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#1] Attenuate

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:15:29 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] reduce in thickness, density, or force.

b.] adjective

c.] shrink

d.] attenuated (adj.) attenuating (v.)
attenuation (n.)
attenuates (v.) overattenuate (v.) overattenuated overattenuating subattenuate (adj.) subattenuated (adj.) unattenuated (adj.) unattenuatedly (adv.)

e.] mid 16th century: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender,’ from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to’ + tenuare‘make thin’ (from tenuis ‘thin’).

f.] There were no type of war attenuation in Iran in the 1980s.

g.] sponge - eraser - haircut

h.]

#2] Auburn

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:26:12 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] a reddish-brown color

b.] noun

c.] rusty

d.] n/a

e.] late Middle English: from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus ‘whitish,’ from albus ‘white.’ In the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun .

f.] The dirt outside of Marjis house had an auburn coloration to it.

g.] brick - fox

h.]

#3] Audacious

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:31:21 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] recklessly bold

b.] adjective

c.] brave

d.] audaciously (adv.) audaciousness (n.)
unaudacious (adj.)
unaudaciously (adv.)
unaudaciousness (n.)

e.] mid 16th century: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold’ (from audere ‘dare’) + ious

f.] Marji was audacious for continuing to say her father was no hero then taking it back.

g.] christopher baldwin - trump - daredevils

h.]

#4] Cloistered

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:33:42 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] providing shelter from contact with the outside world

b.] adjective

c.] hidden

d.] noncloistered (adj.) - uncloistered (adj.) - well-cloistered (adj.) - cloister (v.)
cloistering (v.)

e.] Middle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place,’ from claudere ‘to close.’

f.] Marjis father cloistered the Marji in the office when Iran was being bombed.

g.] house - asylum - prison

h.]

#5] Coalescence

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:42:47 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] a union of diverse entities into one body, form, or group

b.] noun

c.] combine

d.] coalescent ( adj.)
noncoalescence (n.)
noncoalescent (adj.)
noncoalescing (adj.)
coalesce (v.)
coalesced, coalescing (v.)

e.] 1535-45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere tonourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce

f.] There are loads of coalescent children in Iran who joined the military to fight Iraq in the 80s.

g.] islamic following - gangs - cults - period 5

h.]

#6] Diaphanous

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:50:23 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] characterized by extreme delicacy of form

b.] adjective

c.] delicate

d.] diaphanously (adv.)
diaphanousness (n.)
nondiaphanous (adj.)
nondiaphanously (adv.)
nondiaphanousness (n.)

e.] early 17th century: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through’ + phainein‘to show.’

f.] The topic of heroism is diaphanous to Marji in my opinion.

g.] surgery - a baby - some peoples feelings

h.]

#7] Evoke

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 22:55:24 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] to call forth or up

b.] verb

c.] induce

d.] evoked, evoking (v.)
evoker (n.)
unevoked (adj.)

e.] early 17th century (sense 2): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call.’

f.] Pops didn't really support violence, he evoked peace in his family.

g.] military - peace officers - judge - sun

h.]

#8] Hack

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 23:04:43 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] a writer who produces dull, unoriginal work

b.] noun

c.] plagiarizer

d.] hacked , hacking (n.)

e.] Middle English (sense 2 of the noun): abbreviation of hackney. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 17th century.

f.] Marjis favorite author, Ali Ashraf Darvishian, didn't hack others work. She was completely original.

g.] reporters - trumps wife

h.]

#9] Halcyon

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 23:35:24 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful

b.] adjective

c.] joyful

d.] n/a

e.] late Middle English (in the mythological sense): via Latin from Greek alkuōn ‘kingfish a Hher’ (also halkuōn, by association with hals ‘sea’ and kuōn ‘conceiving’).

f.] after the Revolution days of diversity and freedom were just a Halcyon in Iran for marji and the other
g.] baby birth - graduation ceremony - acceptance letters

h.]

#10] Intromit

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 23:39:22 UTC

Christopher Baldwin
a.] to send or put in

b.] verb

c.] give

d.] intromissibility (n.)
intromissible (adj.)
intromission (n.)
intromissive (adj.)
intromittent (adj.) intromitting, intromitted(v.)
intromitter (n.)

e.] 1375-1425; late Middle English intromitten < Latin intrōmittere to send in,equivalent to intrō + mittere to send

f.] The Iranian government psychologically tricked kids into joining the military with the golden key, then intromitted them into the Iran-Iraq war.

g.] text message - email - president sending in the military

h.]

#11] Mendacious

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-01 23:52:56 UTC

Melissa Dixon
a.] characterized by deception

b.] adjective

c.] lying

d.] mendaciously (adv.)
mendaciousness (n.)
unmendacious (adj.)
unmendaciously (adv.)

e.] early 17th century: from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious

f.] The mendacious government gave children "the golden key" which would get you to paradise and that it was better than life there on earth and living.

g.] devil - police - lawyers

h.]

#12] Mercurial

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 06:03:12 UTC

Melissa Dixon
a.] characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

b.] adjective

c.] moody

d.] mercurially (adv.)
mercurialness, mercuriality(n.)
unmercurial (adj.)
unmercurially (adv.)
unmercurialness (n.)

e.] late Middle English (sense 3 of the adjective): from Latin mercurialis ‘relating to the god Mercury,’ from Mercurius ‘Mercury.’ Sense 1 of the adjective dates from the mid 17th century.

f.] The "deliverers of divine justice" were as mercurial as could be.

g.] bipolar people - hormonal time of the month - people with tourettes

h.]

#13] Parry

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 06:07:39 UTC

Melissa Dixon
a.] to evade or turn aside something

b.] verb

c.] deflect

d.] parriable (adj.)
parrier (n.)
unparried (adj.)
unparrying (adj.)
parried, parrying (v.)

e.] late 17th century: probably representing French parez! ‘ward off!,’ imperative of parer, from Italian parare‘ward off.’

f.] All pops did in the face of violence was parry.

g.] warrant holders - murders

h.]

#14] Parsimonious

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 06:46:23 UTC

Melissa Dixon
a.] frugal but often to the point of stinginess

b.] adjective

c.] cheap

d.] parsimoniously (adv.)
parsimoniousness (n.)
unparsimonious (adj.)
unparsimoniously (adv.)

e.] late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing.’

f.] The Iranian people were most likely parsimonious because the were barely serving as is.

g.] leadership - LAPD - my pops - Everybody hates chris (Julius)

h.]

#15] Provincial

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:03:54 UTC

Melissa Dixon
a.] limited in outlook; lacking the polish of urban society

b.] adjective

c.] country

d.] provincially (adv.)
interprovincial (adj.)
nonprovincial (adj.)
non provincially (adv.)
quasi-provincial (adj.)

e.] late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin provincialis ‘belonging to a province’

f.] Iran was more provincial than beautiful like anything in the United States.

g.] iran - iraq - compton - watts

h.]

#16] Seemly

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:09:55 UTC

Kassama
a.] suited to the occasion, purpose, or person

b.] adjective

c.] proper

d.] seemliness (n.) seemingly (adv.)
seemliest (adj.)
seemlier (adj.)

e.] Middle English: from Old Norse sœmiligr, from sœmr ‘fitting’ (see seem).

f.] Marji and her grandmother did a seemly thing throwing away all the alcohol.

g.] suits to weddings - gifts to parties - blood after getting cut

h.]

#17] Sequester

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:15:51 UTC

Kassama
a.] to set apart

b.] verb

c.] isolate

d.] sequestrable (adj.)
nonsequestered (adj.)
self-sequestered (adj.)
unsequestered (adj.)
sequesteringly
sequestered, sequestering (v.)

e.] late Middle English: from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare ‘commit for safekeeping,’ from Latin sequester ‘trustee.’

f.] Marji was sequestered by extenuating circumstances with her friends who moved to Los Angeles.

g.] foster home - jail cells - rooms

h.]

#18] Thwart

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:20:42 UTC

Kassama
a.] to oppose successfully

b.] verb

c.] oppose

d.] thwartedly (adv.)
thwartly (adv.)
thwarter (n.)
unthwarted (adj.)
unthwarting (adj.)
thwarted (v.)

e.] 1200-50; Middle English thwert (adv.) < Old Norse thvert across, neuter of thverr transverse; cognate with Old English thweorh crooked, cross, Gothic thwairhs cross, angry

f.] Marji thwarted the governments idea of the golden key.

g.] debates - lawyers

h.]

#19] Vagary

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:28:40 UTC

Kassama
a.] an erratic or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion

b.] noun

c.] change

d.] vagariously (adv.)
vagarious
vagaries (n.)

e.] late 16th century (also as a verb in the sense ‘roam’): from Latin vagari ‘wander.’

f.] marji vagaries her dream of being a preacher.

g.] bipolar people - drug addicts

h.]

#20] Wistful

christopherbaldwin62 — 2017-04-02 07:35:03 UTC

Kassama
a.] full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy

b.] adjective

c.] reflective

d.] wistfully (adv.)
wistfulness (n.)
unwistful (adj.)
unwistfully (adv.)erb
unwistfulness (n.)

e.] early 17th century: apparently from obsolete wistly ‘intently,’ influenced by wishful.

f.] Marjis head was filled with wistful thoughts when she got word of Anoosh's death.

g.] death - once youre caught

h.]