vocabulary week 5
charlatan-a can artist
noun
ˈSHärlətən,ˈSHärlətn
Italian, french
- the other day my mom bought some pills from a charlatan, he said that her back pain would go away but i never did.
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- this guy is a charlatan, he is selling things that does not work, but he is telling the customers that they do work.
corroborate-to confirm
verb
kəˈräbəˌrāt
Latin
-for power lunch we have to corroborate, if it is ok for us to leave the class, if we do not check in with the teacher you will get in trouble.
http://img.tfd.com/wn/51/BFB35-corroborate.jpg
-this guy is corroborating his answers to the judge, he is confirming that hi friend is not guilty of the murder.
disseminate- to spread
verb
diˈseməˌnāt
Latin
- when there is a flu around it can disseminate, very easily when one person has it then that person will spread it to another.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4033039941_ebaae7a019.jpg
- image shows the jelly being disseminate, it is being spread-ed all over the piece of bread.
diverge- to go in different directions
verb
diˈvərj,dī-
Latin
-My friends and i diverge when we are going to our classes, they go a to a different place.
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dacosta/dacosta1007/dacosta100700009/7348386-traffic-jam-on-the-road-a-lot-of-cars-which-go-towards-each-other-and-to-the-different-directions.jpg
-All of these car are diverging. They are all going in different directions, some are going forward some are going side ways.
dormant-not active
adjective
ˈdôrmənt
French, Latin
-the guy was dormant he was sleeping the whole time, he was not doing nothing.
http://www.celsias.com/upload/uploads/admin/doing_nothing_1.jpg
-this guy is being dormant, he is just sitting there doing nothing.
hoist- to raise
verb
hoist
English
-when we were walking down the street we had to hoist the sign so that the people could see it, cause it was to low
http://www.englishforlearner.com/englishpictures/b_5028b6c01083f.jpg
- this kid is hoisting his hand so that the teacher can call on him, if he does not raise his hand he will not get called on.
illicit-unlawful
adjective
i(l)ˈlisit
French, Latin
-doing drugs is a unlawful thing, and when people get caught they get sent to jail for man years.
http://www.digett.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-main-image-full-node/someone-stealing-my-blog-post_1.png\
- This guy is going a very unlawful thing which is hacking, he is doing a really bad thing so when he gets caught he will get sentenced to jail.
irrevocable- not reversible
adjective
ˌiˈrevəkəbəl/
French,Latin
- when they give me my food at a restaurant, it is irrevocable. I can not tell them to change it because the food has already been done.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/20/article-1078971-022DA4C5000005DC-276_468x427.jpg
-when u summit a test online, the questions are irrevocable, you can not go back and change them no more, they have already bee submitted.
precipitate- to bring on
verb
priˈsipəˌtāt
Latin
- I had to pececipitate at the dog when he was coming at me, if i woulld not have had defended my self i would have been attacked
http://www.hollywoodiano.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/The-Last-Crusade2.jpg
- the guy was about to get shot to he precipitate his fist. If he would not have had brought the fist out he would have been shot.
proliferation- a rapid increase
noun
prəˌlifəˈrāSHən
French
- the price of the gas was a proliferation, it went up in 2 months by like 50 cents. It went up very fast.
http://static.lngworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/BREE-Australian-LNG-Export-to-Rapidly-Increase-Over-Next-Five-Years.jpg
- this picture is showing a proliferation, the bars are going up so much really fast and in a very short time.
