Day+13

1. Brazen (adj.) excessively bold, brash I just hope that my future husband won't be a brazen man. (I really do..)

2. abdicate (v.) give up a position (usually associated with renouncing something big)  King Louis XIV should have abdicated one's position to avoid execution.

3. aberration (n.) something unusual, different from the norm Andy had an aberrational way of speech.

4. abhor (v.) to really hate I abhor people with extreme vanity.

5. advert (usually used as "advert to") (v.)refer to in speaking or writing (sentence.. coming soon.. I'll ask Mr. Stephens : ( I do not know how to use it)

__Confusing Words__


 * //Balky vs. Bulky//**

Balky: given to acting in opposition to others (we learned this on our first day!) - The student was too balky to teach; he wouldn't listen to anything! Bulky: Massive; heavily built (of a person) - When I saw the bulky figure of the man, I could easily guess that he was a successful body-builder.

__Ordinary Words__

1. Tyro (n.) an inexperienced beginner/ novice - I couldn't believe that such an astounding piece of work was done by a mere tyro.

2. Novice (n.) a person new to a job or activity - As a novice in the stock market, she had to learn from the very beginning: the vocabulary.

3. Dilettante (n.) one who has great interest but little knowledge; this usually relates to the "arts" - The dilettante often bragged about his shallow knowledge about paintings.
 * I've seen this so many times on the practice books.