Saturday, January 19, 2008

Vocab / Sentences

1. Eternity- the quality or state of being eternal / Our peace should be eternal.

2. Caucus- a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy / The caucus will be held tomorrow.

3. Nominate- 1: DESIGNATE NAME; 2 a: to appoint or propose for appointment to an office or place b: to propose as a candidate for election to office c: to propose for an honor / He nominates Obama for president.

4. Acclamation- a loud eager expression of approval, praises, or assents / I was received with acclamations.

5. Pollster- one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll / He was appointed as to the position of pollster.

6. Meanwhile- 1: during the intervening time 2: at the same time / He was playing computer games. Meanwhile, I studied.

7. Wield- 1: to deal successfully with: MANAGE 2: to handle (as a tool) especially effectively / He wields a pen.

8. Extraordinary- a: going beyond what is usual, regular, or customary b: exceptional to a very marked extent c: NONRECURRING / He has extraordinary power.

9. Fluid- a substance (as a liquid or gas) tending to flow or conform to the outline of its container / Water is fluid.

10. Reel- a: to turn or move round and round b: to be in a whirl C: to behave in a violent disorderly manner / He reeled after he got drunk.

11. Gridlock- a traffic jam in which a grid of intersecting streets is so completely congested that no vehicular movement is possible / The gridlock in the morning is a very serious problem.

12. Byword- 1: a proverbial saying: PROVERB 2 a: one that personifies a type b: one that is noteworthy or notorious / My grandfather always said the byword, "easy come easy go."

13. Optimism- a doctrine that this world is the best possible world / My friend has great optimism.

14. Brilliance- the quality or state of being brilliant / His gems were brilliant.

15. Mire- a: to cause to stick fast in or as if in mire b: to hamper or hold back as if by mire: ENTANG / The cheater was mired in a difficult situation.

16. Poisonous- 1: DESTRUCTIVE HARMFUL 2: having the properties or effects of poison : VENOMOUS 3: SPITEFUL MALICIOUS / I caught a poisonous snake.

17. Liberal- a: of, relating to, or based on the liberal arts b: archaic: of or befitting a man of free birth / I need a liberal revolution.

18. Knottier- marked by or full of knots; especially: so full of difficulties and complications as to be likely to defy solution / The oil problem is knotty

19. Particular- of, relating to, or being a single person or thing / Every people have particular characteristics.

20. Deny- 1: to declare untrue 2: to refuse to admit or acknowledge / He denied having said so.

21. Investigate- to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry / I investigated the votes in New Jersey.

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