Poynter+Vocabulary

- excessively ornate; showy || Someone with a florid appearance wants to take the attention from everything else. ||  || -clear; fair; peaceful || [] ||  || -a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter || [] ||  || of a soccer stadium" (155) || noun -a wooden frame, consisting of a crossbeam on two uprights,  on which condemned persons  are executed by hanging. || [] ||   || swooped around the pylons of a chair lift" (157) || noun -a steel tower or mast carrying high-tension lines, telephone wires, or other cables and lines. || [] ||  || the bucolic void to the idle stockyards" (157) || adj, -of, pertaining to, or suggesting an idyllic rural life. || The bucolic village was a relaxing getaway for the stressed workers. ||   || applause" (160) || adj, - intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction. || After waiting the whole day to go to Benihana, I was ravenous by the time we were seated. ||  || to bring or send back (a person, esp.  a prisoner of war, a refugee, etc.) to his or her country or land of citizenship. || []_ ||  || any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse. || The college professor harangued his room of students about his teaching style. ||  || - a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath. || When he woke up, his wife was surprised by his intense halitosis. ||  || - mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner || The widow was very lugubrious at her husband's funeral. ||  || Billy was such an avid fan" (169) || adj. - enthusiastic; ardent; dedicated; keen || After playing soccer for more than 10 years, I am an avid fan of the Colorado Rapids. ||   || - to show excessive admiration  or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely || He was very nervous during his date, so he made sure to give much adulation to the woman. ||   || impudent" (171) || adj // Obsolete //. shameless or brazenly immodest || Men are always impudent about power. ||  || chords" (173) || adj. - pertaining to or involving both the mind and the body. || [] ||   || having a heart attack, and Billy seemed to confirm this by going to a chair and sitting down haggardly" (173) || adj. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn || After 7 long years of battling leukemia, my haggard father couldn't handle it anymore. ||  || Kilgore Trout, who had been on the fringe of the crowd, came closer, interested, shrewd" (173) || adj. keen; piercing. || The boy was shrewd and copied the answers on the math test. ||  || fact, never learned to play it. It was a nacreous pink" (177) || adj, lustrous; pearly || [] ||  || refrigerator, which was decorated with the blank couple on the bicycle built for two-or, as now, she could wheedle, 'Tell me a story, Billy boy" (179) || verb to persuade (a person) by such words or acts || The beautiful girl was wheedle and asked the nerd to do her essay. ||  || that Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to all the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world" (186) || adj. excited, restless, or uncontrolled || The construction workers worked feverishly for days to get the bridge built. ||  || an air attack on Tokyo by American heavy bombers, using incendiary and high explosive bombs, caused the death of 83,793 people" (188) || adj. used or adapted for setting property on fire || [] ||  || Rumfoord peevishly. 'The minute you go away, he'll start doing it again'" (193) || adj. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood || The babysitter was acting peevishly after a long night with 4 kids. ||  || (195) || verb - to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity. || At the funeral, many guests were commiserating the mourning family. ||  || the terrace was the air space over Forty-fourth street" (199) || noun - any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like. || [] ||  ||
 * Floridly (142) || "They are floridly willing to stand in a cirlce around him all night, with their zap guns drawn"(142) || adj.
 * Serenely (142) || ""No, no,' says Billy serenely. 'It is time for you to go home to your wives and children, and it is time for me to be dead for a little while'" (142) || adj.
 * Travesty (143) || "He was the central clown in an unconsciuos travesty of that famous oil painting" (143) || noun
 * Gallows (155) || "Billy just happened to be walking to work with some others shortly after sunrise, and they came to a gallows and a small crowd in front
 * Pylons (157) || "Near the bottom, the trail
 * Bucolic (157) || "The sun had just gone down, and its afterglow was backlighting the city, which formed low cliffs around
 * Ravenous (160) || "A moment went by, and then every cell in Billy's body shook him with ravenous gratitude and
 * Repatriated (163) || "'Once the Russians are defeated,' he went on, 'you will be repatriated through Switzerland" (163) || verb
 * Harangued (166) || "The boys were harangued by a man in a full beared" (166) || noun
 * Halitosis (168) || "It was about a robot who had bad breath, who became popular after his halitosis was cured"(168) || noun
 * Lugubriously (168) || "As Trout lugubriously slung the bag from his shoulder, Billy Pilgrim approached him" (168) || adj.
 * Avid (169) || "He had never met a fan before, and
 * Adulation (170) || "The adulation that Trout was receiving, mindless and illiterate as it was, affected Trout like marijuana" (171) || verb
 * Impudent (171) || "He was happy and loud and
 * Psychosomatic (173) || "Billy had powerful psychosomatic responses to the changing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Haggardly (173) || "They thought he might have been
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Shrewd (173) || "Valencia stayed with him, and
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nacreous (177) || "He couldn't play it yet and, in
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wheedle (179) || "She could send him to the
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Feverishly (186) || "By 1942, however, we knew
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Incendiary (188) || "On the night of March 9th, 1945
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Peevishly (193) || "'He isn't doing it now,' said
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Commiserating (195) || "The speakers were commiserating with somebody lyrically"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parapet (199) || "And beyond the parapet of


 * Beguiled (201) || "But Billy Pilgrim wasn't beguiled by the back of the store" (201) || =====<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">verb =====

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
|| The man beguiled the woman so he could have her believe he was rich and successful. || <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Covetously (6)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"He would peek into his bag every now and then, and he would roll his eyes and swivel his scrawny neck, trying to catch people looking covetously at his bag"(6). || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">adv. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greed ||  || [[image:http://jameswoodward.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/greed1024x768.jpg width="388" height="298"]] ||

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1 of the 10 Commandments: "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor"(Exodus 20:17).

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Sordid (15)


 * "The Children's Crusadestruck him as only slightymore sordid than the ten Crusades for grown-ups." || adj. || morally ignoble or base; vile || Jack's sordid beliefs influenced him to lie about the hours he worked. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Solemn (15)


 * "History in her solemn pageinforms us that the crusaderswere but ignorant and savagemen, that their motives werethose of bigotry unmitigated,and that their pathway was one of blood and tears." || adj. || gravely or somberly impressive; causingserious thoughts or a grave mood || The funeral service was very solemn and the mourners were very quiet. ||  ||   ||   ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Bigotry (15)


 * "History in her solemn pageinforms us that the crusaderswere but ignorant and savagemen, that their motives werethose of bigotry unmitigated,and that their pathway was one of blood and tears." || noun || stubborn and completeintolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own. || In the past, the Northerns faced the Southerners with biogtry regarding freeing the slaves. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Unmitigated (15)


 * "History in her solemn pageinforms us that the crusaderswere but ignorant and savagemen, that their motives werethose of bigotry unmitigated,and that their pathway was one of blood and tears." || adj. || not softened or lessened || A stern father's words are often unmitigated. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Piety (16)

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 * "Romance on the other hand, dilates upom their piety andimpassioned hues, their virtuesand magnanimity, the imperish-able honor they acquired forthemselves, and the great servicesthey rendered to Christianity." || noun || reverence for god or devout fulfillment of religious obligations || [[image:http://www.gjlts.com/images/album/lutherans/images/Luther%20and%20Elector%20-%20piety_jpg.jpg width="376" height="324"]]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Magnanimity (16)


 * "Romance on the other hand, dilates upom their piety andimpassioned hues, their virtuesand magnanimity, the imperish-able honor they acquired forthemselves, and the great servicesthey rendered to Christianity." || noun || a high-minded; nobleact || The magnanimity of the store owner was great because he did not press charges on the robber once he received an apology. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Imperishable (16)


 * "Romance on the other hand, dilates upom their piety andimpassioned hues, their virtuesand magnanimity, the imperish-able honor they acquired forthemselves, and the great servicesthey rendered to Christianity." || adj. || not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring || Honey is imperishable because it can stay fresh for centuries. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Hues (16)

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 * "Romance on the other hand, dilates upom their piety andimpassioned hues, their virtuesand magnanimity, the imperish-able honor they acquired forthemselves, and the great servicesthey rendered to Christianity." || noun || form or appearance;complexion || [[image:http://www.worqx.com/color/images/active-passive-wheel.gif width="208" height="208"]]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Cannonade (17)


 * "On the fifteenth of July began thecannonade." || noun || a continued discharge of cannon, esp. during an attack. || The artillery surprised the enemy with cannonade . ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Putrid (31)


 * "He was a valet to a preacher, expected no promotions or medals, bore no arms, and had a meek faithin a loving Jesus which most soldiersfound putrid." || adj. || thoroughly corrupt, depraved, or evil. || The tunnel was dark and there was a smell of putrid, like something had gone rotten in it. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Profound (32)


 * "Avoiding Germans, there were deliveringthemselves into rural silences ever moreprofound." || adj. || pervasive or intense;thorough; complete || Many people share the profound sadness for the 9-11 incident. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Addled (33)


 * "It was his addled understanding of therules of warfare that the marksman shouldbe given a second chance." || adj. || mentally confused;muddled. || The magician addled him in to total confusion. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Scathingly (38)



<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Unambiguous (39)


 * "The Americans had no choice but to leavetrails in the snows as unambiguousdiagrams in a book on ballroom dancing-//step, slide, rest-step, slide, rest.// || adj. || lacking clearness ordefiniteness; obscure; indistinct || The unambiguous picture drawn by the toddler was hard to understand. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Decrepit (44)


 * "He was forty-one years old, and he wasvisiting his decrepit mother at Pine Knoll,and old people's home he had put her in only a month before. || adj. || weakened by old age;feeble; infirm || His sudden fall was caused by his decrepit age. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Punitive (45)

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 * "If the death penalty is ever to be imposedfor desertion, it should be imposed in thiscase, not as a punitive measure nor asretribution, but to maintain that disciplineupon which alone an army can succeed against the enemy." || adj. || serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment || [[image:http://news.injuryboard.com/uploadedImages/InjuryBoardcom_Content/Blogs/News_Blog/News/Gavel%20i%20stock%20500(2).jpg width="456" height="275"]]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Retribution (45)


 * "If the death penalty is ever to be imposedfor desertion, it should be imposed in thiscase, not as a punitive measure nor asretribution, but to maintain that disciplineupon which alone an army can succeed against the enemy." || noun || something given or inflicted in such requital, esp. for evil || The sentence that the court gave to him was fair retribution for all the bad deeds he had committed. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Clemency (45)


 * "There was no recommendation for clemencyin the case and none is her recommended. || noun || compassion, or forgive-ness in judging or punishing;leniency; mercy. || After he had lied to his wife, she showed great clemency by forgiving him. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Methodical (47)

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 * "When that didn't work, he became methodical, working in such a way that the wheel could notpossibly escape him." || adj. || performed, disposed, or actingin a systematic way; systematic; orderly || [[image:http://www.management-crm.com/images/Methodical_sales_process.jpg width="385" height="304"]]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Quarry (48)


 * "They had heard men calling back and forth, too-calling like hunters who had a pretty good idea of where their quarry was." || noun || an excavation or pit, usually opento the air, from which building stone,slate, or the like, is obtained bycutting, blasting, etc || The hunter almost shot the deer, but at the last minute his quarry ran back into the forest. ||

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Insinuated (49)

between the scouts, draped a heavy arm around the shoulder of each." || verb || Suggest or hint (something negative) in an indirect and unpleasant way. || My friend tells me that you've been saying some mean insinuations about me. ||
 * "Roland Wear, eighteen years old, insinuated himself

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Infinitesimal (49)

spit on snow and history." || adj. || indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute || An infinitesimal amount of people went to the downtown show. ||
 * "They studied the infinitesimal effects of

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Waif (50)

would discover now that they had elected a ludicrous waif." || noun || a person, esp. a child, who has no home or friends. || The hungry waifs living in the orphanage cheered up when they saw their Thanksgiving dinner. ||
 * "All of those prosperous, solid men out there

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Resonant (50)

a deep, resontant tone." ||  || adj. || continuing to sound: echoing || Her grandpa told all the grandchildren a good story, and made it seem so real with his resonant tones. ||
 * || "Billy opened his mouth, and out came