Vocabulary #7

cursory: without noticing details

• She took a cursory glance at her econ text book the night before the big exam.

impetus: a moving force, impulse

• With the new pool at righetti, we have seen quite the impetus in swimming students.

pinnacle:the highest point

• My dad reached the pinnacle of his career when offered the promotion he had been working for.

contumely: insulting display of contempt in words or actions; humiliating treatment

• He continued putting me down in such a contumely way to intentionally embarrass me.

bereavement: a period of mourning after a loss

• After his mother died, we all expected there to be a very long bereavement because the two were so close.

cache: a hiding place (especially one in the ground)

• My grandma keeps all of her valuables in a cache under her bed.

consummation: completion; fulfillment

• All of my hardwork payed off with the consummation I felt after I finished that project.

calamity: a great misfortune or disaster

• The earthquakes in Pakistan are leaving calamity after calamity with the locals.

avarice: insatiable greed for riches

• His avarice for the gold was sickening.

fortify: to protect or strengthen against attack

• My mom buys the fortifying shampoo to help fix and restore dead ends.

erratic: eccentric

• His teacher's erratic behavior was something he'd never experienced before.

ubiquitous: being everywhere, especially at the same time

• Life would be so much easier if I could be ubiquitous during all times.

fortitude: mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, or danger

• I admire my grandma's never breaking fortitude throughout her illness.

nonchalant: coolly unconcerned, unexcited

• I don't understand how he remaind so nonchalant when he won those  concert tickets, I would have been thrilled.

affect: to act on, to impress the mind or move the feelings of

• The cold weather of the winter affected the crops terribly.

effect: result

• The effect of the sun on his fair skin was not good.

misappropriate: to put to a wrong use

• She misappropriated that highlighter she began to write with it as a pen

pragmatic: of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations

• Both of my parents remaind pragmatic when they need to be which is why they work so well together. 

metacognition: higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one's cognitive processes

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devoutly:devoted to divine worship or service

• They devoutly attended church
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