Unit+14

Unit 14

1. Kayla Meyermann - beautific (adj.) = blissful; rendering or making blessed As he prayed it could be seen that he had an intense experience of God due to the beatific expression on his face.

1.) Angela Longo - beatific (adj): blissful; rendering or making blessed Her beatific smile and hopeful disposition inspired women to become nurses in the 1950's.

2. Gregory Viola: behemoth(n.) a creature of enormous size, power, or appearance

lthough confused, the T-rex of Jurassic Park proved to be an antagonistic __behemoth.__

2.Christina Denny __Behemoth(Noun):__ creature of enormous size, power, or apearance Swimming with sharks made me realize that they are beautiful behemoths.

Jordan Mullan: blandishment (n.)- anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple-polishing The waitress tried to mollify the customer when he complained about his meal, but his wife saw right past her __blandishments.__

4. Deep Patel : cacophonous (adj.): harsh, mean; scolding or overbearing The cacophonous man yelled at his employee for making a mistake. 5. Jimmy barnett: chicanery-(n.) trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing //The army used tactical chicanery such as smoke bombs to distract the enemy// 6. Dylan Meyler: Consign- (v) to give over to another's care, charge, or control; to entrust, deliver; to set apart for a special use //When my mom and dad leave the house they __consign__ the house authority to me because I am the oldest of all of my siblings.//

9. Samantha Funk- febrile (adj) feverish; pertaining to or marked by fever; frenetic //The baby had __febrile__ symptoms so his parents took him to the doctors.//

10. Marcus Smith: gainsay-(v) to deny, contradict, controvert; to dispute, oppose //After the man __gainsaid__// the woman's statement, she completely freaked out on him.

Angela Martorano: imminent(adj.): about to happen, threatening The kitten was caught off gaurd by the __imminent__ attack from the other kitten.

Meghan Gladue: imminent (adj): about to happen, impending



Although the boy wanted to go out and play, he stayed and studied for history because his grade was in __imminent__ danger.

12. Francesca Macrina: innate(adj.): natural, inborn, inherent; build-in //According to the psychic, she possessed an **innate** ability to see the future.//

13. Amanda Vankirk: loath(adj) - unwilling, reluctant, disinclined. The boy was loath to clean up his toys and go to

Anthony Nimmo: cacophonous(adj)-harsh-sounding, raucous, discordant, dissonant

//The man's cacophonous screaming caused everyone in the room to stare at him.//

14. Jamie Cristinzio; manifest (adj)- clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v)- to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n)- a list of cargo and/or passangers //With the __manifest__ evidence provided, it was easy to prove that the man had committed the murder of his wife.// 14. Bridget Parker: manifest (adj) - clear, evident to the eyes or mind; (v) - to show plainly, exhibit, evince; (n) - a list of cargo and/or passengers //During the business meeting, the man __manifested__ his ideas through a structured chart.//

//15. Alec Sampey- **__minutiae__**- (pl. n.)- precise details; small or trifling matters//

The piece is heavily documented, a method that might result in a dissection of __** minutiae **__. 16. Shane Gotthold: Moratorium- (n.) a suspension of activity; an official waiting period; an authorized period of delay

The baseball player was bored during the **__moratorium__**, so he decided to have some fun.

17. Leeza Duller: **Nostrum** - (n.) An alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness. //During the late 1800s through the early 1900s many __nostrums__ were sold and advertised in shopping catalogs.//

18. Gina Pepe; pariah (n.)- one who is rejected by a social group or organization //Gretchen treated Cady as a **pariah**, declaring that she was not allowed to sit with her at lunch.//

18. Allison Nye: Pariah (n) Someone who is rejected by a group. The new Pariah at school was __ostracized__ from the rest of the students because they all thought she was "wierd".

19. Steph DiLolle - **visionary**: [adj] not practical; lacking in realism; having the nature of a fantasy or dream. / [n] one given to far-fetched ideas; a dreamer or seer characterized by vision or foresight. //When the people at Pixar made their first short film in the 1980s, the company was seen as __visionary__ because of their use of new 3D animation technology.// --

20. Megan Millisky: wizened (adj., part.) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as a result of aging) //The woman in the episode of Spongebob was __wizened__ from her very old age.//

20). Rachel Royal: Wizened (adj) dry, shrunken, and wrinkled (often as a result of aging)

In the old legand, if you touch the __wizened__ head in the temple, it is believed to give you bad luck for the rest of your life.