VCR Lesson 16

nova (noun)

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

novice (noun)

a person new to any field; a beginner

neoclassical (noun)

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

neologism (noun)

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

neophyte (noun)

a recent convert (could also be considered a beginner)

dour (adjective)

stern, grim, gloomy

novus
(Latin)

new

duro, durare, duravi, duratum (L)

to make hard, to endure

duress, noun

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

obdurate, adjective

stubborn, unyielding

Memoria (Latin)

remembrance, memory

immemorial, adjective

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

memoir (noun)

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

Memorabilia, noun

things worth remembering

moror, morari, moratum (L)

to delay, to loiter, to tarry

demur (intr. v.)

1. to raise an objection
2. to delay

moratorium (noun)

deferment or delay of any action

senex, senis (L)

old, an elder

senescent, adj

growing old; aging

surly, adjective

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

One verb, intr.

demur

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