Vocab #3

Alibi
Context: It's a Woman's World
My guess: friend
Definition: a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place
History: The noun alibi is the same word as its Latin root, alibi, which means "excuse"
Own sentence: I was making cookies with my friend when someone killed her cat, and she is my alibi since she knows I was with her when the crime was committed.

Hearth
Context: It's a Woman's World
My guess: love
Definition: the floor of a fireplace
Own sentence: With the hearth neatly swept, the family was ready for Santa's arrival.
Connotation: neutral

Soporific
Context: Vocab sheet
My guess: immature
Definition: Something that is soporific is sleep-inducing
History: In the 1680’s, soporific, which doubles as both adjective and noun, was formed from the French soporifique. That word, in turn, came from the Latin sopor “deep sleep”
Example: "Certain medicines, but also extreme coziness, can have a soporific effect."

Lament
Context: SAT study guide
My guess: to fix
Definition: a cry of sorrow and grief
Own Sentence: Their sad laments could be heard through the church windows.
Example: “We lamented the death of the child.”

Domestic
Context: SAT study guide
My guess: trained
Definition: relating to someone's home, family, or home country
Own sentence: The boy realized that their relationship was rather domestic as they happily washed their dishes together.
Connotation: neutral

Calamities
Context: APUSH prep book
My guess: deaths
Definition: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Remember: Sort of like casualties, an event with a lot of casualties would be a calamity
Connotation: Neutral

Curro
My guess: currency, money
Definition: run
Examples: current, precursor, courier, recur, incursion
Remember: Courir in French is to run

Facio
My guess: face
Definition: make, do
Examples: factory, benefactor, faction, manufacture, perfect
Remember: think of factory, a place that makes things

Jungo
My guess: jungle
Definition: join
Examples: join, joint, conjugation, junction, subjugate
Remember: reminds me of that scene in the Princess and the Frog, the two of them joined together

Photos
My guess: pictures
Definition: light
Examples: photograph, photometer, photogenic, photoelectric, photosynthesis
Remember: photosynthesis is when plants turn light into energy