Vocabulary – Cur. AVocabulary – Cur. A

Week 4

Canard Canard

 noun  \kə-ˈnärd also -ˈnär\

:  a false or unfounded report or story; especially :  a fabricated

report

Canard Canard

:  a false or unfounded

report or story; especially :

  a fabricated report

Bourgeois Bourgeois

 adjective  \ˈbüzh-ˌwä\

:of, relating to, or characteristic of the social

middle class

Bourgeois Bourgeois

:of, relating to, or characteristic

of the social middle class

Camaraderie Camaraderie

noun  \ˌkäm-ˈrä-d(ə-)rē\

: a spirit of friendly

good-fellowship

Camaraderie Camaraderie

: a spirit of friendly

good-fellowship

Déjà vu Déjà vu

Noun  \ˌdā-ˌzhä-ˈvü, -ˈvue\

: the feeling that you have already experienced

something that is actually happening for the first time

Déjà` vuDéjà` vu

: the feeling that you have already experienced

something that is actually happening

for the first time

Dilettante Dilettante

   noun  \ˈdi-lə-ˌtänt, -ˌtant; ˌdi-lə-ˈ\

: a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very

deep or serious

: a person whose interest in an art or

in an area of knowledge is not

very deep or serious

Dilettante Dilettante

Observe Joey’s interest in foreign language. Is he a

dilettante?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwzvtjeYBQ

Heresy Heresy

noun  \ˈher-ə-sē, ˈhe-rə-\

: a belief or opinion that does not agree with the official belief or opinion of a particular religion

Heresy Heresy

: a belief or opinion that does not agree with the

official belief or opinion of a

particular religion

Litany Litany

  noun  \ˈli-tə-nē, ˈlit-nē\

: a long list of complaints, problems, etc.

Litany Litany

: a long list of complaints,

problems, etc.

Mantra Mantra

noun  \ˈmän-trə\ 

: a sound, word, or phrase that is repeated by someone who is praying or meditating

Mantra Mantra

: a sound, word, or phrase that is repeated by

someone who is praying or meditating

Nirvana Nirvana

noun, often capitalized  \nir-ˈvä-nə,\ 

: a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality;

also : bliss, heaven

Nirvana Nirvana

: a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality; also : bliss, heaven

Not these guys

But this

NeutralizeNeutralize

 verb  \ˈnü-trə-ˌlīz, ˈnyü-\

: to stop (someone or something) from being

effective or harmful

NeutralizeNeutralize

: to stop (someone or something) from being effective or

harmful

Ostracize Ostracize

  transitive verb  \-ˌsīz\

: to not allow (someone) to be included in a group : to exclude

(someone) from a group

Ostracize Ostracize

: to not allow (someone) to

be included in a group : to exclude

(someone) from a group

It starts with this

and ends like this

SpartanSpartan

noun  \ˈspär-tən\

:  a person of great courage and self-discipline

SpartanSpartan

:  a person of great courage and

self-discipline

Tryst Tryst

  noun  \ˈtrist, especially British\

:  an appointed meeting or

meeting place

Tryst Tryst

:  an appointed meeting or

meeting place

PompousPompous

 adjective  \ˈpäm-pəs\

: having or showing the attitude of people who speak and behave in a very formal and serious way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more

important than other people

PompousPompous

: having or showing the attitude of people who speak and behave in a very formal and serious way because they believe that they are better, smarter, or more

important than other people

Sporadic Sporadic

  adjective  \spə-ˈra-dik\

: happening often but not regularly

: not constant or steady

Sporadic Sporadic

: happening often but not regularly :

not constant or steady