20th of November 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 LAVISH Giving or using large amounts A lavish display of flowers 2 DECIPHER To find the meaning of something hard to understand I could not decipher his sloppy handwriting 3 CONSTERNATION A strong feeling of surprise that causes confusion The candidate caused consternation among his supporters by changing positions on a key issue 4 ACCENTUATE To make something more noticeable He likes to wear clothes that accentuate his muscular build 5 DIAPHANOUS Used to describe cloth that is very thin and light The bride wore a diaphanous veil

19th of November 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 PROMONTORY A high area of land that sticks out in the sea Cape May is Delaware Bay’s largest promontory 2 PERPETUATE To cause something that should be stopped to be continued He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted 3 OBSCURE Not well known The origins of language are obscure 4 RETRIBUTION Punishment for doing something wrong The killer acted without the fear of retribution 5 AMOK Wild and uncontrolled manner The elephant went amok and stumped a car

18th of November 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 SEISMIC Very important Seismic social changes have occurred 2 SPINDLY Long and thin and usually weak Spindly dogs roamed the poverty-stricken village 3 DISMISSAL The act of dismissing Numerous dismissals from the company during the economic slump 4 CONTENTION Something that is argued That has been the source of contention for years 5 ADJACENCY The quality of being adjacent Environmentalists are concerned about the proposed shopping plaza’s adjacency to the river

17th of November 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 NOTORIOUS Well known A notorious mastermind of terrorist activities 2 JUDDERING To shake in a forceful way The engine began to judder alarmingly 3 IMPERCEPTIBLE Impossible to see These changes will be imperceptible to most people 4 SCANT Very small in size Food was in scant supply 5 SCRUTINY The act carefully examining something The close scrutiny of data

16th of November 2016

NUMBER WORD DEFINITION SENTENCE EXAMPLE 1 CLEAVE To separate into distinct parts They cleaved the big lego robot 2 IRREPARABLY Too bad to be corrected The damage to their relationship was irreparably 3 MYRIAD A large number of things There are a myriad of possibilities 4 NESTLING A young bird that is not able to fly yet from the nest The nestlings are perched on top of the coconut tree 5 COSMOS The universe The origins of cosmos