1. Vocabulary Set 9
English 2

2. Root: Moni
Comes from the Latin verb monere, “to warn” or “to scold.”

3. Admonish Definition: To warn or criticize mildly.
Sentence: The daydreaming student was admonished by the teacher, who told him to pay attention in the future.

4. Monitory Definition: Giving warning; cautionary.
Sentence: Through the fog they could hear the mournful, monitory note of the foghorn.

5. Monitor
Definition: To keep track of or watch, usually for a special reason.
Sentence: The North’s armored ship the Monitor was designed to monitor the South’s naval activities in the coastal waters.

6. Premonition
Definition: (1) A previous warning or notice; forewarning. (2) A feeling about an event or situation before it happens.
Sentence: The boy felt a premonition that his report card was not going to be great.

7. Root: Lud/Lus
Comes from the Latin verb ludere, “to play,” and ludum, “play” or “game.”

8. Allude Definition: To refer broadly or indirectly.
Sentence: She liked to allude constantly to her glamorous past without ever filling in the details.

9. Collusion
Definition: A secret agreement or conspiracy for an illegal or deceptive purpose.
Sentence: Cuban cigars have continued to be smoked in this country in spite of the embargo against them because of collusion between Cuban cigar makers and American smugglers.

10. Ludicrous
Definition: Laughable because of clear absurdity, falseness, or foolishness.
Sentence: At the rodeo, the ludicrous antics of the clown distract the angry bull and entertain the crowd.

11. Prelude
Definition: A performance, action, event, or piece of music that precedes and prepares for the more important thing that follows.
Sentence: The sound of a symphony orchestra tuning up is the prelude to a night of music.

12. Root: Ver
Comes from the Latin word for “truth.”

13. Aver Definition: To state positively as true; declare.
Sentence: The defendant averred that she was nowhere near the scene of the crime on the night in question.

14. Verify
Definition: (1) To prove to be true or correct. (2) To check or test the accuracy of.
Sentence: It is the bank teller’s job to verify the signature on a check.

15. Verisimilitude
Definition: (1) The appearance of the being true or probable. (2) The depiction of realism in art or literature.
Sentence: By the beginning of the 20th century, the leading European painters were losing interest in verisimilitude and beginning to experiment with abstraction.

16. Verity Definition: A true fact or statement.
Sentence: Ben Franklin’s statement that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” is held as verity by many.