1. Week of 11.10 – 11.14

2.  Noun  Greed  Insatiable desire for wealth; extreme greed for material wealth  Some lottery winners are choked with avarice, hoarding all of their money for themselves, while others are very generous with their winnings, donating much of it to various charities.

3.  Adjective  Extremely poor, lacking the basic resources of a normal life  Poor enough to need help from others  Examples: destitute, impoverished, needy, poverty-stricken, poor  Dylan felt so sorry for the indigent woman, who was sitting on the corner of Dairy Ashford and Memorial in the middle of a thunderstorm, holding a sign that read, “Anything helps.”

4.  Noun  The act of moving forward  A line or group of people moving together in a deliberate way  Related words: advancement, forward motion, onward motion, progress, progression  A procession of mimes walking through the streets of your town would be surprising and somewhat terrifying.  You’re most likely to see a procession during some kind of ceremony, parade or festival.

5.  Noun  Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants  Related words: alcohol, alcoholic beverage  Edward drank a pulque that his uncle made during his vacation in Mexico.

6.  Noun  The light from heat (physically or emotionally)  Related words: glow  A fireplace adds a warm incandescence to a house in the winter.  If someone has a thousand-watt smile, that’s incandescence.

7.  Noun  A soft material used for treating a wound, infection, rash, or inflammation  A mushy, sticky bandage  Medicant to the body  Jamie had developed a major rash on her right arm, and her mom suggested creating a poultice of seaweed and butter to aid in the healing process.

8.  Adjective  Flowing, up-and-down movement like the motion of waves  It was mountainous terrain with undulating hills near the nearby village.

9.  Adjective  Having a knack for saying the right thing at the right time  Appropriate and sensitive; NEVER rude and careless  Related words: considerate  Carrie was very tactful when talking to her friend Holly about her party. She didn’t tell her the food was awful, rather, she talked about how great the music was.

10.  Verb  To die down or become less violent  Like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed  To settle down  The violent and choppy waves subsided after the category 5 hurricane. They were so calm that it was as if the storm had never even happened.

11.  Noun  A slow or gradual disappearance  Related words: fadeout  As men grow older, they typically experience a receding hairline as part of the unfortunate male pattern baldness.  My memories of my grandmother were receding day by day, but I still felt the pain of losing her.

12.  Adjective  Noticeable  Noticed by the mind or senses  A flavor you can taste, a sound you can hear  The scent of the freshly baked vanilla macaroons from the bakery on the corner was a very perceptible odor.  Despite the doctor’s best efforts to cure the illness, there was no perceptible improvement in the patient’s condition.

13.  Adverb  Accomplished with style and skill  Cleverness or wit  Something done easily and well  Mary impressed her friends when she grabbed three grapefruits, juggled them deftly, and returned them to their bowl, all while carrying on a conversation.