Gaby SETIABUDI
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
December 7, 2015
Vocabulary #10
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
December 7, 2015
Vocabulary #10
- Circumlocution
- Talking in a roundabout way
- We group decided to discuss the issue in a circumlocution
- Talking in a roundabout way
- Citadel
- Fortress that commands a city
- There were many citadels throughout the empire
- Fortress that commands a city
- Clad
- Being covered or clothed
- The weather made me clad myself into a cocoon of coats
- Being covered or clothed
- Clarify
- To make something more clear
- I didn’t want to clarify with them after their ridiculousness excuses
- To make something more clear
- Cogent
- Something that is convincing or believable
- Their continuous lies made their appearance look the opposite of cogent
- Something that is convincing or believable
- Cogitate
- To ponder or mediate
- The monks were currently in the middle of their daily cogitate
- To ponder or mediate
- Cognizant
- Aware
- The animals were aware of an unknown presence in the area
- Aware
- Component
- Element or ingredient
- Those were important components needed in the assignment
- Element or ingredient
- Concur
- To agree
- I didn’t want to concur with the dog
- To agree
- Confiscate
- To take away
- They confiscated my food away from me
- To take away
- Connoisseur
- Person with expert knowledge
- Albert Einstein is an connoisseur with a high IQ
- Person with expert knowledge
- Console
- To comfort
- I refused to console them after the incident before now
- To comfort
- Copious
- Large in number
- The groups gathered today were copious
- Large in number
- Counterfeit
- Fake, nor real
- Her face was as counterfeit as her money.
- Fake, nor real
- Covet
- Steal
- The commandments say that we “should not covet our neighbors goods”
- Steal
- Credulous
- Willing to believe without evidence
- I was credulous about the story she told me
- Willing to believe without evidence
- Crucial
- Final important decision
- That decision was crucial to my future in life
- Final important decision
- Crusade
- Effort or movement against abuse
- The crusade was partially during the medieval times
- Effort or movement against abuse
- Culminate
- To reach the highest point
- The climbers were ready to culminate the top of the mountain.
- To reach the highest point
- Debut
- First appearance
- Their debut was not as good as the dog’s appearance with the show
- First appearance