1. It’s Vocab Time!

2. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Adept
(adj.) thoroughly skilled
(n.) an expert

3. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Adept – L. adeptus "having reached, attained," pp. of adipisci "to attain to, acquire," from ad- "to" + apisci "grasp, attain," related to aptus "fitted." Noun meaning "one who is skilled in the secrets of anything" is from a M.L. use in alchemy.

4. Winning a Grammy is proof that a musician is adept.
Adept Mnemonic
Winning a Grammy is proof that a musician is adept.

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Aspire
(v.) to have ambitious hopes or plans, strive toward a higher goal, desire earnestly; to ascend

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Aspire – O.Fr. aspirer "aspire to, inspire," from L. aspirare "to breathe upon," also "to seek to reach," from ad- "to" + spirare "to breathe"

7. Some athletes aspire to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
Aspire Mnemonic
Some athletes aspire to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

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Bleak
(adj.) bare, dreary, dismal

9. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Bleak – O.N. bleikr "pale. The same Gmc. root produced the O.E. blac "pale," but this died out, probably from confusion with blæc "black;" but bleikr persisted, with a sense of "bare" as well as "pale."

10. Bleak Mnemonic
Global warming predictions are bleak unless humans change their behaviors.

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Chide
(v.) to blame; scold

12. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Chide – Middle English, from Old English cidan “to quarrel,” chide, from cid strife

13. The Supernanny chides naughty children and their parents.
Chide Mnemonic
The Supernanny chides naughty children and their parents.

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Despicable
(adj.) worthy of scorn, contemptible

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Despicable – L.L. despicabilis, from L. despicari "look down on," from de- "down" + variant of specere "to look"

16. becomes angry with someone, he says, “You’re despicable!”
Despicable Mnemonic
When Daffy Duck
becomes angry with someone, he says, “You’re despicable!”

17. Don’t forget your words!

18. It’s Vocab Time!

19. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Diminutive
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type

20. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Diminutive – O.Fr. diminutif (fem. diminutive), from L. diminutivum, from deminuere "break into small pieces," variant of deminuere "lessen, diminish," from de- "completely" + minuere "make small."

21. The munchkins are diminutive people in the movie, “The Wizard of Oz.”
Diminutive Mnemonic
The munchkins are diminutive people in the movie, “The Wizard of Oz.”

22. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Emancipate
(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate

23. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Emancipate – L. emancipatus, pp. of emancipare "declare (someone) free, give up one's authority over," in Roman law, the freeing of a son or wife from the legal authority (patria potestas) of the pater familias, to make his or her own way in the world; from ex- "out, away" + mancipare "deliver, transfer or sell," from mancipum "ownership," from manus "hand" + capere "take.”

24. Emancipate Mnemonic
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation gave freedom to all slaves in the United States.

25. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Erroneous
(adj.) incorrect, containing mistakes

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Erroneous – L. erroneus "vagrant, wandering," from erronem (nom. erro) "vagabond," from errare "to wander, err"

27. It is erroneous to believe that smoking is not deadly.
Erroneous Mnemonic
It is erroneous to believe that smoking
is not deadly.

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Exploit
(v.) to make use of, develop; to make improper use of for personal profit
(n.) a feat, deed

29. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Exploit – O.Fr. esploit, a very common v., used in senses of "action, deed, profit, achievement," from L. explicitum "a thing settled, ended, displayed," neut. of explicitus, pp. of explicare "unfold" The v. (M.E. espleiten, esploiten) meant “to accomplish.”

30. Exploit Mnemonic
Dateline’s show, “To Catch a Predator” uses a decoy to catch predators who try to exploit teenagers.

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Extemporaneous
(adj.) made or delivered on the spur of the moment

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Extemporaneous – L.L. extemporaneus, from L. ex tempore "offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment," from ex- "out of" + tempore, abl. of tempus (gen. temporis) "time."

33. Extemporaneous Mnemonic
Getting married in Vegas probably should not be an
extemporaneous decision.

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35. It’s Vocab Time!

36. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Impair
(v.) to make imperfect, damage, harm

37. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Impair – O.Fr. empeirier, from V.L. *impejorare "make worse," from L. in- "into" + L.L. pejorare "make worse," from pejor "worse."

38. Drugs and alcohol impair a person’s judgment, mmm kay.
Impair Mnemonic
Drugs and alcohol impair a person’s judgment, mmm kay.

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Invincible
(adj.) not able to be defeated, unbeatable

40. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Invincible – L. invincibilis "unconquerable," from in- "not" + vincibilis "conquerable."

41. Superman is invincible to everything except kryptonite.
Invincible Mnemonic
Superman is invincible to everything except kryptonite.

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Languid
(adj.) drooping; without energy, sluggish

43. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Languid – L. languidus "faint, listless," from languere "be weak or faint," from PIE base *(s)leg- "to be slack"

44. Languid Mnemonic Being languid in a
hammock is acceptable; being languid in class is not.

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Mire
(n.) mud; wet, swampy ground; a tough situation
(v.) to get stuck

46. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Mire – O.N. myrr "bog, swamp," cognate with O.E. mos "bog"

47. It is easy to become mired in the mud while off-roading.
Mire Mnemonic
It is easy to become mired in the mud while off-roading.

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Obtrusive
(adj.) forward; undesirably prominent; thrust out

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Obtrusive – L. obtrusus, past participle of obtrudere "thrust into, press upon," from ob "toward" + trudere "to thrust," from PIE base *treud- "to squeeze"

50. Dumbo was born with obtrusive ears.
Obtrusive Mnemonic
Dumbo was born with obtrusive ears.

51. Don’t forget your words!

52. It’s Vocab Time!

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Preamble
(n.) an introduction to a speech or a piece of writing

54. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Preamble – O.Fr. preambule (13c.), from M.L. preambulum, neut. adj. used as a noun, properly "preliminary," from L.L. præambulus "walking before," from L. præ- "before" + ambulare “to walk”

55. Preamble Mnemonic
The preamble to the United States Constitution has been in operation since 1789.

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Render
(v.) to cause to become; to perform; to deliver officially; to process, extract

57. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Render – O.Fr. rendre "give back, present, yield," from V.L. *rendere (formed on analogy of its antonym, prendre "to take"), from L. reddere "give back, return, restore," from re- "back" + comb. form of dare "to give"

58. Being fired rendered Amy to lose her self-control.
Render Mnemonic
Being fired rendered Amy to lose her self-control.

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Rugged
(adj.) rough, irregular; sever, stern; strong; stormy

60. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Rugged – (originally of animals), from O.N. rogg "shaggy tuft" probably related to rag and perhaps also rough. Sense evolved to "coverlet, wrap" (1591), then "mat for the floor" (1808)

61. Many women consider Viggo Mortensen to be a ruggedly handsome actor.
Rugged Mnemonic
Many women consider Viggo Mortensen to be a ruggedly handsome actor.

62. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Skeptical
(adj.) inclined to doubt; slow to accept something as true

63. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Skeptical – Fr. sceptique, from L. scepticus, from Gk. skeptikos (pl. Skeptikoi "the Skeptics"), lit. "inquiring, reflective," the name taken by the disciples of the Gk. philosopher Pyrrho (c.360-c.270 B.C.E.), from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view." The extended sense of "one with a doubting attitude" first recorded 1615.

64. Skeptical Mnemonic
Tom was skeptical when he received an saying that he had won a lottery in Nigeria.

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Slipshod
(adj.) untidy in dress, personal habits, etc; careless, sloppy

66. Vocabulary Workshop, Level D Etymologies: Unit 10
Slipshod – from slip (v.), M.L.G. slippen "to glide, slide," from P.Gmc. *slipanan, from PIE *sleib- "slimy, slippery," from base *(s)lei- "slimy, sticky, slippery." + shod "wearing shoes."

67. The movie “Gigli” is an example of slipshod work.
Slipshod Mnemonic
The movie “Gigli” is an example of slipshod work.

68. Don’t forget your words!