1B Ms Peck Recalcitrant riˈkalsətrənt Being uncooperative to authority stubbornly defiant recalcitrance She was recalcitrant when the police officer pulled her over feeling she did nothing wrong ID: 694858
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Vocabulary #5
By : Asia Lindsay
1B
Ms. PeckSlide2
Recalcitrant
riˈkalsətrənt
Being uncooperative to
authority; stubbornly defiantrecalcitranceShe was recalcitrant when the police officer pulled her over feeling she did nothing wrong.To recall an item is to remove it from shelves because it is uncooperative with standards.Slide3
Profligate
(adjective)
prä-fli-gət
, -ˌgātCorruptProfligatelyShe profligately poured wine on the ground saying “this is for my dead dog”.You want to Profit so that you can
Ga
in not waste.Slide4
Adventitious
(adjective)
advenˈtiSHəs
Formed accidently or by chance; not planned.AdventitiouslyWhen he said that Native Americans weren’t good slaves he adventitiously encouraged African slavery.Adventures usually lead to unexpected discoveries. Advent means to coming or arriving.Slide5
Assuage
(transition verb)
ə-ˈ
swājTo relieve or lower the pain of something; making it more tolerable and less severeAssuaged assuagingThe medicine the dentist gave her was meant to assuage the pain of pulling her wisdom teeth.Massages are reliefSlide6
Rhapsodic (
rap-ˈ
sä-dik
) adjectiveExtremely emotional; enthusiastically praisingRhapsodically RhapsodyShe gave a Rhapsodic speech about how much she loved her husband at their wedding.Rhapsody is a piece of music of music that is meant to express a lot of emotion and doesn’t have regular form.