Week of – 11.14

 Noun  Greed  Insatiable desire for wealth; extreme greed for material wealth  Some lottery winners are choked with avarice, hoarding all of their money for themselves, while others are very generous with their winnings, donating much of it to various charities.

 Adjective  Extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life  Poor enough to need help from others  Examples: destitute, impoverished, needy, poverty-stricken, poor  Dylan felt so sorry for the indigent woman, who was sitting on the corner of Dairy Ashford and Memorial in the middle of a thunderstorm, holding a sign that read, “Anything helps.”

 Noun  The act of moving forward  A line or group of people moving together in a deliberate way  Related words: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression  A procession of mimes walking through the streets of your town would be surprising and somewhat terrifying.  You’re most likely to see a procession during some kind of ceremony, parade or festival.

 Noun  Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants  Related words: alcohol, alcoholic beverage  Edward drank a pulque that his uncle made during his vacation in Mexico.

 Noun  The light from heat (physically or emotionally)  Related words: glow  A fireplace adds a warm incandescence to a house in the winter.  If someone has a thousand-watt smile, that’s incandescence.

 Noun  A soft material used for treating a wound, infection, rash, or inflammation  A mushy, sticky bandage  Medicant to the body  Jamie had developed a major rash on her right arm, and her mom suggested creating a poultice of seaweed and butter to aid in the healing process.

 Adjective  Flowing, up-and-down movement like the motion of waves  It was mountainous terrain with undulating hills near the nearby village.

 Adjective  Having a knack for saying the right thing at the right time  Appropriate and sensitive; NEVER rude and careless  Related words: considerate  Carrie was very tactful when talking to her friend Holly about her party. She didn’t tell her the food was awful, rather, she talked about how great the music was.

 Verb  To die down or become less violent  Like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed  To settle down  The violent and choppy waves subsided after the category 5 hurricane. They were so calm that it was as if the storm had never even happened.

 Noun  A slow or gradual disappearance  Related words: fadeout  As men grow older, they typically experience a receding hairline as part of the unfortunate male pattern baldness.  My memories of my grandmother were receding day by day, but I still felt the pain of losing her.

 Adjective  Noticeable  Noticed by the mind or senses  A flavor you can taste, a sound you can hear  The scent of the freshly baked vanilla macaroons from the bakery on the corner was a very perceptible odor.  Despite the doctor’s best efforts to cure the illness, there was no perceptible improvement in the patient’s condition.

 Adverb  Accomplished with style and skill  Cleverness or wit  Something done easily and well  Mary impressed her friends when she grabbed three grapefruits, juggled them deftly, and returned them to their bowl, all while carrying on a conversation.