Transcript List 6

Vocabulary List 6
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bowdlerize (BOHD-luh-rize)
verb
remove or change parts considered vulgar or
immoral
Synonyms: delete, censor, expurgate (EKspur-gate)
Thomas Bowdler: English editor who in 1818 published a
notoriously censored Shakespeare
according to his frontispiece, "nothing is added to the original
text; but those words and expressions omitted which cannot
with propriety be read aloud in a family."
quixotic (kwik-SOT-ik)
adjective
idealistic but not practical
Synonyms: romantic, visionary,
fanciful, chimerical (kuh-MER-ih-kul)
from Don Quixote, romantic,
impractical hero of Cervantes' satirical
novel "Don Quixote de la Mancha"
(1605)
stoical (STOH-ih-kul)
adjective
indifferent to pain and pleasure
Synonyms: self-controlled,
imperturbable (im-pur-TUR-buh-bul)
Philosophers from a city called Stoic tried to
become indifferent to pain
Those who followed this philosophy were
named after the founding city
impede (im-PEED)
verb
hinder, obstruct, slow down the
process of
Synonyms for “impede”: block, delay,
retard (verb), thwart (THWORT)
from Latin: impedire literally "to
shackle the feet“ (ped foot)
expedite (EK-spuh-dite)
verb
speed up; hasten or help the
accomplishment of
Synonyms for “expedite”: accelerate,
quicken, facilitate (fuh-SIL-uh-tate)
literally "free the feet from fetters,"
from ex- "out" + pedis "fetter, chain
for the feet,"
Root Words
Cuss – to strike
Duc – to lead
Fall – to deceive
Hypo- under, less
than
Cred – to believe
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