Daily Vocabularies

hectic(adj)

hectically (adv)

very busy, full of activity, and often a bit chaotic or stressful.

contribute (v)

• Noun: contribution

• Adjective: contributive (less common)

• Person: contributor

to give something (like time, money, ideas, or effort) to help achieve or build something.

gist (n)

the main idea or most important point of something.

Vocation (n)

• Adjective: vocational

• Adverb: vocationally

a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or life’s work — especially one you feel called to do.

nerve-wracking

Very stressful, scary, or making you anxious.

simultaneous

happening or being done at exactly the same time

Coerce (v)

• Noun: coercion

• Adjective: coercive

• Adverb: coercively

to persuade someone forcefully to do something that they are unwilling to do against their will.

Abate (verb)

• abates (verb)

• abated (verb)

• abating (verb)

(when the storm finally abated, we resumed our family picnic.)

to become less strong, or to make something less strong

Gambit (noun)
gambits (noun, plural)

Gambit = smart strategy.
Gamble = risk, chance, maybe luck.

(Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit.)

a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk

Jaunt (noun)
jaunt (verb)
jaunts (verb)
jaunted (verb)
jaunting (verb)

We jaunt to the beach every summer.

a short journey or trip, often for pleasure or recreation. sometimes including a stay

lithe (adj)

litheness (noun)

young, healthy, attractive, and able to move and bend smoothly

gullible(adj)

gullibility (noun), gullibly (adverb)

• Synonyms: naive, trusting, easily fooled

• Antonyms: skeptical, suspicious, wary

She was so gullible that she believed every rumor she heard.

easily deceived or tricked, and too willing to believe everything that other people say

mawkish (adj)

mawkishly (adverb), mawkishness (noun)

• Synonyms: sentimental, sickly, cheesy, overly emotional

• Antonyms: unsentimental, restrained, cool

The movie was so mawkish that it felt forced and cheesy.

Early in his life he wrote a fair amount of idealistic but mawkish poetry about boy martyrs and the like.

Convicted (v)(adj)

S- found guilty, sentenced

A- cleared, found innocent

He was convicted of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison

Having been found guilty of a crime by a court law

Uptight (adj)

S-tense, nervous, anxious, rigid

A- relaxed, easygoing, carefree

She gets uptight before giving a big presentation

Means being tense, anxious, or unable to relax, often worried about rules or appearance

Arraignment(n)

Arraign(v)

S- court hearing, first appearance, legal proceeding

A- dismissal

The defendant’s arraignment is scheduled for next Monday.

A formal court process where someone accused of a crime is brought before a judge, hears the charges and enter a plea(guilty or not guilty)

Condone(v)

Condoned(v2) condoning (present.p)

S- overlook, accept, tolerate, excuse

A- condemn, disapprove, punish

Obviously, I don’t condone murder, or thnk that Georgia’s a murderer.

To accept or allow behavior that is wrong or offensive usually by ignoring it or not punishing it.

Delinquent (adj)

Delinquency (n)

I get it. I’m delinquent okay?

Person meaning: a young person who does illegal or bad things

Money meaning: late or unpaid(for bills and payments)