Day+14

October 25, 2009 (Sun)

Hi Carol, this week was a bit chaotic due to the trip and the world history workload. I have a feeling that we don't really grasp the words well enough this week (compared to the last one), and we don't want this trend to continue. So here I have a review that hopefully cures and revives our memories. I am going to look for ways to review these words more thoroughly as we go on.

(I was actually thinking of making a grand review after every month, but I feel like that may be too many words bombing on us at once ... it would take a considerable while of time to create the review itself. : P For now, we'll keep going. Let's work on words more intensively next week.)

Review #2 (Days 8-13)

Confusing Words:

Affection: love, tender feeling; I have sincere affection towards Juliet. Affectation: artificial behavior to impress others; Her obvious affectation disgusted the teachers.
 * //Affection vs. Affectation//**

Allay: to reduce the intensity of; The medicine allayed my pain. Alley: 골목길; The Yale Alley Cats!
 * //Allay vs. Alley//**

Contend: to strive to achieve/ struggle to overcome; Maria contended to adhere to the social norms set by the strictly puritan society. Content: to be happy/ to satisfy; She wasn't very content about how the event turned out.
 * //Contend vs. Content//**

Annals: record of historical events or figures; Look through the annals of Major League players to choose a figure for your project. Annul: to make invalid (ex: matrimony); The pope had the authority to annul marriages. Annual: every year; I won the prize for the annual contest held in the local academy.
 * //Annal vs. Annul vs. Annual//**

Apologia: formal defense or justification; The Russian Federation publicly promulgated its apologia for its aid towards South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (Hey Carol, this was the topic for the ICJ T-T so vivid in my head..) Apologue: moral fable; Aesop's fables are probably the most renowned apologues read by children. Sympathy: feeling sorry for others Empathy: feeling sorry for others, esp. because you've gone through the same turmoil/misery/agony, etc.
 * //Apologia vs. Apologue//**
 * //Sympathy vs. Empathy//**

Ardent: enthusiastic Arduous: one of Andy's favorite words, demanding great labor or effort
 * //Ardent vs. Arduous//**

Balky: given to acting in opposition to others Bulky: massive, heavily built (body builder-ish)
 * //Balky vs. Bulky//**

Ordinary Words:

1. Ingratiate: make yourself favorable by flattering Key: suck-up to teachers

2. Insinuate: to hint. sth bad in an indirect way Key: using money to rise social ladder

3. Havoc: destruction Key: 911 terror

4. Covet: longing to possess Key: Anna and her little cookie

5. Incessant: continuous Key: flowing blood

6. Eradicable: destroy-able Key: .....destory destroy destroy

7. Constellate: gather together Key: people convening

8. Ameliorate (in fact, Andy uses this quite often): improve, make it better Key: You know, I told him to ameliorate his current event speech into a more "comprehensible" one; I actually edited his script and re-defined every word that was like.... like..... you know what I mean.

9. Calumniate: to make false/defamatory statements Key: Mrs. Thull and her teaching skills

10. Inadvertent: not attentive enough, unintentionally careless Key: inadvertently stepping on sb's shoes

11. Remiss: negligent towards duty, showing slackness Key: media is remiss about reporting gory situations

12. Lax: neglecting one's duty Key: reLAX; somehow to me this word sounds laid back and lazy

13. Callow: naive (esp. of young person) Key: young boy accepting stranger's offer of a ride to school

14. Fledgling: immature, inexperienced, undeveloped n. young bird just developed with feathers Key: think of small bird just learning to fly (ahh so cute)

15. Ingenious: clever, original, inventive Key: those inventors with that lighting bulb on their heads when an idea pops up

16. Variance: difference between what is expected and what actually occurs Key: "vary" is the key (duhh Jenny -_-)

17. Vim: energy, vigor Key: lively, I'll think of you, Carol. You.... can.... think of .... my burning passion about neuroscience. (since when?)

18. Battery: extensive range of things Key: a pack of something?

19. Calumny: slander! Key: a tongue that is also a sword -_- (yeah, funny....)

20. Dearth: a lack, scarcity Key: French Revolution and the food (bread?)

21. Supine: lying on back / inactive and lethargic Key: I usually picture a really handsome and powerful black guy lying on his back with a gun and working on his secret mission...for... I don't know... FBI? (influence of movies...)

22. Derelict: deserted by owner/ neglectful of obligation Key: derelict stuff in the lost and found T-T poor things... abandoned. or captain not coming to practices.

23. Cursory: hastily done, with little attention Key: I think of flipping pages

24. Gingerly: really carefully Key: I can see the hand of a young girl making a birthday cake "gingerly" for her mom; cute little sweetheart.

25. Enervated: lacking energy Key: old grandpa after a "vigorous" exercise routine

26. Fatuous: silly, foolish Key: pointless comment; d_d can you think of anything better?

27. Gourmand: one who likes eating and drinking (too much) Key: I think of a fat, optimistic guy

28. Neophyte: a person new to skill/subject/belief Key: a guy new to some kinda concept; I can picture this guy; the word neophyte has a very special effect to it.

29. Uninitiated: w/o special knowledge or experience Key: 뭔가 출발을 아직 못한, 준비단계 같은 느낌. 안그래? I can see a train not getting ready to take off. :P

30. Initiate: introduce someone to skill/activity Key: opposite of uninitiated

31. Facile: easily achieved Key: Geniuses, like ... Clare? T-T

32. Harrowing: agonizing Key: a harrowing film... hmm... what could that incorporate...

33. Uncanny: strange/mysterious Key: Jack and superlatives!

34. Nascent: just into existence, potential for future Key: I see a steam rising, or at least SOMETHING rising

35. Inchoate: just begun, therefore undeveloped Key: initial plans tend to be inchoate. our wiki and vocab learning system is DEFINITELY inchoate.

36. Tyro: a beginner of novice Key: I think of a young animation character.

37. Austere: very bare, bleak, simple, strict Key: I think of Audrey Hepburn, don't know why.

38. Novice: a person new to job or activity Key: novice = new (I know. THis is reallY helpful.)

39. Truculent: eager to fight, violent Key: Tybalt = Truculent

40. Pungent: having a strong, sharp quality regarding smell Key: Kimchi is pungent!

41. Amicable: agreeable Key: I think of this in relation to amiable. Amiable = person, Amicable = relationship.

42. Brazen: excessively bold, brash Key: brazen = razor = sharp = brash

43. Abdicate: give up a position Key: history... :)

44. Aberration: something unusual, different from norm Key: Andy and his speaking style. Andy = Aberration

45. Abhor: to hate Key: ABsolutely HORrible (I learned this a few years ago. This is a REALLY good way of memorizing this).

46. Advert: refer to in speaking or writing

47. Dilettante: one who has great interest but little knowledge