Fort Myers Senior High School Words of the Week

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A list of the (x) words for Words of the Week at Fort Myers High School. All words are to be tested on every week (three words unveiled per week) and are allegedly on the SAT's.
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  1. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  2. ornate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
  3. caucus
    meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
  4. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
    ingrate (n) ungrateful person
  5. protean
    taking on different forms
    protean (adj) changeable; versatile; variable; diverse
  6. segregation
    the act of keeping apart
    August 20, 2012 segregation (n) act of isolating specific groups of people in a society
  7. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    August 20, 2012 contempt (n) open disrespect; scorn
  8. immunity
    the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  9. propitiate
    make peace with
    August 27, 2012 propitiate (v) to appease; to conciliate; to make favorably inclined towards
  10. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
    August 27, 2012 gesticulate (v) to express by using gestures
  11. nebulous
    lacking definite form or limits
    August 27, 2012 nebulous (adj) indistinct; dim; hazy; uncertain
  12. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
    September 4, 2012 phenomenon (n) an event or happening
  13. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
    September 4, 2012 innocuous (adj) harmless; inoffensive
  14. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
    September 4, 2012 demagogue (n) person who appeals to emotions to gain political ends
  15. tangible
    perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch
    September 10, 2012 tangible (adj) can be touched
  16. perceptive
    of or relating to awareness via the senses
    September 10, 2012 perceptive (adj) observant
  17. plagiarism
    taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
    September 10, 2012 plagiarism (n) taking credit for someone else's idea, writing, art
  18. dexterous
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
    September 18, 2012 dexterous (adj) skillful with hands
  19. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
    September 18, 2012 presumptuous (adj) assuming too much; arrogant
  20. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
    September 18, 2012 animosity (n) hatred; antagonism; resentment; hostility
  21. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    September 24, 2012 recalcitrant (adj) stubborn; resistant; disobedient
  22. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
    September 24, 2012 loathe (v) hate, abhor, detest
  23. shrewd
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    September 24, 2012 shrewd (adj) cagey; quick-witted; astute
  24. extraneous
    not belonging to that in which it is contained
    October 1, 2012 extraneous (adj) not pertinent; not belonging to matter under consideration
  25. complementary
    serving to fill out, enhance, or supply what is lacking
    October 1, 2012 complementary (adj) completing; mutually making up what is lacking
  26. adjacent
    having a common boundary or edge
    October 1, 2012
Created on Sat Aug 25 14:39:25 EDT 2012 (updated Tue Aug 28 17:43:43 EDT 2012)

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