1. All vocab words

2. Word of the Day: shun
After she said something really mean, Mary’s friends shunned for the rest of the day.
Verb – to deliberately and persistently avoid, ignore, or reject
Syn: avoid, keep one’s distance

3. Word of the Day: etiquette
If you fail to show proper etiquette at a fancy restaurant, people were think you were raised by wolves.
Noun – conventional requirements for social behavior
Syn: manners, decorum

4. Word of the day: hirsute
I took my incredibly hirsute dog to the groomer and when I went to pick him up, he was shaved and clean.
Adj – hairy or shaggy

5. Word of the Day: infirm
Nowadays we have nursing homes, but in the old days families used to take care of their own elderly and infirm.
Adj - not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.
Syn: feeble, weak

6. WOTD: eradicate/ eradication
In 1958, with smallpox still killing two million people a year, the World Health Organization pledged to eradicate the disease.
Eradicate (verb), Eradication (noun) – to destroy completely.
Syn: eliminate, obliterate

7. Word of the day: inured
Raising three dramatic daughters will inure you to temper tantrums.
Verb - accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
To be inured – After years of being yelled at, I am inured to criticism.
Syn: harden, toughen

8. Word of the Day: rudimentary
Very few people have even a rudimentary knowledge of how their computer actually works.
Adj – basic or simple
Syn: fundamental, primary
Adj – relating to being immature or undeveloped, usually involving knowledge or skills
Syn: primitive, crude, unsophisticated

9. Word of the Day: Abhor
My grandfather always abhorred getting a new, young colleague because he felt they didn’t know anything. Abhor (verb) means to extremely hate or dislike someone or something. Syn: hatred, disgust, repulsion, scorn

10. Word of the Day: Lycanthropic
After being bitten by a huge wolf, Darren feared the lycanthropic curse.
Lycanthropic: Adj – the supposed magical transformation of a person into a wolf
Syn: werewolf

11. Word of the Day: Dislocation
After spending hours watching a movie about people surviving a blizzard, going outdoors into summer gave me a feeling of dislocation.
Noun – the state of being out of place