Vocab+Ch.+7

vociferous definition-loud and noisy, compelling attention syn-clamorous, uproarious,blustering ant-quiet, muted, soft spoken, subdued etymology-1610s, from L. vociferari "to shout, yell," from vox (gen. vocis) "voice" + root of ferre "to carry" (see [|infer] ). Related: Vociferating. memory aid-vociferous sound kinda like voice and voices can be loud sentence-the vociferous sirens were sounding vociferously,the citezen wondering what was going on.

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Amend Def- to change in a formal way; to change for the better synonyms- modify, improve, correct Etymology- Middle English, from Anglo-French //amender, // modification of Latin //emendare, // from //e, ex // out + //menda // fault; akin to Latin //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">mendax // lying, //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">mendicus // beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">mindā // physical defect Memory aid- Amend sounds like to mend and when you mend something you fix it. Sentence-The boy fixed the answers on the test, amending them.

Aaron Blossey //** Chaos (n.) **//

//** Def- great confusion, disoreder. **// //** synonyms- anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium **// //** antonyms- order, regularity, tranquility **// **//Etymology-//** mid-15c., "gaping void," from L. chaos, from Gk. khaos "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty," from *khnwos, from PIE base *gheu-, *gh(e)i-  "to gape" (cf. Gk khaino "I yawn," O.E. ginian, O.N.  ginnunga-gap  ; see [|yawn]). Meaning "utter confusion" (c.1600) is extended from theological use of chaos  for "the void at the beginning of creation" in Vulgate version of Genesis Memory aid- chaos and confusion begin with the same letter "c" and confusion is an antonym for chaos. Sentence- The chaos that was going on in the city was terrifying, the confusing citizens didn't know what they were doing.

Ihsaan Tayeh <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chaos <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Definition: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A condition of great disorder or confusion. <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Synonym: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Antonyms: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">order, regularity, tranquility <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Etymology: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">mid-15c., "gaping void," from L. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">chaos <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, from Gk. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">khaos <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "abyss, that which gapes wide open, is vast and empty," from <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*khnwos, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">from PIE base <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">*gheu-, *gh(e)i- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "to gape" (cf. Gk <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">khaino <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> "I yawn," O.E. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ginian <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, O.N. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ginnunga-gap <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">; see <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #800020; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|yawn] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sentence: The boy’s room was in chaos, chaotically pacing back and forth trying to clean it. <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Remember trick: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> It’s a pretty easy term to remember, i mean if you have ever seen a movie that has bad people in it they use the term chaos to describe the bad things they are going to do. <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pictures: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Chris Boker

<span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">﻿Obviate (v.) <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Definition: to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Synonyms: preclude, forestall, ward off <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Antonyms: none <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Etymology: 1590s, "to meet and do away with," <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Memory Aid: Obviate sounds like obvious, when something is obvious its easily anticipated <span style="color: #110e4e; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Sentence: The medium obviated the spirits from the house, her hands ushering away the unwanted occupants. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Anjelica Kucinic

<span style="color: #0f0a48; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 130%;"> __**<span style="color: #2eacff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Renegade **__ <span style="color: #2eacff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Definition- (n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox <span style="color: #2eacff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Synonyms- (n.) turncoat, defector, heretic <span style="color: #2eacff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Antonyms- (n.) loyalist, patriot <span style="color: #2eacff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Etymology- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><span class="rom-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">1575–85; <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">< <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">Sp  <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">renegado // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">< <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">ML  <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">renegātus // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">(n. use of ptp. of <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">renegāre // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">to desert, <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[|renege] __ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">), <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">equiv. to <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">re- // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">[|re-] __ <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">+ <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">neg-, // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">base of <span class="ital-inline" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS','Lucida Grande',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">//<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">negāre // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; 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===<span style="color: #a234a2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Etymology- 1175–1225; ME amenden < OF amender < L ēmendāre to correct, equiv. to ē- [|e-] + mend ( a ) blemish + -āre inf. suffix ===

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<span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Squalid (adj.) <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">fifthly, wretched, debased <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">synonyms: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">antonyms: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">etymology: <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">memory aid: <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">sentence: <span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">pictures:

<span style="color: #27ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ali mcGannon

Inter Definition- to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion Synonyms- N/A Antonyms- unearth, exhume Etymology- 1275–1325;  ME <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">// enteren //  < MF <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">//enterrer,//  prob. < VL <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">//*interrāre,//   deriv. of <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">//terra// earth Memory aid- the word” inter” has the word” in “ in it. Inside the earth. Sentence- The mafia interred all of its enemies, its Don laughing in superiority, its consigliere bribing the police force to keep it quite. Pictures- alex konangi

Waive (v.) To do without, give up voluntarily; To put off temporarily, defer Syn. Decline, relinquish, forgo Ant. Claim, accept

[|**waive**] c.1300, from Anglo-Fr. weyver "to abandon, waive," O.Fr. weyver, guever "to abandon, give back," probably from a Scandinavian source akin to O.N. veifa "to swing about," from P.Gmc. *waibijanan (see [|**//waif//**]). In M.E. legal language, used of rights, goods, or women. Related: Waived; waiving.

Memory Aid: Waive and without both start with the letter “W”. Sentence: The customer waived the receipt, their eyes avoiding the total, their pockets emptying themselves, by the minute, their compulsive shopping disorder getting the best of them.

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<span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Commodious <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Definition- (adj.) roomy, spacious <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Synonyms- comfortable, ample, capacious <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Antonyms- cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Etymology- early 15c., "beneficial, convenient," from M.L. commodiosus "convenient, useful," from L. commodus (see [|commode]). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1550s. <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Memory aid- Commodious kind of looks like comfortable and comfortable is roomy. <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Sentence: The commodious sky was very calm, its clouds moving so beautifully. <span style="color: #790909; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Pictures Kevin To

 Martinet

 A strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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 etymology- 1676, "system of strict discipline," reputedly from the name of Col. Jean  Martinet a drillmaster of the Fr. army during the reign of Louis XIV. The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779.

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Amend (v.) Definition - to change or to modify Synonyms - ameliorate, improve, better, enhance, enrich, help, melioarate, perfect, refine, upgrade Antonyms - worsen Etymology - <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Middle English, from Anglo-French //amender,// modification of Latin //emendare,// from //e, ex// out + //menda// fault; akin to Latin//mendax// lying, //mendicus// beggar, and perhaps to Sanskrit//mindā// physical defect

First Known Use: 13th century Memory aid - Think of the amendments but take away "ments" to get amend Sentence - The man tried amened his contract, his hands sweating, his forehead burning because, in the room, he didn't like his office. Picture -

Word Definition Synonyms Antonyms Etymology (merriam-webster.com dictionary.com) Memory aid Sentence: Use a core specific absolute phrase: The penguin waddled across the ice, his stubby wings flapping, his eyes watering because, in Antarctica, he cannot purchase any Justin Bieber songs. Pictures

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<span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Discern <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Definition: To see clearly, recognize <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Syn: Perceive, detect, distinguish <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Ant: Overlook <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Etymology: late 14c., from O.Fr. //discerner// (13c.) "distinguish (between), separate" (by sifting), and directly from L. //discernere// "to separate, set apart, divide, distribute; distinguish, perceive," from //dis-// "off, away" (see [|**//dis-//**] ) + //cernere// "distinguish, separate, sift" (see [|**//crisis//**] ). Related: //Discerned//. <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Memory Aid: <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">D <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">iscern, <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">D <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">etect, & <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">D <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">istinguish all start with " <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">D <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">" <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Sentence: The man tried to discern the small print in the book, his eyes squinting very close to the page. <span style="color: #1e75ab; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Picture:

Commodious (adj)- roomy, spacious Syn- comfortable, ample, capacious Ant- cramped, claustrophobic, insufficent Etymology- early 15c., "beneficial, convenient," from M.L. //commodiosus// "convenient, useful," from L. //commodus// (see [|**//commode//**]). Meaning "roomy, spacious" first attested 1550s. Memory aid- Commodious and Comfortable both start with "Com" Sentence- When I walked into the mansion, i noticed that it was very commodious.

Mario Campanalie Abhor (v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply syn-detest, despise, abominate ant-admire, cherish, respec, relish 1400–50; late ME < L abhorrēre to shrink back from, shudder at, equiv. to ab- [|ab-] + horrēre to bristle, tremble memory aid- abhor rhymes with adore and they are complete opposites so you can think of the opposite of adore. Lauren Rhinehalt