In-class notes

Al Gore concedes presidential election of 2000

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKlcQ_HiD4)

YOLO!

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INSr0cfZYbQ)

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arch- chief, principal; extreme, ultra; early, primitive

example: archon, archenemy, archfiend

com- with, together

example: compose, compact, combine

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1100 Words You Need to Know       week4-6

alacrity- liveliness, briskness; eagerness 

disdain(n.)- scorn

disdain to do something

belligerent- wishing to fight or argue

bellicose- warlike

feint- to pretend to move

pugnacious- wanting to start an argument or fight, or expressing an argument or opinion very forcefully

promulgate- to spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people

pro- forth

scoff- make fun of, mock,

belittle- to make small

be-thoroughly, completely; to make, cause seem; to provide with; at, on, to, for

little-to lessen, decrease, become little or less, diminish; shorten; fall out of use

laceration- cut

castigate- to correct, set right; purify; chastise, punish

caste- pure

act- to do

sordid- dirty

solace- comfort

aspirant- someone who very much wants to achieve something

frenzy- delirium, insanity

scurrilous- using such language as only the license of a buffoon can warrant

rampant- something bad getting worse quickly

inane- extremely silly, stupid

concur- to agree with

cur-currere-curent- to run

clandestine- secret, hidden

flagrant- glaringly bad

admonish- to tell someone that they have done something wrong

ad- to, toward

duress- threats

culprit- the guilty person

egregious- extremely bad

ex- out of, from

distraught- extremely worried

acrimonious- full of anger

paucity- fewness, a small number

elicit- draw out

pernicious- having a harmful effect

per- through

construe- to relate grammatically

impunity- freedom from punishment

im/in- not, opposite; into, in, on

affluent- rich

sally(v.)- suddenly rush forth

consternation- a feeling of worry

precocious- getting maturity early

perfunctory- done without care

deride- mock

disparage- look down

laudable- actions are deserving praise 

perverse- contrary

fiasco- a failure

masticate- chew

eschew- avoid

quell- to kill, murder

voluble- speaking a lot, talkative 

confidant- a person you trust very much

obsolescence- the quality of being obsolete

dubious- thought not to be completely true or not able to be trusted