Word List #14
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1. Anneal: to toughen by heating and cooling
• “The blacksmith annealed the metal before pounding it into shape.”
2. Chiaroscuro: pictorial use of light and shade
• “The artist used chiaroscuro in his outline of the city.”
3. Crescendo: with increasing loudness; peak of intensity
• “The song reached a crescendo before crashing to an end.”
4. Dory: flat-bottomed boat
• The fishermen moved to the center of the lake in a small motorized dory.
5. Garrote: execute by strangling
• “In a fit of rage, Giles Corey attempted to garrote Mr. Putnam in the courtroom.”
6. Ingratiate: to win favor for
• “The servant ingratiated himself by bowing to his master.”
7. Junto: Group of political plotters
• “The hijackers from 9/11 were a junto with terrorist motives.”
8. Levy: 1. impose; wage; 2. conscription
• “The US levied war against Iraq in response to the 9/11 attacks.”
• “Troops were last levied into service during the Vietnam War.”
9. Nadir: lowest point
• “My parents’ divorce was the nadir of my life.”
10. Nihilism: rejection of all established beliefs
• “The characters in Fight Club exhibit nihilistic beliefs.”
11. Permeate: spread through
• Attitudes, whether positive or negative, are contagious. They will permeate throughout a group.”
12. Prelate: high dignitary
• “Prelates from the warring nations held peace talks.”
13. Redundant: not needed
• “Sentences with double negatives have redundant words.”
• You shouldn’t never use them.
14. Sanguine: 1. cheerful; 2. ruddy
• “The happy child had a sanguine personality.”
• “The cold weather gives me a sanguine complexion.”
15. Splenetic: Easily irritated
• “When I’m stressed, I quickly become splenetic.”
16. Tautology: needless repetition of ideas
• “When I run out of ideas in my essay, it becomes a tautology.”
17. Unmitigated: Absolute
• “The tornado’s unmitigated destruction devastated the town.”
Assignment
• Show mastery of each vocabulary word by writing a sentence that demonstrates its meaning.
• Underline the vocabulary word in the
sentence.
• Skip lines between sentences.