1. Words of the Day
Week 16 Semester 1

2. Words of the Day – Week 16 Monday, December 1, 2014
Advocate
Antipathy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: to promote
Sample Sentences: One author was refused permission to give a speech on campus because he advocates violence as a means of social reform.
Other forms: advocate (n.)
Pat of Speech: noun
Definition: a strong dislike
Sample Sentences: I can’t believe that my sister is going to marry Frank. Just a few months ago, she showed complete antipathy toward him.
Other forms: N/A

3. Words of the Day – Week 16 Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Emancipate
Idiosyncrasy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a personal habit
Sample Sentence: For as long as I’ve known Cara, she’s had the unusual idiosyncrasy of dressing only in black.
Other Forms: N/A
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to free
Sample Sentence: The salesman promised that this amazing machine- a vacuum cleaner, floor polisher, and carpet shampooer in one- would emancipate us from hours of backbreaking housework.
Other Forms: emancipative (adj.), emancipator (n.)

4. Words of the Day – Week 16 Wednesday, December 3 , 2014
Imminent
Impede
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: likely to occur soon
Sample Sentences: We canceled the picnic because a thunderstorm seemed imminent.
Other forms: imminently (adv.)
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to slow down
Sample Sentences: Muddy roads impeded the progress of the trucks bringing food to the refugees.
Other Forms: impeder (n.), impedingly (adv.)

5. Words of the Day – Week 16 Thursday, December 4, 2014
Inclusive
Jurisdiction
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: complete
Sample Sentence: The cost of the vacation package was inclusive, covering our airfare and all hotels meals, and tours.
Other forms: inclusively (adv.), inclusiveness (n.)
Part of speech: noun
Definition: authority, control
Sample Sentence: The United States has no jurisdiction over foreign embassies on American soil; those embassies are under the authority of their own governments.
Other Forms: jurisdictional (adj.), jurisdictive (adj.), jurisdictionally (adv.)

6. Words of the Day – Week 16 Friday, December 5, 2014
Precarious
Preposterous
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: unsafe
Sample Sentence: The icy roads made travel precarious.
Other forms: precariously (adv.), precariousness (n.)
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: ridiculous
Sample Sentence: Louis always comes up with preposterous get-rich-quick schemes. Now he wants to open a doughnut shop in Antarctica.
Other Forms: preposterously (adv.), preposterousness (n.)