Vocab U7

Question 1

Abdicate

Answer 1

— verb
-Intransitive verb
-to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
-to relinquish (something, such as sovereign power) formally
-to cast off : discard
-After the King was invaded by a powerful neighboring country, he abdicated the crown in a peaceful surrender so that his citizens did not suffer greatly.

Question 2

Morass

Answer 2

— noun
-marsh, swamp
-a situation that traps, confuses, or impedes
-an overwhelming or confusing mass or mixture
-Shrek lives alone in a morass until Lord Farquaad tries to get rid of all magical creatures, which starts the beginning of the movie Shrek.
-When I look into my bin of random yarn it is often a morass because it periodically gets tangled.

Question 2

Assimilate

Answer 2

— verb and noun
-transitive verb
-to take into the mind and thoroughly understand
-to take in and utilize as nourishment : to absorb into the system
-to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group
-to make similar
-intransitive verb
-to be taken in or absorbed : to become assimilated
-In my world history textbook, there are many sections on assimilation during colonization because the colonized area was usually forced to follow and abide by the colonizers’ religion.
-N: something that is assimilated
-The assimilation of many different cultures and beliefs contributes to the great diversity in many regions of the world such as America.

Question 3

Nomadic

Answer 3

— adjective
-of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads
-roaming about from place to place aimlessly, frequently, or without a fixed pattern of movement
-In Into the Wild Chris McCandless traveled in a very nomadic way never really knowing where he was going until he ventured to Alaska.
-The nomadic tribes of Africa and Mongolia still exist to this day.

Question 4

Propensity

Answer 4

— noun
-an often intense natural inclination or preference
-My brother has a propensity towards playing video games and sometimes gets in trouble because he sneaks away to play instead of doing his homework.

Question 5

Recalcitrant

Answer 5

— adjective and noun
-A: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
-stubbornly refusing to give in to authority
-My brother gets cranky often and when he is he is recalcitrant, not wanting to listen to anyone.
-N: difficult to manage or operate
-not responsive to treatment
-resistant
-When starting to crochet it can be recalcitrant but the longer you do it the easier it becomes.
-My brother is recalcitrant when doing his homework and often reads instead of doing it.

Question 6

Reminiscence

Answer 6

— noun
-apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been -known in a previous existence
-recall to mind of a long-forgotten experience or fact
-the process or practice of thinking or telling about past experiences
-a remembered experience
-an account of a memorable experience —often used in plural
-something so like another as to be regarded as an unconscious repetition, imitation, or survival
-When Betty was cleaning out her childhood home it felt like a reminiscence.
-Betty’s reminiscence brought back old memories of her childhood.

Question 7

Senile

Answer 7

— adjective
-of, relating to, exhibiting, or characteristic of old age
-approaching the end of a geologic cycle of erosion
-In Harry Potter Dumbeldore was described as senile with a long gray beard and half moon glasses.
-In science class during the earth science unit, Augustine learned about mountains that are senile after many eons.

Question 8

Traumatic

Answer 8

— adjective
-psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that -can lead to serious mental and emotional problems
-broadly : causing distress or anxiety
-relating to, being, or caused by a sudden, severe, -often life-threatening injury to the body
-After Betty was in a car accident the doctor told her that she had a few traumatic injuries.
-After my brother’s multiple traumatic encounters with dogs larger than him, he is understandably scared of dogs.

Question 9

Trauma

Answer 9

— noun
-an injury (such as a wound) to living tissue caused by -an extrinsic agent
-a disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury
-an emotional upset
-an agent, force, or mechanism that causes trauma
-After Betty fell out of the tree her trauma from it prevented her from ever climbing one again.
-Liv suffered trauma to her head after she fell out of a stunt and hit her head on the floor giving her a concussion.

Question 10

Zenith

Answer 10

– noun
-the point of the celestial sphere that is directly -opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer
-the highest point
-culminating point : acme
-In the graphic novel American Born Chinese the heavens were the zenith of the universe.
-After Betty got her promotion she felt as though this was the Zenith of her career.