Word Generation 22

 

 undergo- v. to experience Ex. We were informed that Sam had to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor, and there was only a 10% success rating.  -underwent [from O.E. undergan "undermine,"] 

empowering-adj. giving authority or power to Ex. After seeing the despair and pain of poverty, I was empowered to start a charity fund to raise money to fund many soup kitchens, food banks, and shelters. -empowerment [from the 1650s, used by Milton]

deny- v. to declare to be untrue Ex. Even though Gary had cookie crumbs all over his face, he continued to deny that he had stolen from the cookie jar. -undenied [from O.Fr. denoiir "deny, repudiate withhold," from L. denegare "to deny, reject, refuse"]

implications- n. likely consequences Ex. There were many implications that Mary's death was not a suicide. -nonimplicatively [from L. implicatus, pp. of implicare "to involve, entwine"]

role- n. expected behavior; a job or function Ex. Jordan's parent's divorce was not the only cause of his depression, but also the fact that Jordan was being bullied at school played a role in his depression. -multirole [from Fr. rôle "part played by a person in life,"]

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,"]

Word Generation #16

underlying- adj.  involved but not revealed or expressed Ex. There was an underlying reason for Ben's flattery; he wanted to borrow money to buy some amps. -underlie [from O.E. under licgan "to be subordinate to"]



capacity- n. ability Ex. After 6 months of conditioning, Gary increased his lung capacity so that he could swim in the Olympics. -incapacity [from M.Fr. capacité "breadth," from L. capacitatem "capacity,"]





adequately- adv. something done well enough Ex. The essay Bobby wrote for his English assignment adequately portrayed life in Brazil. -preadequateness [from L. adaequatus "equalized"]



anonymous- adj. not named or identified Ex. The love letter Emma received was signed anonymous. -anonymousness [from L.L. anonymus, from Gk. anonymos "without a name,"]


harassment- n. the act of verbally or physically harming or annoying someone Ex. After being harassed by his boss for 3 years, John, in a rage, threw his chair out the window, broke his computer monitor, and quit his job. -overharassment [from O.Fr. harier "to harry, draw, drag"]

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"]