Vocab #1

Indolent
Context: On Laziness, read in class
My guess: lazy
Definition: having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
Own Sentence: The indolent child slept all day, rather than completing their homework or cleaning their room
Mnemonic Device: sounds kind of like "idle," which is to not move

Quibble
Context: On Laziness, read in class
My guess: nonsense
Definition: an instance of the use of ambiguous prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue
Example: You can quibble about beginnings, middles and ends, but what we're talking about is over a year ago. (Shrum)
Connotation: Neutral

Braggadocious
Context: Political debate, via Donald Trump
My guess: cocky
Definition: empty boasting, bragging, a boasting person
History: Comes from Braggadocio, who was a boastful character in Spenser's Faerie Queen in 1590
Own Sentence: It sounds braggadocious, but I don't think I ever dropped a pass in a game.

Promenade
Context: The Myth of the Latin Woman
My guess: a walk
Definition: take a leisurely walk, ride, or drive in public
Mnemonic Device: Promenade in French translates to literally "walk yourself"
Connotation: Neutral

Perpetuated
Context: The Myth of the Latin Woman
My guess: to create
Definition: to make (something typically an undesirable situation or unfounded belief) continue
Own Sentence: He perpetuated the idea that their house was haunted.
History: Latin perpetuatus, first known use was in 1530

Scintillating
Context: Comic at the end of assignment sheet
My guess: ridiculous
Definition: very clever, amusing, and interesting
Own Sentence: The show was very scintillating, making my laugh several times.
Example: The cognoscenti would never find my progenitors mildly scintillating (Wilkinson)

Phobos
Guess: afraid
Dictionary: fear
Words: Homophobia, claustrophobic, pedophobia, arachnophobia, phobia
Remember: The dogs are afraid of the phone ringing, think "pho"

Demos
Guess: example
Dictionary: the common people of an ancient Greek state
Words: Demonstration, demarch, demagogue, democracy, demography
Remember: Democracy is a government run by the people

Dormio
Guess: Tired
Definition: sleep
Words: Dormant, dormitory, dormouse, dormitive, dormition
Remember: Dormir in French means "to sleep"

Annus
Guess: planet
Definition: year
Words: Annual, anniversary, millennial, annals, annuity
Remember: That scene in Wall-E when they celebrate the seventh centennial thing in a cup for being in space for 700 years