adj Dray KOE nee un barbarously harsh as in the severity of the law or code of or relating to Draco 7thcentury Athenian statesman and lawmaker or his code of laws which prescribed ID: 703140
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1. Draconian (adj.)
Dray KOE nee un
barbarously harsh as in the severity of the law or code
of or relating to Draco, 7th-century Athenian statesman and lawmaker, or his code of laws, which prescribed death for almost every offence "Writers ought to be regarded as wrongdoers who deserve to be acquitted or pardoned only in the rarest cases: that would be a way to keep books from getting out of hand."-Friedrich NietzscheWhy is this quote an example of a draconian belief?Any reason J.K. Rowling chose the name Draco for that particular character?Slide3
2. Abjure (v)
ab JOOR
to formally swear to give up; to renounce
During the time of (Bloody) Mary Tudor, many Protestants refused to abjure their faith and were swiftly burned alive.When converting to Judaism, Stephanie had to abjure her previously held religious beliefs.Slide4
3. Cacophony (n)
kuh KOF uh nee
loud and harsh-sounding mixture of noises
The house next to the highway was not selling due to the cacophony produced by city traffic.When there is an assembly at Mount Diablo, a cacophony can be heard coming from the direction of the large gym.Slide5
4. Capricious (adj.) kuh Pree shus
apt to change suddenly; unpredictable
He's such a
capricious boss I never know how he'll react. Sally’s capriciousness got on the nerves of her friends. One minute she made plans and the next she cancelled them.Slide6
5. Pedantic (adj.)
puh DAN tik
over attention to small detail; small-minded, unimaginative
While you're technically correct, you're being pedantic.When grading the essays, the teacher tried not to be pedantic about errors that didn’t affect her understanding of the work.Slide7
6. Lachrymose (adj.) LAK rih MOHS
tearful, mournful
Often
reserved, even stony, the teacher is not given to lachrymose displays of feeling.The first half of the film plays for laughs, while the second half evolves into a lachrymose story of lost love.Slide8
7. Teetotaler
(n)
TEE toh
tuh lurone who abstains completely from drinking alcoholThe two sisters were polar opposites, the first a reckless alcoholic, the second a teetotaler. He was particularly bitter in waging warfare on liquor and was a rigid teetotaler. Slide9
8. Lothario
(n)
lo THAR ee oh
one who’s main interest is seducing womenThe young man saw himself as quite a lothario, but his track record proved he struck out most of the time.Joey, from “Friends,” is a famous lothario with his pick-up line, “Hey, how you doin?”Slide10
9. Abhor (v)
ab HAWR
to really hate or detest
While I absolutely abhor his views, he has a right to them. The teacher abhors bullying and will not put up with it in his classroom.Slide11
10. Egregious (adj.)
i
GREE jus
extremely badThe fashion designer believes that the socks-and-sandal combo is perhaps the most egregious fashion faux pas.We are shocked by the more egregious examples of behavior sometimes displayed by high school students.