Vocab. 4 W.N.19

Posted by rjhmoore at 7:04 PM 1 comments

Here are this week's words. Enjoy!

* Destitution - deprivation, lack, or absence; utter poverty
* Tempestuous - tumultuous, turbulent; of the nature of or resembling a tempest
* Rhodomontades - ("Rodomontade" is the spelling today) pretentious boasting or bragging; bluster
* Tractable - easily managed or controlled; docile; easily worked, shaped, or otherwise handled; malleable
* Prerogative - an exclusive right, privilege, etc., exercised by virtue of rank, office, or the like; having or exercising a prerogative
* Peremptory - leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperious or dictatorial
* Acquiesce - to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest
* Untrammelled - not confined or limited
* Helpmeet - (ORIGIN: from the phrase "an help meet for him" i.e., a help suitable for him. "Helpmate" is the spelling today) a companion and helper; a wife or husband
* Promulgate - to make know by open declaration; publish

Some of these words you must have noticed are not often used today. Perhaps we can change that... just a thought!