Vocabulary list #7

Ad infinitum: endlessly

 My class felt like it was AD INFINITUM.

 Apportion: divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution

We had to APPORTION the pizza into 12 pieces.

 Bona fide: made, done, presented

We BONA FIDE the poster that was worth 200 in class.

 Buoyant: tending to float in a fluid.

The BUOYANT ship was able to cruise around the world.

 Clique: a small, exclusive group of people

At school there is usually CLIQUES everywhere.

 Concede: to acknowledge as true, just, or proper

It is the lawyers job to CONCEDE while giving his speech to the judge.

 Congenial: agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character

Many CONGEAL people are always nice to have around.

 Lofty: extending high in the air

The LOFTY tree seems to be growing every second.

 Migration: a number or body of persons or animals migrating  together.

The MIGRATION in the 60's to the north of the U.S. was higher compared to the south.

 Perceive: to recognize, discern, envision, or understand

As I'm writing what my teacher is saying out loud I PERCEIVE all of the information.

 Perverse: willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired

One should always be PERVERSE about our goals in life.

 Prelude:  any action, event, comment, etc. that precedes something else.

The PRELUDE information will help you comprehend what the narrator will talk about  in just a moment.

 Rancid: having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition,

I had to throw my bread away because it had a RANCID taste.

 Rustic: of, pertaining to, or living in the country, as distinguished from towns or cities; rural.

RUSTIC people seem to have more space in the country so that they can e able to ride their horses.

 Sever: harsh

I've always believed that one shouldn't be SEVERE with others.

 Sordid: meanly selfish, self-seeking

My brother was being SORDID because he didn't want to share his candy with me.

 Untenable: indefensible

I hate to see people making fun of the UNTENABLE children.

 Versatile: having or capable of many uses

The piece of rope was VERSATILE through out many years in many different ways.

 Vindicate: justify by argument or evidence

After many hours of arguing the girl won with her VINDICATE information.

 Wane: to decrease in strength, intensity

After doing many push ups and jogging my body started feeling WANE.