Communications Vocabulary

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week vocabulary

2/1/2010 vex, vexation

awards speeches dovetail

POST

SCRIPT

broach

voluble

suave

enunciation

2/8/2010 congruent

nonverbal comm incongruent

cognitive

IN-/IM-/IR-...

CON/COM-

2/15/2010 AmbiguousTannen article Ambivalent

Condescend

AMBI-/AMPHI-

2/22/2010 Adversarial

Waive

Vest

AD-/A-/AS-...

rapport

inherent

candor

HERE (HAERERE)

3/1/2010 antipathylivery

languid

PATHOS

3/8/2010 abide

impertinent

coax

treacle

3/22/2010 warrant

surreal

quadrille

3/29/2010 parse

query

4/19/2010 demure

lithe

chortle

gyre

4/26/2010 levity

proletarian

doppelganger

futile

prudent

portmanteau, -eaus,-eaux



impudent

myriad

5/17/2010 contemptuously

ingenious

GEN

truculent

umbrage

serendipity

querulous



definition

(v) to annoy, anger; (n) an annoyance

(v) to join harmoniously

(root) after

(root) write

(v) to bring up a topic for the first time

(adj) extremely talkative; fluent

(adj) smoothly agreeable & polite

(n) speaking clearly & concisely

(adj) agreeing; accordant; congruous

(adj) not congruent

(adj) having to do with knowing & perceiving

(prefix) not [incomplete, incompetent, irrelevant...]

(prefix) with, together, in association

(adj) Having two or more possible meanings; not clear; vague(adj) Having simultaneous conflicting feelings

(v) To regard as lower; deal w/ others as beneath one’s dignity

(prefix) BOTH [ambidextrous, amphibian...]

(adj) Characterized by opposition or disagreement

(v) To give up or forego

(v) To put a person in control of (as a power or authority)

(prefix) to, at [advance, adhere, advise, adapt, addict, assume, etc]

(n) A relationship, esp. one that is close

(adj) Existing in someone or something as a natural quality

(n) Sharp, blunt honesty and frankness in expressing oneself

(root) cling, stick to [adhere, inherent, adhesive, etc]

(n) a natural, basic, or habitual repugnance; aversion(n) a uniform worn by servants; distinctive attire worn by an official

(adj) lacking in vigor; indifferent; drooping from weakness or fatigue

(root) feeling, suffering [empathy, sympathy, pathology, pathetic...]

(v.i.) to remain, reside, continue; (v.t.) to tolerate (abide by) commit to

(adj) intrusive, insolently rude; irrelevent

(v) to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion & flattery

(n) molasses, syrup

(v) to justify (n) a statement of justification

(adj) dreamlike, strange, random, fantastic, as in art or literature, or

(n) a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements; music for this dance

(v) To examine closely or subject to detailed analysis, especially by breaking up into components

(n) a traveling case or bag that opens in two halves; "two meanings packed up into one word" (smoke + fog = smog)

(n) question (v) to question someone, to ask about something

(adj.) quiet, modest, reserved (Though everyone else at the party was dancing and going crazy, she remained demure.)

(adj.) graceful, flexible, supple (Although the dancers were all outstanding, Jae Sun’s control of her lithe body was particul

(n) a snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle. (v) to chuckle gleefully

(n) a ring or circle; a circular motion; a circular current in the ocean

(n) lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.

(n) a member of the working class (adj) pertaining to the lowest economic class

(n) a ghostly counterpart of a person; a ghostly double of a living person. 2) an alter ego

(adj) ineffective, useless

(adj) wisely cautious



(adj) boldly rude, insolent, impertinent

(n) a great many (adj) innumerable, infinite

(adv) in a manner showing or expressing disdain; scornfully, arrogantly

(adj) clever, resourceful, inventive [ingenuity (n)]

(root) that which produces [genesis, generate, genius, genitor, genes, genus, gender, genital, congenital...]

(adj) ready to fight; cruel

(n.) resentment, offense [used most often with "to take___at" as in "I took umbrage at his insults"]

(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them

(adj.) whiny, complaining



adv. vocabulary definition

PEDO/PAED/PED child

aplomb (n) Complete self confidence and poise

stilted (adj) artificially stiff

metacognition (n) thinking about thinking

META after, along with, beyond, among, behind [metaphysics, metamorphosis, etc]

PARA by the side of, beside, by, past, to one side [parasite, paranormal, paralegal]

mendacious (adj) lying (habitually), dishonest, untruthful

VERT/VERS to turn [convert, converse, reverse, advertise, divert, etc]

usurpation (n) seizing and holding by force or without legal right

deride (v) to laugh at with scorn or contempt; to mock, (n) derision

RID/RIS (root) laugh [ridicule, risible, ridiculous...]

risible (adj) given to laughter; laughable

fallacious (adj) logically unsound (a fallacious argument); deceptive, misleading

(root) trust, faith [confide, fidelity, fiduciary,

Sisyphean (adj) Endlessly laborious and fruitless.

FID/FI



taciturn (adj.) not inclined to talk [ANT: voluble]

tirade (n.) a long speech marked by harsh or biting language

odious (adj.) instilling hatred or intense displeasure



word forms

mendacity (n)

usurp (v)



Though Jane never seems to stop talking, her brother is quite taciturn.

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