Vocab U8

Question 1

Affluent

Answer 1

— Adjective and noun
- Adj: having an abundance of goods or riches : wealthy
- flowing in abundance
- In the tv show version of Puss in Boots that my brother watches, the town of San Lorenzo, where Puss in Boots lives, is very affluent because of their temple which is filled with gold.
- The art classroom at school is affluent with paper because that is what many artists use for their art.
- Noun: a tributary stream
- a wealthy or affluent person
- In Little Women, Aunt March is affluent and lives in a large luxurious house.
- My brother hates affluents because he fell into one when we were kids and was wet for the rest of the day.

Question 2

Corpulent

Answer 2

— adjective
- having a large bulky body : obese
- Many TLC shows such as 1000 Pound Sisters, have many corpulent people.

Question 3

Cajole

Answer 3

— verb
- to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : to obtain from someone by gentle persuasion
- to deceive with soothing words or false promises
- My brother thinks he can cajole people into doing what he wants by using false promises, but in reality he is really bad with it.

Question 4

Disparage

Answer 4

— verb
- to belittle the importance or value of (someone or something) : to speak slightingly about (someone or something)
- to lower (someone or something) in rank or reputation : degrade
- In Mean Girls, Regina George tries to disparage many of her fellow classmates by talking poorly about them.

Question 5

Forestall

Answer 5

— verb
- to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
- to get ahead of (something) : anticipate
- to prevent the normal trading in (something) by buying or diverting goods or by persuading people to raise prices
- There are many videos on the internet with a so-called “Karen” blocking a parking spot to forestall it for a friend or themselves.
- My friend does all of her homework as soon as she can to forestall any last minute activities that she has/wants to do.

Question 6

Immutable

Answer 6

— adjective
- not capable of or susceptible to change
- My brother tries to change the rules of chess when I play with him but I tell him that they are immutable.

Question 7

Malice

Answer 7

— noun
- desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another
- intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse
- Not many people want to cause malice but those that do normally end up in a courtroom.

Question 8

Rescind

Answer 8

— verb
- to take away : remove
- take back, cancel
- to abrogate (a contract) and restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had there been no contract
- to make void by action of the enacting authority or a superior authority : repeal
- My mom rescinded my brother’s video game privileges when she learned that he had lied about doing his homework.
- When congress passed the ban on abortion many people wanted them to rescind it because it was taking away the rights of women.

Question 9

Ruse

Answer 9

— noun
- a clever way to fool someone : trick
- In movies such as Ocean’s 8 or Red Notice, there are many ruses as the main character tries to steal something in the movie.

Question 10

Stigmatize

Answer 10

— verb
- to describe or regard (something, such as a characteristic or group of people) in a way that shows - strong disapproval
- to mark with stigmata
- My research paper was basically how many people stigmatize minorities in America.