Benny A. Eligio C. Antonio M. Diego M. by Benny Garcia

Antonio Mendez P.2

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:12:48 UTC

#20 wistful
a) Full of yearning or desire tinged with meloncholy.
b) Andjective
c) Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
d)adverb:wistfully noun: wistfulness adjective: unwistful adverb: unwistfully noun: unwistfulness

e) early 17th century: apparently from obsolete wistly ‘intently,’ influenced by wistful.
f) Anoosh felt wistful when he had to leave his mother and family behind to escape and entered in an army to help his people.
g) childish, thoughtful, appealing

Antonio Mendez P.2

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:14:09 UTC

#19 Vagary
a) An erratic or extravagant manifestation, action or notion.
b) Noun
c) An unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior.
d) vagarie vagarious
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) women, politics kids

Antonio Mendez P.2

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:14:14 UTC

#18 Thwart
a) To oppose succesfully
b) verb
c) prevent someone from accomplishing something.
d) andjective
Thwarted
e) Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse,’ from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse,’ from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist.
f) Marji would always thwart and its always in what she thinks is right just like her style in dressing
g) war, plan, strategy.
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Antonio Mendez P. 2

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:14:19 UTC

#17 Sequester
a) To set apart
b) Verb
c) isolate or hide away
d) Noun sequestration
Adjective
Sequestrable
e) late Middle English: from Old French sequestrer or late Latin sequestrare ‘commit for safekeeping,’ from Latin sequester ‘trustee.’
f) Marji sequested from her parents when they took her to Germany for a better life.
g) immigration, drugs crimes.
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Antonio Mendez P.2

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:06 UTC

#16 Seemly
a) Suited to the occasion, purpose,or person.
b) Adj.
c) Appropriate.
d) Seemlier seemliest (adv) seemliness(n).
e) Old Norse 13th century old Norse soemiligr English seem.
f) Marji and her grandmother did a seemly thing throwing away all the alcohol.
g) Hearing, pleased, excellent, quiet.
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Eligio

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:19 UTC

#15) Provincial: limited in outlook; lacking the polish of urban society(adj)

Another way to say it: country

All parts of speech :

adverb: provincially
adjective: interprovincial
adjective: nonprovincial
adverb: nonprovincially
adjective: quasi-provincial
adverb: quasi-provincially
adjective: semiprovincial
adverb: semiprovincially

Etymology: late 14c., "pertaining to a province," from Old French provincial "belonging to a particular province (of friars)" (13c.), from Latin provincialis "of a province," from provincia (see province).

Poor people in Iran live in provincial areas, because they can't be close to the rich people.

Word association:
Village
Savage rese

Eligio

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:26 UTC

#14)Persimonious: frugal but often to the point of stinginess

Another way to say it :mean

All parts of speech: parsimoniously
Unparsimonious
Unparsimoniously
Parsimoniousness

It seems that the Shah has a Persimonious personality toward his own people.

early 15c., from Latin parsimonia"sparingness, frugality, thrift," from pars-, past participle stem of parcere"to spare, save, refrain from, use moderately" (which is said to be unrelated to Latin parvus "small," parum "too little") + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition

Word associations.
Trump
Hitler

Eligio

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:32 UTC

#13) Parry: to evade or turn aside something (verb )

Another way to say it: Prevent

All parts of speech: parried, parrying
Parriable
Parrier
Unparrying

Word associations:
UFC fighters
Forward soccer player

1630s, from French parez! (which commonly would have been heard in fencing lessons), imperative of parer"ward off," from Italian parare "to ward or defend a blow" (see para-(2)). Related: Parried; parrying. Non-fencing use is from 1718. The noun is 1705, from the verb.

Women from Iran used the veil in order to parry all criticisms from the religious men.

Eligio

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:35 UTC

#12)Mercurial: characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood ( adj)
Another way to say it: unstable

All parts of speech: Mercurial

late 14c., "pertaining to the planet Mercury" (see Mercury). Meaning "sprightly, volatile, quick" (1590s) is from supposed qualities of those born under the planet Mercury (they also are the qualities of the god Mercury), probably also partly by association with the qualities of quicksilver. A variant in this sense was mercurious(1590s). Related: Mercurially; mercuriality.

When Marjane played to torture her friend she had a mercurial change.

Word association:
Teens
Babies

Eligio

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:15:44 UTC

#11)Mendacious: characterized by deception (adj)

Another way to it:dishonest

Parts of speech :
Mendaciously, Mendaciousness

1610s, from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendacium "a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction," from mendax (genitive mendacis) "lying, deceitful," from menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing," from PIE root *mend- "physical defect, fault" (see amend (v.))

The Iranian government, instead of reveal the truth on TV, they told many mendacious stories about the attack in Iraq.

Word association:
Robbers
Politicians

Benny Alvarez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:16:54 UTC

10. Intromit.
A) to send or put in
B) verb.
C) Eject
Wisdom,
D) intromits, intromitred, intromitting (transitive verb)
F) marji would intromit the letters to the neighbor for his nanny so she'll make sure that he gets it.
G) emails, ideas, image.

Benny Alvarez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:16:59 UTC

9. Halcyon
A) denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
B) Adjective.
C) moment
D) couldn't find them :, (
E) late middle English (in the mythological sense): via Latin from Greek alkuõn 'kingfisher' (also halkuõn, by association with hals 'sea' and Kuan 'conceiving').
F) after the Revolution days of diversity and freedom were just a Halcyon in Iran for marji and the other citizens.
G)----------
H)

Benny Alvarez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:17:03 UTC

8 Hack
A) a writer who produces dull, unoriginal work.
B) noun
C) plagiarism.
D) hacked, hacking, hacks transitive verb
E) middle English (sense 2 of the noun): abbreviation of hackney. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 17th century.
F. Marji hacked the nanny's letter because she wrote what she thought it was good not what the navy actually said.
G. Fast food restaurant, media, of brand shoes.
H)

Benny Alvarez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:17:08 UTC

7. Evoke
A) to call forth or up.
B) verb
C) mention
D) evoker (noun)
E) early 17th century (sense 2): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of, from' + vocare 'to call.'
F) marji evoked courage and she went to the protest even though she wasn't allowed to go.
G) feelings, strength, energy.
H)

Benny Alvarez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:17:12 UTC

6) Diaphanous.
A)characterized by extreme delicacy of form.
B)Adjective.
C)fragile
D)diaphaneity (noun).
Diaphanousness (noun)
E) early 17th century: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia'through' + painting "to show."
F) marjis feelings were Diaphanous about the whole revolution theme going on
H) crystal, clay, flowers.

Diego Martinez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:17:47 UTC

5) Coalescence.
A) A union of diverse entities into one body, form, or group.
B) Noun.
C) Unite, join, combine.
D)Adjective: coalescent.
Verb: coalesced.
E) 1535–45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere to nourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce.
F) Iranian citizens were a coalescence forced by the government.
G) Government, students.
H)

Diego Martinez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:18:16 UTC

4) Cloistered.
A) Providing shelter from contact with the outside world.
B) Adjective.
C) Isolated, hidden, secluded.
D) Noun: cloister.
Adjective: uncloistered.
E) 1250–1300; Middle English cloistre < Anglo-French, Old French, blend of cloison partition and clostre (< Latin claustrum barrier (Late Latin: enclosed place).
F) The cloistered laws during the Iranian Revolution were part of the regime to not get overthrown by the people.
G) Jail, monastery.
H)

Diego Martinez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:18:19 UTC

3) Audacious.
A)Recklessly bold.
B) Adjective.
C) Valiant, brave, heroic.
D) Adverb: audaciously.
Noun: audaciousness.
E) Mid 16th century: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold’ (from audere ‘dare’) + -ious.
F) The audacious acts of the protesters against the regime in Iran were worthless.
G) Heroes, lion tamers.
H

Diego Martinez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:18:24 UTC

2) Auburn.
A)Reddish-brown color.
B) Noun.
C) Reddish-brown, rust, copper.
D)Adjective:
auburn
E) 1400–50; late Middle English abo(u)rne blond < Middle French, Old French auborne, alborne < Latin alburns whitish.
F)An auburn hair was prohibited in Iran during the revolution because according to the government it was part of the western style.
G) Fox, hair, brick.
H)

Diego Martinez

eligiocastellanos18 — 2017-04-01 17:18:28 UTC

1) Attenuate.
A) Reduced in thickness, density, or force.
B) Adjective.
C)Weakened, diminished, impaired, thin.
D)Verb: attenuated, attenuating.
Adverb: attenuatedly.
E) First recorded in 1520-30, attenuate is from the Latin word attenuãtus (past participle of attenuãre to thin, reduce) at-tenius, -ate.
F) Iraq waited until the Iran became an attenuate country to attack and declare war on Iran.
G) Virus, a liquid going through a tube.
H)