Villanova Vocab Unit 10
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Villanova Section 7 Class of 2015
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Halcyon | 1. Calm, peaceful, and pleasant. 2. Adjective 3. I enjoyed the * scene by the lake; the birds cooing reminded me of a beautiful time long past. 4. * is often somewhat nostalgic. |
| Sadistic | 1. Enjoying the pain of others. 2. Adjective 3. Big Nurse may be *. She seems to love it when the occupants of the ward suffer. 4. * is... CRUEL! |
| Matriarchy | 1. A hierarchy dominated by women. 2. Noun 3. The ward is a *, ruled by Big Nurse and other females. 4. * is the woman equivalent of patriarchy. |
| Notorious | 1. Infamous, known for bad reasons. 2. Adjective 3. Hitler and Stalin are *; they are well known for their cruel deeds. 4. *=Infamous |
| Braggart | 1. An arrogant person. 2. Noun 3. He was such a(n) * and constantly talked about his accomplishments. 4. *=Arrogant. |
| Bedlam | 1. Insulting term for an insane asylum. 2. Noun. 3. It would be quite cruel to call the ward a(n) "*." 4. * is pejorative. The definition we are using is chaotic, out of order, crazy... |
| Plattitude | 1. A trite and corny remark. 2. Noun. 3. Comedians who merely spout out *s will not become popular; everyone will be tired of their jokes upon first hearing them! 4. * is BORING. |
| Gripe | 1. To complain naggingly, a complaint 2. Verb, Noun 3. McMurphy's * about not being able to watch the World Series is completely ignored by the ward; they ignore his complaint. 4. * is a complaint. |
| Prototype | 1. A quintessential example, or the first model or product. Later products are based of it. 2. Noun 3. Before an inventor patents his invention, he often will make a *, a first copy, to see if the invention works. 4. * is the first copy, or typical example. |
| Ornery | 1. Irritable, uncooperative, unpleasant 2. Adjective 3. His * disposition led to very few friendships; no one wanted to be near someone so irritable. 4. * is not a thing you want to be! |
| Maudlin | 1. Sentimental, weakly emotional, self-pitying 2. Adjective. 3. His * manner made the audience cry. They too felt those hard feelings. 4. * may or may not be insincere... it depends. Involves self-pity. |
| Giddy | 1. Not serious; light-headed or dizzy. 2. Adjective. 3. Often alcohol makes people very *; they are quite light-headed and feel their head is spinning. 4. * often does have to do with alcohol. |
| Bile | 1. A substance in the liver used to break down fat, or anger. 2. Noun. 3. * is quite bitter due to its alkalinity, which allows it to break down the weakly acidic fat in the liver. 4. * can also mean anger. |
| Hovel | 1. Shack or slum house, or just sham place 2. Noun 3. The disgusting town was full of *s; the dilapdiated residences were disgusting and definitely did not contribute to the overall appearance. 4. * is negative. |
| Belligerent | 1. Fighting party in a conflict; Quarrelsome. 2. Noun; Adjective. 3. The Union and the Confederacy were the two *s in the Civil War, and fought one another extensively. 4. * is sometimes millitary, and sometimes, say, a person's manner. |
| Gaff | 1. Stick with a hook, or a large iron hook. 2. Noun. 3. They used the gaff because the hook on the end could catch the fish. 4. Let's use THE IRON HOOK. |
| Jetty | 1. A pier; A breakwater to defend land. 2. Noun. 3. The city would have been flooded by the hurricane, had it not been for the * in front of it, which stopped the flow of water. 4. * can be both a pier and a breakwater. Which one are we using? Both seem fine. |
| Ramshackle | 1. Dilapidated, in need of serious repair, shoddy. 2. Adjective. 3. The * hovel was in such a terrible state that it would take 100 men 100 years to fix it! 4. * is quite negative. |
| Lobotomy | 1. A surgery used on emotionally or mentally ill patients that removes nerves connecting their frontal lobe to emotion-controlling areas of the brain. 2. Noun. 3. *(pl.) often have unintended side effects; what may be intended to help a patient overcome depression can stifle their personality due to this cutting off of the emotional areas of the brain from the frontal lobe. 4. *(plural again) are no longer common. |
| Bellicose | 1. Belligerent. 2. Adjective. 3. Do not be so * and pick fights so often. Why are you so eager for conflict? 4. * is pretty negative. |
| Anachronism | 1. A temporal inconsistency. 2. Noun. 3. A picture of George Washington using a computer would be an *. 4. The word has a pretty specific meaning- inconsistency in time. |
| Chronic | 1. Long-lasting and recurring. 2. Adjective. 3. The patients on the ward with mental problems are often simply called just, "s." 4. * often refers to a disease. |
| Chronological | 1. In the order in which something occurred. 2. Adjective. 3. Please sort your timeline in * order; I do not want the year 1900 to the left of 1890! 4. * often refers to a timeline or something else similar; it is temporal order. |
| Synchronous | 1. Simultaneous, at the same time. 2. Adjective. 3. I opened the door at exactly the same time he closed the other door; the two events were *. 4. The word is a synonym for simultaneous. |
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