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Vocabulary #2 – Pd. 5

1. su·per·cil·i·ous [soo-per-sil-ee-uh s] –adjective haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression. [Origin: 1520–30; < L

2. somnambulatory [som-nam-byuh-leyt, suh m-] –adjective to walk during sleep; sleepwalk. Origin: 1825–35; < L

3. sump·tu·ous [suhmp-choo-uh s] –adjective 1. entailing great expense, as from choice materials, fine work, etc.; costly: a sumptuous residence. 2. luxuriously fine or large; lavish; splendid: a sumptuous feast. [Origin: 1475–85; < L

4. hauteur [hoh-tur; Fr. oh-tŒR] –noun haughty manner or spirit; arrogance. Origin: 1620–30; < F,

5. languid [lang-gwid] –adjective 1. lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner. 2. lacking in spirit or interest; listless; indifferent. 3. drooping or flagging from weakness or fatigue; faint. Origin: 1590–1600; < L

6. sub·ter·fuge [suhb-ter-fyooj] –noun an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. [Origin: 1565–75; < LL

7. fractious [frak-shuh s] adjective 1. refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness. 2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome: an incorrigibly fractious young man Origin: 1715–25

8. effeminate [ih-fem-uh-nit; v. ih-fem-uh-neyt] adjective 1. (of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy. 2. characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc.: effeminate luxury. Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L

9. privy [priv-ee] adjective 1. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually fol. by to ): Many persons were privy to the plot. 2. private; assigned to private uses. 3. belonging or pertaining to some particular person, esp. with reference to a sovereign. 4. secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded. Origin: 1175–1225; ME

10.peremptory [puh-remp-tuh-ree, per-uh mp-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective 1. leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command. 2. imperious or dictatorial. 3. positive or assertive in speech, tone, manner, etc. Origin: 1505–15; < L