Unit+7

=Unit 7:=

1. Francesca Macrina: allay(v.)- to calm or pacify, set to resist, to lessen or relieve. //To __allay__ her splitting headache, Sophie took some Tylenol, and felt better a few hours later.//

-- 2. Steph DiLolle / bestial [adj] - beastlike; beastly, brutal; subhuman in intelligence and sensibility. //Belle saw through the prince's __bestial__ appearance to his inner beauty, and that's why she fell in love with him.// -- 3. Marcus Smith: Convivial(adj)- festive, sociable, having fun together, genial //The group of friends had a very __convivial__ relationship because they always went out and had fun together.//

4. Jamie Cristinzio; coterie (n.)- a circle of acquaintances; a close-knit, often exclusive group of people with a common interest //Voldemort would only allow members who proved themselves to be true followers into his coterie.// 5. Angela Longo; counterpart: (n.)- a person or think closely resembling or corresponding to another; a complement //Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward make perfect counterparts when they are on stage together making music.// Amanda Vankirk: demur(v) to object or make an exception; (n)- an objection She thought the home was beautiful, but **//demurred//** at the price.

7) Kayla Meyermann: effrontery(n.) - shameless boldness //No one in the classroom could believe the student had the effrontery to call his teacher a derogatory name.//

8) Dylan Meyler: embellish(v.)- to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details The family had to embellish the house before they sold it so people will think it is a nice house to buy.

8.) Jordan Mullan: embellish(v.)- to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details After my mother would put the lights on the Christmas tree, my brothers and I would __embellish__ it by adding ornaments and candy canes. 9.) Gregory Viola: ephemeral(adj.)- lasting only a short time, short-lived //Beautiful sunsets are one of the most beautiful, naturally occuring phenomena in the world, but are __ephemeral,__ lasting only mere moments.// 10. Bridget Parker: felicitous (adj.)- appropriate, apt, well chosen; marked by well-being or good fortune, happy //After all the events in the movie were aggravating, they lead up to a well-deserved __felicitous__ ending in which the bride got the wedding of her dreams.// 11. Brittany Harlow: __furtive__(adj) - done slyly or stealthily, secret of shifty //After missing for two weeks, my senile grandfather had assumed that my precious kitty ran away and died,// //but i knew due to her regularly// __furtive__ //behavior that she would show up eventually.//

12. Samantha Funk: garish(adj.)- glaring; tastelessly showy or overdecorated in a vulgar or offensive way //Madeline sported __garish__ nails for her sixteenth birthday party.// 13) Austin Kopfle: illusionary(adj) - misleading, deceptive, lacking in or not based on reality. //Many **__illusionary__** images seem very complex, but most are, in fact, are quite simple.// 14. Gina Pepe: indigent(adj.)-needy, impoverished

The school had a food drive for the __indigent__ residents of their community.

15. Deep Patel: Inordinate(adj.) -far too great, exceeding reasonable limits, excessive

Bill gates has an __inordinate__ amount of money.

16. Megan Millisky: jettison (v.)--to cast overboard, get rid of as unnecessary or burdensome //Backpackers and hikers try to __jettison__ anything unnecessary in their bags to lighten their load.// misanthrope(n.)-a person who hates or despises people //Naturally, the misanthrope gave dirty looks to everyone who bumped into him on the subway.// 19) Jimmy Barnett (adj.)Picayune- of little value or importance, paltry, measly; concerned with trifling matters, small-minded //The little girl complained about every picayune problem and it began to be very annoying// 20. Shane Gotthold: raiment (n.)- clothing, garments //The boy set up his World of Warcraft character by choosing different __raiments__ to make him look awesome.// Rachel Royal; wraith- (n) the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death

//The __wraith__ of his wife will haunt him forever for what he did to her while they were married.//