Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Spring Vocab # 5

brouhaha-A noisy response. 
The instructor said that his last class was an example of a brouhaha.
cloy-To sicken.

The cloy part in the movie is when they both kill each other for no reason.
demeanor-Outward Behavior.
His demeanor was so bad that he was arrested.
deference-Respect
A person who has deference is  a nice person to hang around with.
enigmatic-Difficult to understand
The child was enigmatic after his proceder.
definitive-Conclusion of an agreement
The defenitive was that MR Blue had to pay over 100 dollars.
bumptious-proud
I am bumptious for my son.
choleric-Bad tempered
I must warn you that the child is clorical.
bulwark-A defensive wall.
The wall is bulwark.
curtail-To restrict
You mustr curtail the amount of freedom you give your children.
adamant-Refusing to change
He is adamant about the time of the game.
profligate-Wasteful
The child was profligate with his time
mawkish-a sickly way
He solves his problems mawkishly.
thwart-prevent from accomplishing something.
do not thwart him lets see how many he can do.
onus-to refer to something as ones duty.
the onus is on you to show that you have suffered
requisite-Made by regulations
mollify-to appease the anger of.
Mollify him and let him ne.
sartorial-style of dress.
HE has nice sartoil
presentiment-a feeling about the future
his presintiment was true.
impromptu-not organized
the plan was imprpomtu
forbearance-self control
he has very good forbearence
remit-to cancel
remit his pass because he is no longer available.

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