Weeks 7-12 (with sentence practice)

Discursive (adj)

moving from topic to topic without order

Devise (v)

to think out, plan, figure out, invent, create

Malady (noun)

a disease or disorder of the animal body

Nuance (noun)

a subtle distinction or variation

Disseminate (v)

to scatter or spread widely

Espouse (v)

to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt

Ubiquitous (adj)

existing or being everywhere at the same time

Protract (v)

to draw out or lengthen in space or time

We talked about pineapples, then cans of noodles, then the history of the United States. If that's not discursive, I don't know what is.

Correct Discursive

Ack! I broke the entire left side of my body; now I have to devise a plan for my poor Olympic trials next week.

Correct Devise

Although struck with a long life of grief and maladies, she still didn't look a day over 57.

Correct Malady

When I tasted the apple pie my distant cousin made for the family, I tasted nuances of nutmeg, cinnamon, and… toenails?

Correct Nuance

While I do not advise that you disseminate bad information on the internet. Wait, I'll end there. Just don't do it.

Correct Disseminate

He happily espoused his new idea later on in his argument, but in the heat of moment, he knocked over his podium.

Correct Espouse

I have a feeling that new kid is stalking me. Everywhere I go, he appears out of nowhere. It's like he's ubiquitous!

Correct Ubiquitous

I'll make sure I protract this class. Then, they'll need to listen to me for hours, thought every teacher in the 1950s.

Correct Protract

Golly, this discursive handwriting is really starting to make my head hurt.

Incorrect Discursive

Little Billy, are you sick? Do we have to visit the devise?

Incorrect devise

May I have this dance, malady?

Incorrect Malady

Could you stop being a nuance and get out of my room?

Incorrect Nuance

I locked up the disseminate and afterwards, went to play billiards.

Incorrect disseminate

Take your espouses and get ready to rumble!

Incorrect espouse

In the final season of America's Got Fast Food, he ubiquitoused for a new restaurant.

Incorrect Ubiquitous

I really need to protract, it feels like I'm going to explode!

Incorrect Protract

Austere

severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding

Embellish

to decorate, adorn, touch up; to improve by adding details, often a story or idea

Derisive

expressing contempt or ridicule.

Ascertain

find (something) out for certain; make sure of

Jocund

cheerful; merry; blithe; glad

Manifest

readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain

Unctuous

characterized by excessive piousness or moralistic fervor, especially in an affected manner; excessively smooth, suave, or smug.

Vehement

strongly emotional; intense or passionate

Although her mother was austere, Bay was allowed to go to the movie theater with her friends on a school night.

Correct Austere

Tyler was embellishing when he said he caught a 50 lb sardine.

Correct Embellish

The bully's derisive laugh rang in the ears of his victims.

Correct Derisive

Chandler and Ross made fun of Joey because, as they could ascertain, he probably never ate a steak below medium well.

Correct Ascertain

The birthday party was jocund until the birthday girl and her best friend began to bicker.

Correct Jocund

My friend Alexis enjoys movies with a manifest ending, however, I despise predictable movies.

Correct Manifest

Because Lily was upset about the customer service she received, she sent a vehement letter to the store manager.

Correct Vehement

The music at Olivia's party was austere, so her neighbor told her to turn the volume down.

Incorrect Austere

Amber's embellish attitude motivated her to receive an A in her history class.

Incorrect Embellish

The derisive girl helped Maybel walk to the nurse's office after she fell on the concrete.

Incorrect Derisive

The shy man bought a Porsche to make him seem more ascertain.

Incorrect Ascertain

Jonathon was jocund because his brother was missing.

Incorrect Jocund

The students had trouble on the quiz because the answer was manifest.

Incorrect Manifest

I have full trust in Nancy, due to her decades of unctuous friendship.

Incorrect Unctuous

Eleven felt vehement when she received an F on her physics test.

Incorrect Vehement

The candidate made an unctuous effort to get the minority to give him their votes.

Correct Unctuous

enumerate (v)

to count, list, or itemize

aplomb (n)

self-confidence

gestalt (n)

something that is made of many parts but is more than or different from the combination of it's parts

cognizant (adj)

knowledgeable of something, especially through personal experience

hegemony (n)

dominate; authority over others

palpitate (v)

to beat rapidly and strongly; to throb

paradigm (n)

a typical example or pattern of something; a model

urbane (adj)

notably polite or polished in manner

Correct (enumerate)

My mom had enumerated each and every time I struck out. It was quite the ride home.

Incorrect (enumerate)

My brother enumerated the dog walk.

Correct (aplomb)

My aplomb is the bomb!

Incorrect (aplomb)

Mary Jane went to aplomb.

Correct (gestalt)

Machines are gestalt, they have many parts.

Incorrect (gestalt)

I gestalted along the way.

Correct (cognizant)

My essay was written through cognizant- no research needed.

Incorrect (cognizant)

My friend cognizants me.

Correct (hegemony)

The hegemony dominated my opinion.

Incorrect (hegemony)

We hegemony in the corn field.

Correct (palpitate)

My heart palpitated when he passed my locker.

Incorrect (palpitate)

While running, palpitate wanted me to see ducks.

Correct (paradigm)

The natural world has many paradigms that occur in nature.

Incorrect (paradigm)

I paradigmed while singing "Johnny Said No"

Correct (urbane)

The urbane prince was sophisticated enough to please the queen.

Incorrect (urbane)

We urbaned the dog.

amity

a friendly relationship

allay

diminish or put at rest

petulant

peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

didactic

intended to teach, generally referring to moral instruction

flippant

lacking proper respect or seriousness

nostalgic

having a longing for things past

lampoon

ridicule; spoof

patronize

to be kind or helpful in a snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior

The peace treaty between the two nations sought to bring amity and prosperity for years to come.

amity; correct

At the city meeting, Billy intended to allay fears with a speech about decreasing city crime rates.

allay; correct

Bonnie huffed and puffed and stomped about. She grew up spoiled, so it made sense that a declined coupon made her petulant.

petulant; correct

The didactic novel, "How to Kill a Mockingbird," is being banned in some schools for offensive ideas.

didactic; correct

The flippant child forgot to knell for the nun. His rapped knuckles regretted it.

flippant; correct

The old man felt nostalgic for 1970s baseball, shaggy haircuts and mustaches as far as the eye could see, "better times".

nostalgic; correct

The toppled statue was actually an attempt to lampoon the great leader, Kim.

lampoon; correct

Annie patronized the parking attendant, so it was no surprise when she laid eyes on the parking ticket.

patronize; correct

Bill's friendship proposal seemed like it would have amity

amity; incorrect

Bonnie intended to have Susan's crying allayed

allay; incorrect

Alex's mind had petulant.

petulant; incorrect

The didactic hoped to demonstrate the sport of competitive vaping.

didactic; incorrect

In attempting to act as if John was his cat, he couldn't be flippant.

flippant; incorrect

The writer was nostalgic in presenting his screenplay.

nostalgic; incorrect

The doctor was lampoon with emotion

lampoon; incorrect

The quail felt patronized when it fought against the wind.

patronize; incorrect

Collusion (n)

secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy

Candid (adj)

frank, sincere; impartial; unposed

Impasse (n)

a position or situation from which there is no escape

mitigate (v)

to make less severe