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List 4. Vocabulary!!! Best day ever-. Prudent. Adj. using wisdom and good judgment One mark of maturity is making prudent decisions; the wisest thing to do isn’t always the most fun and exciting. Pallor. N. Unhealthy pale appearance - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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VOCABULARY!!!

BEST DAY EVER-

List 4

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Prudent

Adj. using wisdom and good judgment

One mark of maturity is making prudent decisions; the wisest thing to do isn’t always the most fun and exciting.

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Pallor

N. Unhealthy pale appearance

People see my pallor and think I’m sick, but I’m just really pale!

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Hoary

Adj. Having grey or white hair

We have friends who, like the hoary uncle on Duck Dynasty, have scraggly grey ponytails and beards.

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Prating

V. Talking about unimportant or uninteresting things

Her prating really got on my nerves. Even though I clearly was NOT interested, she kept babbling on.

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Tarry

V. To stay in one place;to wait; to delay departing

I didn’t mean to tarry, but Mrs. Alexander asked me another question and, before I knew it, 20 minutes had passed.

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Apothecary

N. Pharmacy or pharmacist

Now pharmacies are in every Walgreen and Kroger, but 50 years ago, most small towns didn’t even have one apothecary.

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Covetousness

N. Extreme desire to have somethingThe covetousness I saw in Dena’s eyes as she toured my house made me lock up the valuables the next time she came over.

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Perdition

N. Damnation; hell

“The road to perdition is paved with good intentions” essentially means that intending to do right is totally different from actually doing right.

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Avarice

N. Extreme greed for wealth

Some people’s avarice causes them to miss their children’s formative years; they are working instead of being at ball games or home for dinner.

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Knell

N. Sound of a bell

The phrase “death knell” comes from the old tradition of ringing the church bell when someone died.

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Condescending

Adj. Acting superior; talking down to someone

The French have a reputation for being condescending and acting like they are far more cultured than any American tourist.

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Forbearance

N. Patience; restraint

It’s hard to practice forbearance in today’s society; everyone tends to want all the latest and greatest immediately.

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Impetus

N. The thing that causes something to be done

The impetus for my returning to school was the realization that my job had no future.

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Prosperity

N. Wealth and success

Our country, even through the current recession, enjoys great prosperity; we are still far more privileged than most places in the world.

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Accost

V. Approach and speak boldly to someone

When the man in the airport accosted me, I was at first worried that he was violent, but apparently he was just a little awkward.

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Didactic

Adj. Designed to teach

He delivered the speech in a didactic tone, so we knew he thought he was enlightening us about the wonders of ear wax.

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Duplicity

N. Deliberate deceptiveness

I always feel like politicians are practicing duplicity because they seem to change their opinions every time they speak.

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Brazen

Adj. Bold; shameless

People today are so much more brazen about showing tattoos than they ever were in past generations; they used to be considered taboo by most.

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Compunction

N. Guilt; regret

She looked back on her life without compunction; she had lived brazenly, but she would not have changed anything.