Lesson 14 Vocabulary By: Kayla Fogle and Caitlin Daugherty

a science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils.

Correct spelling

To retreat; to draw back

elicit

Bombast

shibboleth

Orthography

flaunt

to prevent

gloomy; sluggish

paroxysm

endemic

Elicit

v. To draw forth; to call forth.

Flaunt

Syn: evoke; extract

Ant: cover; suppress

v. To show off

deign

Self-congiedence; showy manner

Syn: boast; exhibit

The teacher elicited the student to come present his project first.

Deign

lying; false

v. To lower oneself before an inferior.

Syn: stoop; condescend

As soon as he got his new car he wanted to flaunt it around town.

She deigned having anything to do with him after he left her.

Endemic

Adj. Confined to a particular country or area.

Shibboletch

n. a word or proununciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group.

Lesson

Syn: native; indigenous

Ant: alien; foreign

Paleontology

Syn: none

Ant: none

n. Science dealing with prehistoric life through the study of fossils

aggrandize

paleontology

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Hunting and habitat loss have caused this endemic bird to become endangered.

syn: none

Ant: none

Orthography

Vocabulary

n. Correct spelling

The paleontologist was excited to reveal the new species he found from millions of years ago.

In the small town "city folks" was the shibboletch that made clear who did not live there.

... small

Syn: none

Ant: none

Quiz

The student one the spelling bee by having the most orthography.

Paroxysm

Recoil

v. to retreat

n. a sudden outburst; a fit.

Syn: none

Ant: none

a word or pronunciation that distinguishes someone as of a particular group.

Syn: outburst; commotion

Ant: none

The army relized they were out numbered so they recoiled back to base camp.

imppressive but meaningless language

panache

Lesson 14 vocabulary

The workers were upset about cut salaries they all went into a paroxysm and started a strike.

Bombast

n. Impressive but meaningless language.

syn: none

Ant: none

The teacher was speaking in such a bombast way none of his students understood the lesson.

Aggrandize

v. To increase the range of; to expand.

By: Kayla Fogle

and

Caitlin Daugherty

to draw forth

Recoil

Confined to a particulat area

Syn: enlarge

Ant: diminsh

The population has aggrandized in the past 5 years from 50,000 to 100,00.

Obviate

V. To prevent; to get around.

Saturnine

.

Syn: circumvent

Ant: none

Adj. Gloomy; sluggish

He tried to obvitate his way out of going to school by pretending to be sick.

Syn: Sullen; morose

Ant: genial

Mendacious

Panache

Adj. Lying; false; deceitful.

n. Self-confidence: a showy manner

Kim had such a rough night doing homework, the next day she was a saturnine person at school.

Syn: duplicitous

Ant: truthful

Syn: charisma; spirit

obviate

The model had panache as she walked down the cat walk, her showy manner got her 2nd place in the show.

she was a very mendacious person, her friends couldnt tell if she was telling the truth or not.

a sudden outburst

saturnine

to expand

mendacious

to show off

to lower onself before an inferior