Vocab #7

Pauperism
My guess: being in a bad position
Definition: poverty or generally the state of being poor
Context: APUSH
Own sentence: The pauperism plaguing the lower class citizens of France led to the French Revolution.
Connotation: Neutral

Penance
My guess: shame
Definition: voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong
Context: APUSH
Mnemonic Device: resembles the word punish
History: 1250-1300; Middle English penaunce < Anglo-French; Old French peneance < Latin paenitentia penitence

Dismal
My guess: dumb
Definition: causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy
Context: APUSH
Own sentence: The dismal weather did little to brighten the sad girl's mood
Connotation: Neutral

Orated
My guess: self-centered
Definition: to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim
Context: APUSH
History: 1590-1600; back formation from oration
Own Sentence: "Everyone settle down," The teacher orated

Mandate
My guess: to control
Definition: a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative
Context: APUSH
Own Sentence: The president had a clear mandate to end the war
History: 1540-50; < Latin mandātum, noun use of neuter of mandātus, past participle of mandāre to commission, literally, to give into (someone's) hand

Minstrel
My guess: an artist
Definition: a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour
Context: APUSH
History: 1175-1225; Middle English ministrel < Old French < Late Latin ministeriālis servant
Connotation: neutral

Stella
My guess: night
Definition: star
Words: stellar, constellation, interstellar, Stella Luna, rostella

Tres
My guess: three
Definition: three
Words: ternary, treble, tres, trois,

Verbum
My guess: action
Definition: Word
Words: Verbs, verbal, verbatim, proverb, verbose

Astron
My guess: space
Definition: star
Words: astronomy, astronomer, astronomic, astronaut, astrology