Senior Vocab List #8 – FRANKENVOCABULARY Part 1

WORD/P.O.S / DEFINITION / NOTES/SENTANCE
diffuse (v.)
(dih fyooz) / to spread out / I can’t stand it when my neighbors cook pork in their kitchen, because the smell diffuses out into the hall and makes me feel nauseous.
satiate (v.)
(say shee ayt) / to satisfy / I once walked a few blocks in sub-zero temperatures to satiate my desire for frozen yogurt at East Coast Custard.
ardent (adj.)
(ahr dint) / passionate, enthusiastic, fervent / When my sister and I were little, she had an ardent interest in horses.
sublime (adj.)
(sub lym) / of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe / I can’t explain the sublime feeling I experienced while looking out over the mountains in Glacier National Park – you just had to be there.
ascertain (v.)
(ass ur tayn) / to determine, discover, make certain of / I can usually ascertain when no one participates in class that no one completed the reading assignment from the night before.
ardor (n.) / enthusiasm; passion; fervor / She pursued her dreams of becoming a chemical engineer with great ardor.
injunction (n.) / an authoritative warning or order, usually to stop something / The child advocate issued an injunction in the custody hearings.
effusion (n.) / an unrestrained emotional expression / Lindsay Lohan’s effusion in the courtroom only made the judge more convinced that rehabilitation was needed.
niche (n.) / comfortable or suitable position for something; a shallow recess in a wall / He investigated many schools, but eventually found his niche at Cornell.
consecrate (v.) / to declare sacred; to dedicate to a goal / Because she renounced her religion before passing away, she could not be buried in consecrated ground.
entreat (v.) / to beg; plead / “I entreat you,” begged the solicitous mother, “ to get home before the zombies arrive!”
capacious (adj.) / large, roomy, extensive / The vacation home boasts a capacious terrace that overlooks the French Alps.
dross (n.) / waste; something base, trivial, or inferior / My mother loves to go to garage sales, but I don’t have the patience to look through all of the dross until I find something worthwhile.
endowment (n.) / a natural gift, ability, or characteristic of someone; inherited money / It seems criminal to charge so much for tuition when the university could subsist entirely on its financial endowment for the next century.
amass (v.) / to collect for one’s self over time / When began packing to move out of my apartment, I was amazed at how many magazines I had amassed over the few short years I’d lived there.