Unit Three Vocabulary Week Five

bogus (adjective) counterfeit/unauthorized A customer at the market tried to pass me bogus money. .

breach (noun/verb) breaking of contract or duty fissure/crack Recently, Russian hackers were able to breach White House security.

buxom (adjective) plump/large bosom Joan wears tight sweaters to accentuate her buxom figure.

emissary (noun) agent/messenger The king sent an emissary to his adversary to negotiate a peace treaty.

habitual (adjective) routine/customary Mindy is a habitual nail-biter.

harried (adjective) harassed/bothered overwhelmed The harried writer worried about making his deadline.

opprobrious (adjective) despicable/disgraceful

The minutiae that ate my life. minutiae (noun) petty details The minutiae that ate my life. All of those little things - errands, forms, notes, crap - that seem to totally eat up your day. None of it is exciting and you can't quite believe that at the end of the day, you've nothing to show for it. "What did you do today, honey?"  "The bank, the carwash, the drycleaners, the drugstore, then back to the bank. It's so boring, I can't talk about it because I get depressed. It's the minutiae that ate my life."

unassuming (adjective) modest Firefighters are unassuming heroes.

unwitting (adjective) unintentional/unknowing Paul made an unwitting pun.