La+Grande+Review_+October+2009

//** Abase: humiliate Debase: lower value **//
 * //Abase and Debase//**

//** Abrogate: abolish Arrogate: take power w/o right **//
 * //Abrogate and Arrogate//**

//** Adverse: unfavorable Averse: having hatred **//
 * //Adverse and Averse//**

//** Chary: wary Circumspect: thoughtful, chary Discreet: keep secrets, circumspect Heedful: careful, attentive Leery: suspicious, wary **//
 * //Chary, Circumspect, Discreet, Heedful, and Leery//**

//** Definition: To Call Avocation: main occupation Vocation: hobby Invoke: to call on a deity or authority Convoke: to call for a convention or meeting
 * //Voc/Voke/Vow//**

Affection vs. Affectation**// Affection: love Affectation: artificial behavior to impress

Allay: to diminish Alley: 골목길
 * //Allay vs. Alley//**

Contend: to strive to achieve Content: happy
 * //Contend vs. Content//**

Annals: record of historical events/figures Annul: to make invalid Annual: yearly
 * //Annal vs. Annul vs. Annual//**

Apologia: defense Apologue: moral fable
 * //Apologia vs. Apologue//**

Sympathy: feeling sorry for others Empathy: feeling sorry for others, esp. because you've gone through the same turmoil/misery/agony, etc.
 * //Sympathy vs. Empathy//**

Ardent: enthusiastic Arduous: demanding labor and effort
 * //Ardent vs. Arduous//**

Balky: opposing nature Bulky: big, bodybuilder-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

The Remaining Words:

Here I am going to mention brief segments of our sentences so that we can remember them to link the word with : ) For instance, you could always think of a really bad elementary band when thinking of cacophony!

BALK : to stop, block abruptly "balked at" = The boss balked at the idea of a raise in salary. CACOPHONY : disharmonious sound, tremendous noise = Elementary band, SO many flutes CADENCE : rhythm, progression of sound = reciting a poem MISSIVE: letter, written communication = you give this to me (as Anne does to Gilbert!) PLETHORA: plenty; superabundance, overfullness = plethora of stories to tell me FATHOM: understand = I will fathom your stories PONTIFICATE: expressing opinion pompously, dogmatically = Andy and his lessons with super vocab EDIFY: instruct, improve morally / intellectually = Andy's lesson... failure

ABATE: to reduce, lessen (ex: rain) = rain BANE: burden = Ms. Reed and Jane CAJOLE: coax, urge = go to baseball game, please? CALAMITY: event w/ disastrous consequences = calamity of WW II EBULLIENT: enthusiastic, extremely lively = super happy BALLAD: love song = Romeo and Juliet BANAL: commonplace SANGUINE: optimistic, hopeful = you and me VENEER: facade = 내숭 VERACIOUS: honest, truthful = truthful TERSE: short, abrupt = terse reply to irritating boyfriend RECALCITRANT: disobedient; having uncooperative (unmanageable, stubborn) attitude towards discipline = children in class

DEFIANT: disobedient, resistent = recalcitrant FECKLESS: lacking efficiency, vitality = weak baby sucking on mother's bosom 뭔가 가여운 느낌... ALARMIST: causing unnecessary alarm = hey, the test is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard. EMOTE: portray emotion (theatrically) = verb form of emotion PERFUNCTORY: action carried out w/minimum effort, usual = professor and his perfunctory comments DERAIL: to cause to leave track = the small kid in the train track derailed the train LEVITY: light humor, especially to cover seriousness = I think of Walter.... OBFUSCATE: to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible, bewilder sb

DRACONIAN: excessively severe and harsh = wearing suit to school JITTER: extreme nervousness, act nervously = jitter before test DEFT: skillful and quick, skill and cleverness = deft hands of the pottery maker NOISOME: having extremely offensive smell, disagreeable, unpleasant = G-dragon scandals HIATUS: pause or gap in a sequence, series, process = intermission between plays

SAGA: heroic story = Napoleon BELATED: delayed = happy belated birthday! DECREPIT: worn out, due to age = old IMPERTURBABLE: tranquil, calm = tranquil and calm reading VACILLATE: to waver between 2 choices = AP Bio and WH

PRUDENT: wise = I always think of prudent with owl. Prudent Owl with giant glasses (like in Winnie the Pooh) IMPRUDENT: not wise = opp. of prudent owl... SCRUPULOUS: conscientious = 양심적인 PUNCTILIOUS: attention to detail = 하나하나 꼼꼼히 체크하는 사람의 이미지 ABJURE: to renounce = Historian's many hats, abjure your heretical statements EVANESCENT: not lasting = test worries ERADICATE: destroy = HULK GUILE: sly and cunning intelligence = making excuses, if you've read the crucible, Abilgail has much guile... PALL: becoming less appealing (because you've met for too long) = couples that have been together for years