Transcript Vocabulary 13 - Team Antarctica

celestial
Pronunciation: \sə-ˈles-chəl,
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin caelestis
celestial, from caelum sky Date: 14th century
1: of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity
<celestial beings>
2: of or relating to the sky or visible heavens
<the sun, moon, and stars are celestial bodies>
circumvent
Pronunciation: \ˌsər-kəm-ˈvent\
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin circumventus, past participle of circumvenire, from
circum- + venire to come — more at come
Date: 1539
1 a: to hem in b: to make a circuit around
2: to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
hipster
Pronunciation: \ˈhip-stər\
Function: noun Etymology: 4hip
Date: 1940
1: a person who is unusually aware of and interested in new and
unconventional patterns (as in jazz or fashion)
plague
Pronunciation: \ˈplāg\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English plage, from Late Latin plaga, from Latin,
blow; akin to Latin plangere to strike — more at plaint
Date: 14th century
1 a: a disastrous evil or affliction : calamity b: a destructively numerous
influx <a plague of locusts> 2 a: an epidemic disease causing a high rate
of mortality : pestilence — called also black death
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus transmitted by
the rat flea. It is primarily a disease of rodents, and epidemics in
human beings originate in contact with the fleas of infected rodents.
The plague
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cheese.
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regatta
Pronunciation: \ri-ˈgä-tə, -ˈga-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian regata
Date: 1652
1: a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races
mandible
Pronunciation: \ˈman-də-bəl\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin mandibula, from Latin
mandere to chew; probably akin to Greek masasthai to chew
Date: 15th century
1 a: jaw 1a; especially : a lower jaw consisting of a single bone or
completely fused bones
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serene
Pronunciation: \sə-ˈrēn\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin serenus clear, cloudless, untroubled
Date: 15th century
• 1 a: clear and free of storms or unpleasant change <serene skies>
b: shining bright and steady <the moon, serene in glory — Alexander
Pope>2: august —used as part of a title <His Serene Highness>3: marked
by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude <
preclude
Pronunciation: \pri-ˈklüd\
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: Latin praecludere, from prae- + claudere to close — more at close
Date: 1629
preclude - keep from happening or arising; make impossible;
“Your role in the school play precludes your involvement in student
council."
Romance
Pronunciation: \rō-ˈman(t)s, rə-; ˈrō-ˌ\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English romauns, from Anglo-French romanz
French, narrative in French, from Medieval Latin Romanice in a
vernacular (as opposed to Latin), from Late Latin Romanus GalloRomance speaker (as opposed to a Frank), from Latin, Roman Date:
14th century
1 a (1): a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or
the supernatural (2): a prose narrative treating imaginary characters
involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic,
adventurous, or mysterious (3): a love story especially in the form of a
novel
despicable
Pronunciation: \di-ˈspi-kə-bəl, ˈdes-(ˌ)pi-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin despicari to despise Date: 1553
1: deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral
Indignation <despicable behavior> synonyms see contemptible