1. Vocab Unit 4

2. Reprehensible: Worthy of or deserving blame • Example: His crime was so reprehensible that no punishment seemed to be too severe. • Innate: Existing within the individual before his birth, rather than developing over time because of life experience. • Example: He had an innate love of music, which was not extinguished by his athletic upbringing. October 29, 2013

3. Rational: based on or in accordance with reason or logic; having or exercising reason, sound judgment, or good sense • Ex: Your inference about the story is very rational. • Monotonous: never varied; repetitiously dull; Uttered or sounded in one repeated tone; unvaried in pitch. • The professor’s monotonous voice put nearly everyone in the class to sleep. October 30

4. Accentuate: To give prominence to, emphasize, or intensify OR to pronounce with a stress or accent • Ex: The blush that she added to her face accentuated her beautiful cheek bones. • Prominent: Standing out so as to be seen easily; eye-catching; particularly noticeable • Ex: His most prominent feature is his deep blue eyes. October 31

5. Introspection: The examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings. • After a long introspection, Courtney decided that she would go to Harvard University instead of Lackawanna College. • Altruistic: Unselfishly concerned about others. • Ex: She showed that she was altruistic when she volunteered to help the homeless even though she was not rewarded at all for it. November 1

6. Intrinsic: innate; coming from within; occurring as a natural part of something • Example- Her intrinsic motivation makes her want to read every night. • Extrinsic: Not forming an essential or inherent part of a thing; Originating from the outside; external • Example-An extrinsic force (her mother) makes Kate play soccer. November 4 Test: Friday, November 15th

7. Objective: (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts; based on facts rather than feelings or opinions; not influenced by feelings • Example- Doctors need to remain objective when they are looking for the cause of diseases. • Subjective: based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions; based on feelings or opinions rather than facts • Example-If you are subjective when giving criticism, you may be bias toward someone you do not like. November 5 Test: Friday, November 15th

8. Laconic: Using few words; concise • This well thought out, laconic reply proved that he really understood the concept. • Impertinent: Offensively bold; rude; irrelevant. • Because of his impertinent behavior, Kate spent the week in detention. November 6 Test: Friday, November 15th

9. Contrite: Thoroughly sorry for a wrongdoing. • Ex: He apologized, but in no way did he seem contrite for his actions. • Manipulative: Characterized by unscrupulous control of a situation or person; Of or relating to manipulation of an object or part of the body • Example: He was so manipulative that he was able to convince his mother to let him go out despite the fact he was grounded. November 7 Test: Friday, November 15th

10. Perception: the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses; the way one recognizes or interprets something • Ex: Because of my perception, I interpreted the situations a little differently than Bob. • Unanimous: Sharing the same opinion; being fully in agreement • Example: The vote to elect Bobby as the class president was unanimous. November 8 Test: Friday, November 15th

11. Connotation: The meaning that is implied or associated with a word; the idea suggested with a word or thing • Ex: Please be careful when you choose your words; avoid words with negative connotation. • Denotation: The dictionary definition; the literal or primary meaning of a word • Ex: If you need the exact definition, I would look up the denotation November 12 Test: Friday, November 15th