Writing 2 Fall Semester Vocabulary Words

Week	Word	Root	Definition
Week 2	Hinder	fr. Old English hindrian to hold back	to pause or interrupt
	Timorous	fr.  Latin, timor, fear	fearful, timid
	Malediction	fr.  Latin male-, evil + dictus, spoken/said	a curse, imprecation
	Odsbodikins	Origin unknown	a mild oath, exclamation
Week 3	Blatherskite	fr. a 1650 Scottish song	a person given talking too much nonsense and empty talk
	Objurgate	fr. L, objugare, to reproach	to denounce or scold harshly
	Swag	fr. Norwegian , svagga to sway, rock)	a large number, amount, or variety
	Anecdote	fr. Greek, anekdota, to give out, publish	a short story or account of an event
Week 4	Usufruct	fr. Latin usus, use, n + fructus, fruit,n	the right to enjoy the use of something that belongs to someone
	Undulatory	fr. undulatus, wave	having the appearance or effect of waves
	Vesuvius		the volcano in SW Italy the erupted and destroyed Pompeii
	Rapacious	fr. Latin rapere, to seize	inordinately greedy
Week 5	Ossifying	fr. Latin, ossis, bone	to become rigid or inflexible in habits, opinions, attitudes, etc.
	Declivity	fr. Latin, de + clivitas, down + slope	a downward slope, as of ground
	Dolorous	fr. Latin, dolor, grief, pain	feeling or expressing great sorrow, pain or distress
	Impious	fr. Latin impius, without reverence	not pious or religious, lacking reverence for God
Week 6	Incognito	fr. Latin in + cognoscere, to	with your true identity kept secret
	Scrofulous	fr. Latin scrofula, the lymph glands, a tuberculosis of the lymph glands	having a diseased, run-down appearance
	Slovenliness	fr. ME sloveyn, careless	careless, loose, disorderly
Week 7	Varlet	fr. ME, valette, fr. OF vaslet, valet, fr LL. vassellitus, vassal, slave	a menial servant
	Emaciated	fr. L. emaciatus, wasted away	thin, puny, gaunt, haggard
	Alacrity	fr. L. alacritas, lively	cheerful readiness, prompt, eager
Week 8	Augmentation	fr. Latin, augmentare, to increase	to make larger, enlarge in size, number, strength
	Dubious	fr. Latin dubius; wavering	doubtful
	Sumptuousness	fr. Latin, sumptus, expensiveness	costly, rich, or luxurious
	Gimcrack	origin unknown	a showy, useless trifle
Week 9	Sepulchral	fr. Latin sepilire, to bury	N.  a tomb; Adj. gloomy, dismal
	Gossamer	fr. ME gosesomer, referring to late autumn	a fine, filmy cobweb; a thin airy fabric
	Folderol	late 17th century nonsense refrain in a song	mere nonsense, foolish talk; gimcrack, gew-gaw
	Clandestine	fr. Latin, clandestinus, secretly	characterized by secrecy and concealment
Week 10	Shindies	origin unknown	a row, noisy party of people, shindig
	Ambuscade	fr. M. French, embuscade, ambush	an ambush
	Crusader	fr. Latin crux, cross	a fighter, normally someone who was a part of the crusades held by Christians in the early Middle Ages
	Picket	fr. French piquet, fr. M. English pik, pointed staff	a post or stake
Week 12	Hoc loco	fr. Latin, hoc loco, in this place	In this place
	Hoi polloi	fr. Greek, hoi polloi, the many	the general populace
	Hollandaise	fr. French, hollandaise, Dutch sauce	a rich sauce of butter, eggs, lemon sauce, and vinegar/wine
	Hombre	fr. Spanish, hombre, man; Latin homo, man	man, fellow, guy
Week 13	Gulag	Russian; an acronym from  Glavnoe upravlenieispravitel'no trudovykh lagerei; the Main Directorate of Corrective Labor Camps	a systems of labor camps in the Soviet Union
	Raj	fr. Hindu; raj, rule	a title for rulership
	Sabot	fr, French, cabot, old shoe	a traditional wooden shoe