the prefix “inter” means between (as in international), remember interim as the “inter”-time or between time

Sentence

• (n.) The interim between taking a lab test and getting results can seem to last forever.

• (adj.) Our interim teacher did an excellent job filling in while Mrs. Smith was on maternity leave.

Inundate

• (v.) to flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size

• Hint: “in under a flood”

Sentence

• During your first week of high school it can seem as if you are being inundated with information from all directions.

Malign

• (v.) to speak evil of, slander

• Hint: “mal” means bad in Spanish or in such words as malignant

Sentence

• If you malign someone and put it in print you can be accused of libel and sued in court.

Meander

• (v.) to wander about, wind about

• Hint: “Me and her wander around”

Sentence

• After dinner I love to meander through the neighborhood and look at the beautiful gardens.