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Vocabulary Term + Part of Speech + Definition(in your own words) + Sample Sentence Place Found (with link if relevant)

Ontology (n)- The study of nature and the basic classifications along with the relationships between them. In science class, we often use **ontology** to understand the relationship between animal species.//[|Ground Rules for Good Research]: A 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers

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1. __Famous __** (a) to be popular, known of everybody. Michael Jackson was very famous//. //Newsweek.com// 2.__The Big Bang __ (n) a theory on the creation of world which believes that the world was a whole which, because of internal high temperatures, exploded to give birth to the different planets. that theory has encountered critics of Christians who believe in God Almighty. //__Exploring Content 1.__// 3.__Legend __ (n) a word uses to express a kind of story which is special. in fact something which happens in particular and is kept to tell to other generations as an epic story. The word is used also to refer to people who had done something great for their country or the world. Nelson MANDELA as well as Michael Jackson are legends.//CNN// 4.__Gravity __ (n) the force that constantly attract people on ground. The fact that we can not fly and are always maintained in stability. To better feel gravity, just throw a stone to the sky and you will see how it will fall down; this because of gravity. __//Exploring Content 1//.__ 5.__To encase__. (v) to covert something 6.__To slaughter__. (v) when you remove life to somebody or an animal. In other words, it means to kill. The word is used to show that it is somebody who is in the beginning of the action. E.g, The hunter slaughtered the ox. //__The hero with a thousand faces__//, by Joseph Campbell. Meridian book, p.69 7.__To strip.__ (v) it means to remove one's clothes. We strip before taking a bath. But the word can also mean that something or somebody no longer has the power that he has before. E.g. Youtube striped. //THE POST//, June 25, 2009. p.2 "guest column" 8.__Mischie __f. (n) a damage caused by somebody.E.g Bad students cause damage in classrooms. THE POST 9.__Prank__ (n) means home or residence. The word is used to express where people live. E.g. Prank alarm. THE POST, 6-25-2009. p.3 10 __Roving __ (n) this when something is permanently moving. That is to go from somwhere to somewhere. The word can be associated with other words to form another. But the meaning is till general. E.g. The roving ambassador has been appoimted yesterday.//www.crtv.cm/nouvelles// 11 __Linguistics __.(n) This is a scientific study of language. The language is a human being exclusive faculty of communication. So a science based on it will look at all the sides that the human being needs to communicate. This word can be modified by other prefixes like socio-, or psycho-. E.g Sociolinguistics is mainly with concern with the variety of language in the society. __//Introduction a la linguistique generale//__, by Ferdinand de Saussure 1916. 12 __Baguette __(n)[bag'et] A kind of long Bread, thin and mainly used for breakfast. It is a French tradition, that is why the word is a borrowing from French language. E.g I will take a half Baguette with cheese. __//Reader's Choice// __, appendix inpages 8 and 9. 13.__ To Itch __. (v) It means to irritate, to annoy. That is to cause an irritating sensation on the skin so that one will scratch oneself skin. My arm itches me for the mosquito has stung me. //__Adventures of HUCKLEBERRY FINN__//, chapter 2 p.7 Harper and Brother Publishers, New York and London. 14.__Goggles__. (n) A kind of object that we wear on the eyes It is a peer of eyeglass. E.g.Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on looked at me.//__HUCKELBERRY FINN__//, chapter 15<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Misdemeano__ r (n) This the act of comiting something bad towards the law of a state, community or county. when you cut the flag of your country in the sigh of everybody, it means you have done a misdeanor. But the word can also use to exaggerate a fact. E.g If someone comit a misdemeanor, the might go into jail overnight. //The Athens NEWS//, p.27 16. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To peck__ (v) to pick something up with the help of the beak. It mens also to strike something with an pointed object. Miss Watson shekept pecking at me and it got tiresome.//__HUCKELBURRY FINN__//, chapter 1 17.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Lint Filte__ r (n) Lint is a kind of cotton used in laundry while filter is a sort of thing used to seperate something from water. So lint filter means a kind of filter of lint. It is common in laundry. E.g. Clean lint filter before loading your cloathe. //Instruction of a machine to dry//. 18 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Quartz__ (n) It is a kind of transparent matter that composes a rock or stone. It is used to make glasses. E.g. The quartz of silica help to glasses. //From my watch// 19//.// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Gizzard__ .(n)It is the second stomach of the bird. Some people in informal languege reffer to stomach when the use that word. I hate eating the chiken gizzard. The hero with a thousand of faces. chapter 4 20. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To blister__ (v) It is to cause some kind of buttons on the skin. It means also to beat severely.It is also used as to covert E.g my skin is blistered by buttons. The Hero with a thousand of faces. p.3
 * <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Week 1 ** <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);"> - **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">Vocabulary for Week Ending Friday July 3

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">**Week 2 July 10** 21. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Rhapsody__ (n) It is an epic poem of anciant Greece. But it means also a free music. E.g. Improvisation is a rhapsody.//The Athens NEWS// 22 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Unto__. (prep) It means to or still. E.g. Let us return unto the church. __//The hero with a thousand of a faces//__.p.162 23. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Viewfinder__ .(n) It is the part of a camera where you look when you want to take a picture. E.g. look at the viewfinder before taking the picture. //Instructions on CVS Camera.// 24 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To hire__ (n) to pay for the service of someone. It means to give the money in order to receive a service of somebody. The Pakistani security forces hired the servives of Baitullah Mehsud in 2005 against the one-legged militant Abdullah. //The Athens NEWS//, July 2, 2009. 25. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Comet__ (n) It is a kind of orbit that appers in the sky rarely. Some people believe that its appearence is a source of bad/good luck. E.g When the people of the village saw the comet, they knew that their god was not happy of what they did. __//Refining Composition//__, p.9 26.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Affidavit__ (n) it is a kind of note made to be published by a notary. It is like a testimony. E.g In an affidavit filed with the court, Mollica offered his version of the event. //The Athens NEWS//, July 2, 2009.p.12 27. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Pangea__ (n) This word designed how the continent were unitebefore being seperated. Just look at the shapes of South America and West Africa, you will realised that they were first united, so the word refers to that one continent. //__Exploring Content__//. 28. <span style="color: rgb(59, 0, 255);">__U-turn__ (n) Word that means a technique in driving. //__Refining Composition__// 29. __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">To star __. (v) This word means to present or to feature with.It is generally used for actors, hence it expresses that the main actor is...E.g The film stars Julia Robert. //__Writing to Communication.__// 30. __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">To burn __ (v) Obviou sly it means to put something in fire. however the definition which i like to present is that the word means to copy. This is used in computer science for disc. for instance the computer will ask you to burn a disc. //Computer// 31. __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Trend __ (n) a general or prevailing tendency or course, as of events, a discussion, etc.; f. //__Reader's Cchoice__// 32 __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Fiancé (n)__ This word refers to somebody who is about to get married with his boy/girl friend. It is important because it has been borrowed with the particular French orthography. E.g By two month i will marry my fiancé. //__Refining Composition__// 33 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To annihilate__ (v) means to destroy completely.//__The hero with a thousand of a faces__// 34 __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Quake __ (n) It means to shake or when something shakes. The earth usally shake.E.G [|**Report: Thousands homeless after China quake.**//http://www.cnn.com///] 35 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To vow__ (v) it means a solemn assertion. Generally used as to show a general agreement. E.gSenate leaders, sounding by turns apologeticfatigued and self-congratulatory, vowed to quickly take up the scores of bills they had neglected during the leadership struggle. [|//http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/nyregion/10albany.html?_r=1&hp//] 36. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Among/Amongst__ (prep) It means from place to place. I have put it for it confuse a lot with its orthography. //My mind 3//7 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__To loathe__ (v) it means to feel intense dislike, disgust, that is not want to do something. 38__<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">.Caucus __ (n) a group attending a political meeting. E.g the leader of the Senate Republicans, speculated that the Democratic caucus would break apart again. [] 39. __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Molt __(a) It means something which is not strong when you touch it. For example the core of the Earth has a molt part. //__Exploring Content__// 40. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Proofreading__ (n) is a kind of reviewing all you have written for an ultimate correction. We generally use this technique in our essays. //__Refining Composition__//

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 255);">**Week 3** 41.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**Homophily (n)**__ This word may seem new or wrong. In fact it means to like the same thing with somebody. Generally the friends like the same things, so the share the same homophily. E.g. The idea that peole prefer the same things is defined as homophily. acessmylibrary.com <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**42. To encompass**__ (v) It means to contain something or to include something. To encompass is to be inside something E,g friendship encompasses competition,antagonism and others. //www.tandf.co.uk/journal///pp/o1650244.htlm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**43.Rivalry**__ (n) It is the act of being a rival of someone. Rivalry is common in friendship. Men can be in rivalry because the want the same woman. //www.tandf.co.uk/journal/pp/o1650244.htlm// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**44. To overla**__ p (v) It means to go beyond, to overtake. in fact if you seperate the stem to the prefix, you notice that over- means "on" and -lap to extend. So to overlap means to extend on. E,g Don't overlap the expiration date. Myself <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**45. Congruene**__ (n) This word means to have the same point of view, to agree, or to have the same agreement. It can be seen as correspondance. E.g Children report the greatest congruence in perceptions of positive qualities. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**46. To inflate**__ (v) to increase is a perfect synonym of this verb. It means also to raise in spirit, to elevate one's spirit. The word is the stem of the well known economic word "inflation". E.g The prices of article in the market are inflating nowadays. Myself <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**47.Detrimental**__ (adj) Means to cause a damage or an injury to someone. Detrimental relationship are not good. //Myself// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**48. To compel**__ (v) It means to oblige someone to do something without his will. For example slaves are oblige to do some work for their masters, without their will. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**49. To worsen**__ (v) Basically it means to become worse. Actually a lot of new verbs have this form, like to blacken. To worsen means just make something to become bad or different (negatively) from what it was. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**50. Discrepancy**__ (n) When there is not coherence or agreement. it can been seen as the opposite of congruence. When talking and you cannot agree with sonebody means that you are in discrepancy. E.g The result of the experience showed that there were a lot of discrenpancies between mothers and children. //www.tandf.co.uk/journal/pp/o1650244.htlm// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**51. Endlessly**__. (adv) "end" means to finish, when you add -ess it means something which does not finish. So endlesslymeans something eternal. If you belive in God you will live endlessly. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**52. Void**__ (adj) It means empty. That is when something is enpty, we say that it is void. This word can also be a vrb or a noun. E.g Some people depend on thier friends and their families to fill their void inside. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**53 To procrastinate**__. (v) It means not to be sure of something. you want to decide to somethin g, finally you report it for other days. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**54. To junk**__ (v). this word can stand either for a noun or verb. When it is a noun it means rubbish, when it is a verb it means to sell. E,g To junk food. //www.dyske.com// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**55. Drone.**__ (n) A person who live by the work of other person. It means being a parasite. E.g [|Robot drones revolutionize face of warfare], //cnn.com// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**56. To dunk**__ (v) It means to put something in a liquid for a short time. Generally we do it when we eat, for example to dunk bread in milk before eating it. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**57. To withdraw**__ (v) To remove something from somewhere. That is to take so that the remaining number is low. E.g[|The halting, speedy breakup of the United States and Iraq—and why withdrawing troops is so complicated.] Newsweek.com <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**58. To strap**__ (v) to put, t. E.g To prevent paralysis, I was strapped into a special bed that immobilizes a patient between two canvas slings. //http://www.newsweek.com/id/207406 <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**59. Studious**__ // (adj) from student, this word means to be serious in one's studies. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**60. Burial**__ (n) It can also be an adjective. It stands for the ceremony of burying somebody. E.ghow he wanted his death and **burial** handled? It’s the suddenness of ……Gallery: Photos from

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__62.Pattern__** (n) it means something which can served as a model. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__64 To Embed__** (n) put inside with strength. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__65. Funnel__** (n) It is a kind of tool which has a hole where you can put liquids. We use it to transfer a liquid somewhere. It begins with a big hole and ends with a small one. In composition, it stands for a kind of introductory paragraph, that begins from general to particular. //Refining// composition <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__67. To revert__** (v) to change the situation. that ils going from good/bad to bad/good. E.g The indomitable lions now inspire pity and sorrow which Paul le Guen is expected to revert. //http://crtv.cm/cont/nouvelles/nouvelles_sola_fr.php?idField=4598&table=nouvelles&sub=sport// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__68.Apex__** (n) it tis the tip of tongue. it is also use to describe the ednd os something or the climax of something. E.g The apex of the four-day official visit will be the one on one chat with French president Nicolas Sarkozy. //www.crtv.cm// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__69 To Fire__** (v) mens to put fire, but also used as to answer with force. E.g North Korea's foreign ministry fired back, calling Clinton a "funny lady" who sometimes "looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping." [|www.foxnews.com] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__70. To pitch__** (v) it means to establish or to set. E.g Buehrle's 27-up, 27-down victory over the Rays was also the first perfect game to be pitched for the [|White Sox] since 1922. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**71. Stance**__ (n) It is the when you are in the standing position. That is the word is to describe the position of being stood. it can also be a point of view, an opinion.E.g.I agree with Hegel on his stance on that the slave stood interpose between his master and the object his master desired. //Slavery and social death//. introduction <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**72. Peo**__n (n) It means someone who does farming, and lives because of it. It is a synonym of peasant. E.g Serfs and peons have no say in the purchase and sale of their sale. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">7__**3 Trustworthy**__ (adj) It means to be reliable, or to depend on something. E.g A slim majority of people questioned in the poll say Palin is honest and trustworthy, with four in 10 disagreeing. //www.cnn.com// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**74. Surreptitiously**__ (adv) to do something in secret. E.g. Till, any coverage we might have surreptitiously planned would likely pale in comparison with the [|fantastic story] Jeneen Interlandi wrote in January of this year. cnn.com <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**75. To unfold**__ (v) it means to open something that has many strings. For example you unfold the carpet. E.G. We went to Jeneen for her take on this unfolding scandal //Cnn.com// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__76. Thesaurus__** (n) It means treasury. It describes also a book which contains a list of word of same meaning. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">**__77. To malign__** (v) When you say bad thing about somebody, you defame him or you slander him. E.G President Barack Obama said today he told the police officer who arrested an African-American Harvard professor that he did not mean to malign the Cambridge Police Department when he said it "acted stupidity. //CNN.COM// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**78 pit**__ (n) It can also be a verb and it means to do marks. The atmospheric game pits Batman against Joker in a battle of wits and brawn after the Clown Prince <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**79. present**__ (n) This is a common word that nobody can ignore the meaning. Allow me just to define it as a gift in this proverb "yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that is why it is called present" //KUNG-FU PANDU// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**80. to Hail**__ (v) to greet somebody by shouting his name. It means also to acclaim him. E.G He hailed the agreement with Exxon Mobil as bringing together "complementary capabilities and expertise ... that could lead to the large scale production of biofuel from algae."//http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/07/15/exxon.algae.biofuel/index.html//
 * __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">61 To wade __**. (v) to walk in sand or smooth liquid.
 * __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">63. To wobble __**(v) to move from a side to another side. When you throw a stone in the river, you can see the water wobbles.
 * __<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">66. Bulge __**. (n) it is when the weapon is thrown.

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**81. Patrol**__ (n) IT refers to troop or group of people. it can also stand like a verb, at that time it means to control an area, by doing regular circuits. //E,g// The EUMM had intensified patrols around the border area and called on both sides to refrain from making accusations to escalate tensions at such a sensitive time, a spokesman told the BBC. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**82. To bungle**__ (v) to use in a wrong way. That is to spoil or waste. The word means to spend something where there will be no need. E.g The opposition accuse the Georgian president of bungling the 2008 war, and failing to strengthen the rule of law and improving democratic freedoms. //bbc.co.uk// <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__**83. to bow**__ (v) It means to accept the leadership of somebody. It is like to submit over something or somebody. E. g.Mr Ahmadinejad, 52, accepted a decree from Ayatollah Khamenei, bowing as the supreme leader offered his hand.//BBC.co.uk//