1. Vocabulary Week of October 10-14, 2011
The Hero’s Journey
Vocabulary Week of October 10-14, 2011

2. Altruism (N) putting others first; being self sacrificing
Caldron (N) a huge cooking pot
Deplore (V) to regret
Exculpate (V) free someone from blame;
pardon
Illusory ( Adj) deceptive; false; misleading

3. Lobbyist (N) person who tries to persuade
someone to support a program
Onus (N) burden
Precarious (Adj) unstable; risky
Sagacious (Adj) wise
Trepidation (N) fear

4. Prefix: ject means to throw
Project (V) stick out; direct image onto a surface
Eject (V) push something out with force
Deject (V) discourage; depress; make unhappy
Interject (V) interrupt with a comment
Subject (V) give somebody an unpleasant experiencesubmit something to treatment