Word Generation #19

widespread- adj. found over a wide area Ex. Not eating meat is a widespread practice among many Buddhist monks. -spread [from P.Gmc. widas "unguarded, exposed to attack," + from P.Gmc. spraidijanan "to spread," from O.E. sprædan "to spread out,"]







predominantly- adv. greater in number or influence Ex. Taylor Middle School is predominantly populated by Asians. -predominancy [from M.L. praedominantem, from L. prae- "before," + dominari "to rule,"]


regulation- n. order telling how something is to be done Ex. When my father and I went fishing at San Pablo Dam, we were informed of the fishing regulations; we could only catch five trout per person. -nonregulated [from L.L. regulatus "to control by rule, direct," from L. regula "rule"]



odds- n. the probability or chance that something will happen or be so Ex. The odds of Gary being struck by lightning is one in ten-thousand. -oddly [first found in Shakespeare "2 Henry IV," in 1597 "amount by which one thing exceeds or falls short of another,"]



compile- v. collect Ex. After football tryouts, Coach Warner compiled a group of the best football players he saw to put on the team. -recompilation [from O.Fr. compiler "compile, collect" from L. compilare "to plunder, rob"]

Word Generation #18

commodity- n. something that is bought and sold Ex. Even after all of my six cousins got potty-trained there was always a large commodity of diapers that seemed to continue to grow daily, resting in their basement. -noncommodity [from L. commoditatem "fitness, adaptation, convenience, advantage,"]






practitioner- n. person who practices a profession Ex. After getting the results back from the MRI, the medical practitioner told my grandmother that they had found a tumor in her pancreas. -practice [from L.L. practicus "fit for action," from O.Fr. practiser "to practice,"]




evaluate- v. to decide the value or worth of Ex. Ben was as healthy as a horse; he had a good heart rate, well-developed muscles, not an ounce of fat, no heritable diseases, but he had very poor eyesight, so he failed the health evaluation and couldn't join the Air Force. -misevaluate [from Fr. évaluer "to find the value of,"]



intrinsic- adj. essential or natural to something Ex. The intrinsic value of the metals making up a nickel is greater than the value of the nickel itself. -intrinsically [from L. intrinsecus "inwardly, on the inside,"]



infer- v. to guess, with some evidence for Ex. After studying the patterns of the triangular antiprism, rectangular antiprism, and pentagonal antiprim, I can infer that to find the total amount of faces multiply the number of sides of the n-gonal base by two, then add two to the product for the bases. -noninferable [from L. inferre "bring into, carry in," Gk. pherein "to carry;"]

Word Generation #17

sought- v. looked for Ex. For 2 years, Craig has sought to find a cure for Ebola after his mother died of it. -unsought [from P.Gmc. sokjanan, from L. sagire "to perveive quickly or keenly," from O.E. secan "visit, inquire, pursue,"]







distribution- n. the act of giving out Ex. The teacher instructed Thomas to distribute the grammar worksheet to everyone. -nondistributional [from L. distributionem "a division, distribution," from O.Fr. distribution]



anecdotal- adj. related to a brief story about something in a person's life, usually interesting or amusing Ex. The essay Billy wrote on suicide was begun using an anecdote that captured my attention quickly. -anecdotalist [from Fr. anecdote "secret or private stories," from Gk. anekdota "things unpublished,"]



outweigh- v. to be greater than Ex. The benefits of doing chemotherapy to treat her cancer outweighed the consequences. [from L. praeponderare "outweigh,"]



front- n. pretended appearance Ex. Brandon continued to put up his charming and funny front to hide his anger, frustration, depression, and pain from the world. -unfronted [from O.Fr. front "forehead,"]