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Connubial[kuh-noo-bee-uh
l,-nyoo-]
(Chapter 2)(Adjective): relating to marriage
Book: “I often served as a connubial missile”
My Sentence: The two newlyweds show their connubial love at the restaurant.
Origin: 1650–60;<Medieval Latin connūbiālis, Latin cōnūbiālis, equivalent to cōnūbi ( cō- co- + nūb ( āre ) to marry + -ium -ium) + -ālis -al1
Book: “It was the certainty of this fact that impelled me to offer the hint.”
My Sentence: The tone of her voice impelled her mother not let her go to the party.
Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English impellen < Latin impellere to strike against, set in motion (transitive), equivalent to im- im-1 + pellere to strike, move (something); akin to pulse1
Book: “But, all I had endured up to this time, was nothing in comparison with the awful feelings that took possession of me when the pause was broken which ensued upon my sister's recital, and in which pause everybody had looked at me (as I felt painfully conscious) with indignation and abhorrence”
My Sentence: Since the incident in third grade, I always look at her with a sort of abhorrence.
Origin:1650–60; abhorr(ent) + -ence
Book: “There, we were stopped a few minutes by a signal from the sergeant's hand, while two or three of his men dispersed themselves among the graves, and also examined the porch.”
My Sentence: When the meeting was over the townspeople dispersed and went home.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English dispersen, disparsen (< Middle French disperser ) < Latin dispersus (past participle of dispergere ), equivalent to di- di-2 + -sper ( g )- scatter (stem of -spergere,
Book: “My state of mind regarding the pilfering, from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure.”
My Sentence: She gave her alibi quickly so she was exonerated from the murder.
Origin: 1515–25; late Middle English < Latin exonerātus (past participle of exonerāre to unburden, discharge), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + oner- (stem of onus ) a burden + -ātus -ate1
Book: “But, I delivered this written communication (slate and all) with my own hand, and Joe received it as a miracle of erudition.”
My Sentence: The police officers had no erudition on the crime, although the detective did.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērudītiōn- (stem of ērudītiō ) an instruction.
Book: “She laughed contemptuously, pushed me out, and locked the gate upon me”
My Sentence: Her contemptuous expression showed me she did not like cleaning out the gutters.
Origin: 1520–30; < Latin contemptu-, stem of contemptus contempt + -ous
Book: “And the mere sight of the torment, with his fishy eyes and mouth open, his sandy hair inquisitively on end, and his waistcoat heaving with windy arithmetic, made me vicious in my reticence.”
My Sentence: She drilled such manners into her children’s heads that they were very of the reticence nature.
Origin: [C19: from Latinreticēre to keep silent, from re- + tacēre to be silent]
Book: “Yet I do not call to mind that I was ever in my earlier youth the subject of remark in our social family circle, but some large-handed person took some such ophthalmic steps to patronize me.”
My Sentence: She went to the doctor for multiple headaches but left the hospital with an ophthalmic condition.
Origin: 1595–1605; < Latin ophthalmicus < Greek ophthalmikós, equivalent to ophthalm ( ós ) eye + -ikos -ic
Book: “Miss Sarah Pocket, whom I now saw to be a little dry brown corrugated old woman, with a small face that might have been made of walnut shells, and a large mouth like a cat's without the whiskers, supported this position by saying, "No, indeed, my dear. Hem!"
My Sentence: The banana was a week old with a corrugated form.
Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corrūgātus past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent to cor- cor- + rūg ( āre ) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate1
(Chapter 2)(Adjective): relating to marriage
Book: “I often served as a connubial missile”
My Sentence: The two newlyweds show their connubial love at the restaurant.
Origin: 1650–60;<Medieval Latin connūbiālis, Latin cōnūbiālis, equivalent to cōnūbi ( cō- co- + nūb ( āre ) to marry + -ium -ium) + -ālis -al1
- impel[im-pel]
Book: “It was the certainty of this fact that impelled me to offer the hint.”
My Sentence: The tone of her voice impelled her mother not let her go to the party.
Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English impellen < Latin impellere to strike against, set in motion (transitive), equivalent to im- im-1 + pellere to strike, move (something); akin to pulse1
- abhorrence[ab-hawr-uh ns,-hor-]
Book: “But, all I had endured up to this time, was nothing in comparison with the awful feelings that took possession of me when the pause was broken which ensued upon my sister's recital, and in which pause everybody had looked at me (as I felt painfully conscious) with indignation and abhorrence”
My Sentence: Since the incident in third grade, I always look at her with a sort of abhorrence.
Origin:1650–60; abhorr(ent) + -ence
- disperse[dih-spurs]
Book: “There, we were stopped a few minutes by a signal from the sergeant's hand, while two or three of his men dispersed themselves among the graves, and also examined the porch.”
My Sentence: When the meeting was over the townspeople dispersed and went home.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English dispersen, disparsen (< Middle French disperser ) < Latin dispersus (past participle of dispergere ), equivalent to di- di-2 + -sper ( g )- scatter (stem of -spergere,
- exonerate [ig-zon-uh-reyt]
Book: “My state of mind regarding the pilfering, from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure.”
My Sentence: She gave her alibi quickly so she was exonerated from the murder.
Origin: 1515–25; late Middle English < Latin exonerātus (past participle of exonerāre to unburden, discharge), equivalent to ex- ex-1 + oner- (stem of onus ) a burden + -ātus -ate1
- erudition [er-yoo-dish-uh n,er-oo-]
Book: “But, I delivered this written communication (slate and all) with my own hand, and Joe received it as a miracle of erudition.”
My Sentence: The police officers had no erudition on the crime, although the detective did.
Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ērudītiōn- (stem of ērudītiō ) an instruction.
- contemptuous[kuh n-temp-choo-uh s]
Book: “She laughed contemptuously, pushed me out, and locked the gate upon me”
My Sentence: Her contemptuous expression showed me she did not like cleaning out the gutters.
Origin: 1520–30; < Latin contemptu-, stem of contemptus contempt + -ous
- reticence[ret-uh-suh ns]
Book: “And the mere sight of the torment, with his fishy eyes and mouth open, his sandy hair inquisitively on end, and his waistcoat heaving with windy arithmetic, made me vicious in my reticence.”
My Sentence: She drilled such manners into her children’s heads that they were very of the reticence nature.
Origin: [C19: from Latinreticēre to keep silent, from re- + tacēre to be silent]
- ophthalmic [of-thal-mik,op-]
Book: “Yet I do not call to mind that I was ever in my earlier youth the subject of remark in our social family circle, but some large-handed person took some such ophthalmic steps to patronize me.”
My Sentence: She went to the doctor for multiple headaches but left the hospital with an ophthalmic condition.
Origin: 1595–1605; < Latin ophthalmicus < Greek ophthalmikós, equivalent to ophthalm ( ós ) eye + -ikos -ic
- corrugated [v. kawr-uh-geyt,kor-]
Book: “Miss Sarah Pocket, whom I now saw to be a little dry brown corrugated old woman, with a small face that might have been made of walnut shells, and a large mouth like a cat's without the whiskers, supported this position by saying, "No, indeed, my dear. Hem!"
My Sentence: The banana was a week old with a corrugated form.
Origin: 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin corrūgātus past participle of corrūgāre, equivalent to cor- cor- + rūg ( āre ) to wrinkle + -ātus -ate1