VCR Lesson 16

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nova (noun)

a star that increases thousands of times in brightness and then fades

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novice (noun)

a person new to any field; a beginner

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neoclassical (noun)

A revival of the literary, architectural, musical, and artistic forms that are considered a standard or model, and therefore "classical"

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neologism (noun)

a new word, phrase, or expression, or a new meaning for an old word

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neophyte (noun)

a recent convert (could also be considered a beginner)

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dour (adjective)

stern, grim, gloomy

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novus
(Latin)

new

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duro, durare, duravi, duratum (L)

to make hard, to endure

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duress, noun

forced constraint, coercion against one's will (to make someone doing something)

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obdurate, adjective

stubborn, unyielding

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Memoria (Latin)

remembrance, memory

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immemorial, adjective

going deep into the past before history, knowledege, or memory; primordial

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memoir (noun)

a written account of events one has lived thorugh; an autobiography

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Memorabilia, noun

things worth remembering

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moror, morari, moratum (L)

to delay, to loiter, to tarry

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demur (intr. v.)

1. to raise an objection
2. to delay

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moratorium (noun)

deferment or delay of any action

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senex, senis (L)

old, an elder

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senescent, adj

growing old; aging

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surly, adjective

bad-tempered and unfriendly, flagrantly uncivil, ill-natured

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One verb, intr.

demur

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5 adjectives

D-O-I-S-S

There are 3 D words (the adjective is Dour); only 1 O word (obdurate), only one I word (immemorial) and both S words ( senescent and surly)

There are 9 nouns

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