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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.