vocabulary #9

bolster-to support 

verb

ˈbōlstər

Germanic 
-when the guy was falling down we had to give him the bolster of our hands  so that he would not fall down.

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-this person is giving the other person bolster. the man is helping the other man so that they will not fall down.

deprecate-to become less value

Verb 

ˈdepriˌkāt

Latin 
-each year that passes the cars deprecate because they are getting old and they dont want to pay to much money for a old car.

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-this graph shows the iphone 4 deprecate each year. the prices go down of an ipone 4 because newer phones are coming out and older phones cost less

indiscriminate-not selective 

Adjective 

ˌindiˈskrimənit

English Latin 
-sometime i get bad grades on my test because i am indiscriminate about about the answer choices they give me. 

inquisitive-questioning 

Adjective 

inˈkwizitiv,iNG-

Latin French English 
-when they arrested the guy they started inquisitive him they were asking him about what had happened. 

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-this face is inquisitive him self bout where he should go out tonight he does not know if he should go to the movies or not. 

nebulous-indefinite 

Adjective 

ˈnebyələs

French Latin 

-i do not like question on the test that are nebulous they are always so long and hard to understand. i like simple and specific short questions.

relegate- to send

veb 

ˈreləˌgāt

Latin 
-the teacher told me to relegate her a email about the stuff i had on my project. i had to send it before midnight.

http://www.sophisticatededge.com/assets/images/Careers/Banking/How-to-send-money-order.jpg

-people use mailboxes relegate things from one person to another. i relegate letter to my friend in New York. 

replete-filled 

Adjective

riˈplēt

French Latin 
-when we arrived to the animal show the place was replete  with animals everywhere you turned you would see a animal.

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-this pool is repleted with water. it has water all the way to the top. 

sedentary-involving much sitting  

Adjective 

ˈsednˌterē

French Latin 
-they new job that they guy got is truck driving and it has sedentary. he will have to be sitting down almost all of the time.

http://www.yardcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tcz74627_ss4235_choosing-zero-turn-mower.jpg

-this man mows lawn most of the time he is riding the lawnmower so his job involves sedentary. 

tenet-principle 

Noun 

ˈtenit

English Latin 
-the tenet thing before doing anything to back up to check if anything is behind you 

terse-short 

Adjective 

tərs

Latin 

-when we first bought the tomato plants they were terse because they were baby's but the gardener told us that they would eventually grow. 

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-the guy on the right side is very terse compared to the other man. the man will eventually grow if he eats right.