2017 Vocabulary #13 – Period 5
/1. salable / / [sey-luh-buhl]
–adjective
subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold: The books were sent back by the store in salable condition.Origin: 1520–30;
2. deference [def-er-uhns]
noun
1. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
2. respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes.
Origin: 1640–50; < French
3. prodigious/ [pruh-dij-uhs]
–adjective
1. / extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.2. / wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat.
3. / abnormal; monstrous.
Origin: 1545–55; < L
4. raiment/ [rey-muhnt]
–noun
clothing; apparel; attire.Origin: 1350–1400; ME
5. enumerate ih-noo-muh-reyt, ih-nyoo-]
verb
1. to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list: Let me enumerate the many flaws in your hypothesis.
2. to ascertain the number of; count.
Origin: 1640-50; < Latin
6. repine [ri-pahyn]
verb
to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
Origin: 1520–30
7. importune [im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuhn]
–verb
1. / to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.2. / to make improper advances toward (a person).
3. / to beg for (something) urgently or persistently.
Origin: 1350–1400; ME
8. hitherto /ˈhɪðərˌtu/ [hith-er-too]
–adverb
1. / up to this time; until now: a fact hitherto unknown.2. / to here.
Origin: 1175–1225; ME
9. encumbrance en-kuhm-bruh ns]
noun
1. something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance:
Poverty was a lifelong encumbrance.
2. a dependent person, especially a child.
Origin: 1275-1325; Middle English
10. fricassee [frik-uh-see]
–noun
1. meat, esp. chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
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Origin: 1560–70; < MF