Word Generation #14

confront- v. to face, especially in challenge Ex. When Fred heard the rumors that his best friend had asked out a girl liked too, he confronted him. -confrontment [from M.Fr. confronter "assign limits, adjoin,"]





interfere- v. to get in the way of Ex. Tony yelled at his daughter to not interfere, that it was an argument between her mother and him. -noninterferingly [from L ferire "to knock, strike,"]



emerge- v. to become known Ex. The first golden rays of the sun bathe the landscape as the wood brown gopher emerges from its burrow. -unemerging [from L. emergere "rise out or up, bring forth,"]



exploit- v. to make use of. often unfairly Ex. After discovered the minute flaw in the Citibank's system, Gary spent the last 5 years secretly exploiting the flaw, transferring almost 11 million dollars. -unexploitative [from c.1400 esploiten "to accomplish, achieve, fulfill," from O.Fr. expleiter "use selfishly,"]


furthermore- adv. in addition to what came before Ex. Mr. Sikes introduced himself and stated that he'd be coaching the high school football team furthermore teaching AP English. [from O.E. fyrðan "further, impel," + mara "greater, more,"]

Word Generation #13

vocational- adj. involved in training for a skill or trade Ex. Ben knew he would not succeed in college, so he decided to take a vocational course instead of a college course. -nonvocationally [from L. vocationem "a calling,"]



focus- n. center of activity or interest Ex. Ricky was unable to focus on his studies because of his neighbor's dog constantly barking. -selfocusing [from L. focus "hearth, fireplace"]



inherently- adv. built-in, belonging by nature Ex. It was inherently obvious that Jordan had stayed up all night studying for the math test. -uninherently [from L. inhaerentem "be closely connected with,"]




exceed- v. to be greater than Ex. The month Britney got her first credit card, she exceeded the limit set, so the bank froze her account. -unexceedable [from O.Fr. exceder "exceed, surpass, go too far," from L. excedere "depart, go beyond,"]



equivalent- adj. alike or equal Ex. The teacher told us to study hard for the midterm because it counted as 10% of our grade, the equivalent of 6 tests. -unequivalently [from L. aequus "equal"]

Word Generation #12

gender- n. either of two groups into which many living things are divided (male or female) Ex. Unfortunately, because my Claydol, in my Pokemon Emerald, is genderless, I am unable to breed it. -genderless [from L. genus "race, stock, order; species"]




comprise- v.to make up; to form Ex. Mills High School is comprised mostly of Asians but there are a few Caucasian, Hispanic, and Black. -comprisable [from O.Fr. comprendre "to contain"]




adapt- v. to change to fit a new situation Ex. In the Congo the common reed frog, in a situation where the population of male frogs is insubstantial, can adapt to this by activating a sex gene to develop male organs and destroy female organs. -welladapted [from L. adaptare "adjust,"]



conduct- v. to behave in a particular manner Ex. To quench his curious scientific mind, Billy conducted a science lab on what effects does burning have on some elements like; Aluminum, Calcium, Barium, Sodium, and Copper. -nonconductibility [from L. conductus "to lead or bring together"]




paradigm- n. a model or example Ex. After the old manager retired, he was replaced by a young Caucasian man with an outstanding nose and cool green eyes who brought a new type of paradigm of supervising us letting us work on our projects freely without much influence on them. -paradigmatic [from L.L. paradigma "pattern, example," from Gk. paradeigma "pattern, model,"]