Vocabulary list 6 Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example Sentences.
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Vocabulary list 6Definitions, Parts of Speech, and Example
Sentences
To Expropriate (verb)
DEF: To deprive of possessions or property rights. To
distribute someone’s possessions to others.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Expropriated, adjective
Expropriation, noun
EX. SENTENCE: Capitalists were shot, and their land
expropriated to the state during the revolution.
Stratified (adj)
DEF: Arranged in layers.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Stratification, noun
Stratify, verb
EX. SENTENCE: The society is stratified, and very
rigidly stratified, on what at first appear to be hereditary
lines.
Feral (adj)
DEF: Wild and menacing
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
EX. SENTENCE: One minute more, and the feral roars of
rage were again bursting from the crowd.
Hierarchical (adj)
DEF: Classified according to various criteria into levels or layers.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Hierarchy, noun
Hierarchically, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: After the revolution, The Party arranged society
hierarchically, keeping power in the hands of a few who rule over
a majority.
Febrile (adj)
DEF: Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.
Having or showing a great deal of nervous
excitement or energy.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
EX. SENTENCE: Late at night, when crowds of rowdy
proles roamed the streets, the town had a curiously febrile
air.
To Disseminate (Verb)
DEF: To spread about
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Dissemination, noun
Disseminated, adj.
EX. SENTENCES: The internet allows us to disseminate
information faster and to more remote areas of the world
than ever before.
Fecundity (noun)
DEF: The quality of being fertile; capable of producing
offspring.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Fecund, adj.
EX. SENTENCE: The continuation of the party depends on
the fecundity of its members, on their ability to produce
offspring who will become loyal party members.
To Deprecate (Verb)
DEF: To express strong disapproval of. To criticize or to put
down.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Deprecatory, adj.
Deprecatorily, adv.
EX. SENTENCE: Movie critics tried to outdo one another in
deprecating the comedy as the stupidest movie of the year.
Titular (adj)
DEF: Relating to the title of something; existing in title
only, but not requiring any of the duties, functions, or
responsibilities of an office.
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Oceania has no capital, and its
titular head is a person whose whereabouts nobody knows
and whom no one can remember ever remembering seeing.
Fatuous (adj)
DEF: Devoid of intelligence
RELATED PARTS OF SPEECH:
Fatuousness, noun
Fatuously, adverb
EX. SENTENCE: Because of his stupidity, Parsons is
known for his fatuous comments and his overly eager
physicality.
