Yitong+Wang

**Week 2**
irascible (adj.) someone easily get angry. **eg**: John is a irascible boy, he get mad about everything. (Word of the day)

vent (n.) The pipe need to go through the vent in order to get into the house. **eg**: There is a vent in the wall, so water pipe can go though. (Book)

volcanic (adj.) easy ti get angry. **eg**: He is a volcanic person and get angry everyday. (Book)

futz (v.) to pass time in idleness. **eg**: He walks around futz and do nothing. (Word of the day)

ultimately (adv.) finally. **eg**: He pass the test ultimately. (Book)

attorney (n.) a lawyer. **eg**: He is a attorney and won many lawsuit cases. (Book)

purge (v.) clean, to rid. **eg**: He purges his enemies by sanding them away. (Book)

applaud (v.) give praise, to clap hands. **eg**: He applauds his son because his son does well on school work. (Book)

clarity (n.) clear. **eg**: His writing has great clarity of style. (Book)

primal (adj.) first original. **eg**: To mean well is his primal idea. (Book)

**Week 3**
oppugn (v.) to assail by argument or action. **eg**: His boss oppugn him and make him redo all his work. (Word of the day)

moratory (adj.) delay payment. **eg**: The money he owes his parents is moratory because he needs it to pay for bills. (Word of the day)

demeanor (n.) behavior. **eg**: His demeanor at the meeting impressed everybody. (Word of the day)

scurrilous (adj.) grossly. **eg**: His behavior is scurrilous and no one likes him. (Word of the day)

furious (adj.) extreme angry. **eg**: He has a furious temper. (Book)

emulate (v.) strive to equal. **eg**: He try to emulate his sister on studying. (Book)

inevitable (adj.) cannot be avoided. **eg**: This accident is inevitable because the driver is on his cellphone. (Book)

retrieve (v.) find things back. **eg**: He retrieved his suitcase he left on the bus. (Book)

inscrutable (adj.) cannot be understand, of an obscure nature. **eg**: This things happened is incscrutable, no one knows why. (Book)

assertiveness (n.) self-assurance. **eg**: He has too much assertiveness for himself leads to the failure. (Book)

**Week 4**
akimbo (adv.) with hands on hip and elbow bent outward. **eg**: He is standing akimbo. (Word of the day)

abaft (prep.) to the rear of. **eg**: They are sitting at the abaft. (Word of the day)

mumbo jumbo (n.) meaningless ritual. **eg**: They are deoing some mumbo jumbo never saw it before. ( Word of the day)

homunculus (n.) a diminutive human being. **eg**: He is a homunculus but he still try to reach himself. (Word of the day)

splenetic (adj.) irritable. **eg**: He is splenetic and he tries to get his friend in trouble and be fired. (Word of the day)

marginalia (n.) marginal notes. **eg**: She writes marginalia in a pretty notebook. (Word of the day)

gradual (adj.) changing. **eg**: He finish his homework gradual. (Book)

interpretation (n.) explication. **eg**: His work needs interpretation. (Book)

proclaimed (v.) to announce in an official manner. **eg**: The government proclaimed the war.

benevolent (adj.) expressing goodwill. **eg**: She has a benevolent smile on her face.

**Week 7**
crucial (adj.) of extreme importance. **eg**: It's a crucial decision. (Book)

arouse (v.) wake someone up. **eg**: The noise arouse me. (Book)

exploitation (n.) the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful. **eg**: Commercial exploitation of resources threatens our survival.(Book)

connive (v.) encourage or assent to illegally or criminally. **eg**: He connive hi brother to steal other people money. (Book)

feign (v.) make believe with the intent to deceive. **eg**: She feign herself to be happy. (Book)

fleet (n.) group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership. **eg**: He made his money by own a fleet of moving vans. (Book)

mercenary (adj.) marked by materialism. **eg**: He is so mercenary that he betrayed his friends. (Book)

matriarch (n.) a female head of a family or tribe. **eg**: She is the matriarch of her family so she has the  responsibility to protect them. (Book)

heroine (n.) the main good female character in a work of fiction. **eg**: She is a heroine in the novel. (Book)

disreputable (adj.) lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance. **eg**: By degrees the quality gave up going,and the fair,of course,became disreputable. (Book)