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11 Vocabulary Words that You Shouldve Learned in

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by Kimberly Joki May 14, 2015

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Mostofourreadingandwritingisbeingdoneinthecontextofsocialmediaandemail.Itmaynotseem
likeasurprisethatoncecommonlyusedwordsandphrasesarebeingusedwithlowerfrequency.This
effectiscompoundedbythefactthatcommunicationisbecomingincreasinglycasual.Wereallfor
adaptingtotheevolutionoftheEnglishlanguagehowever,whenaformallanguageenvironment
demandshigherlevelvocabulary,itisbesttobeabletousesuchwordsandphrasescorrectly.
Thoughitsfuntoseethedefinitionsthatstudentscomeupwithforthesecommonwords,the
definitionsareincorrect.Improveyourvocabularytodaybystudyingthesewords,thentakethe

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Deciduousisaclassifyingadjectivethatweusetocategorizeplantswithbroadleavesthatfalloffinthe
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WemetfortuitouslyinlineattheSmithsonian.Wevebeenbestfriendseversince.

manycanyougetright?

Gubernatorial
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:todowithpeanuts
Thisadjectiveindicatesthatsomethingisrelatedtoagovernor.
Thisyearsgubernatorialelectioniscriticalforthefutureoftheunionsinthestate.
Bibliography
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:holygeography
Eventhoughthestudentdefinitionmightseemtomakemoresensenow,infact,boththeBibleand
bibliographyhavethesameroot.BibliisaLatinrootmeaningrelatingtobooks,whilegraphia
(LatintransliteratedfromGreek)meanswritingorfieldofstudy.Abibliographyisanoutlineofthebooks
andsourcescitedinatext.
Studentsshouldalwaysincludeabibliographyoftheirresearchwithessays.
Adamant
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:pertainingtooriginalsin
ThisonehasnothingtodowithanyonenamedAdam.Thisadjectivedescribessomeonewhois
unfailinglysureandinsistentonhisorheropinion,eveninthefaceofopposingappeals.
Thebridewasadamantthatherdressbewhite,notivoryorcream.
Diatribe
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:foodforthewholeclan
Nodietshere!Diatribeisanintenseandharshcriticismofsomeoneorsomething.
Theradioshowhostlaunchedintoadiatribeagainstthepoliticsoftheadministration.
Polyglot
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:morethanoneglot
Thestudentswererightthatthisrelatedtomany,butglotrelatestotongueandthereforethisword
isanounforsomeonewhospeaksmanylanguages.
Morganisisapolyglot,speakingFrench,German,andEnglish.
Gullible
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:todowithseasbirds
Gullibleisanadjectivethatcanbeusedtodescribepeopleandanimalswhoareeasilyfooledorwho
fallforpranksandjokeseasily.Agulliblepersonwilleasilybelievelies.
Georgeisthemostgulliblepersonintheclasshealwaysfallsforourjokes.
Homogenous
Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:devotedtohomelife
HomoisaGreekrootthatmeanssameorequal.Withthisinmind,itmakessensethatthisadjective
describesthequalityofbeingmadeupofthesamefeaturesornature.Thiswordcanbeusedto
describeeverythingfromthecompositionofpopulationstothenatureofideasinagroupofpeople.
Theuniversityhadtoaddressthelackofdiversitythestudentpopulationwasalmostcompletely
homogenous.
Indefatigable
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Whatstudentsthoughtitmeant:incapableoflosingfat
Thisadjectivethrowspeopleoffbecauseoftheprefixes.Youprobablyrecognizethewordfatigue
here(whichmeanstiredness).Themixofprefixesyieldsawordthatdescribesapersonwhois
incapableofbeingfatiguedortiredonewhopersistsunyieldingly!
Thoughherfirstattemptsatbecominganastronautwerediscouraged,Kathleenwasindefatigableand
willbeflyingtotheInternationalSpaceStationnextmonth.
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