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Team B Words

Shyster a lawyer that uses unprofessional methods

[|Transient]. Adj. lasting only for a short time; impermanent OR can be used as a N. meaning a person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time. I found this word in our required weekly reading in the passage "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" being used in the sentence, "Prudence indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient __causes__." I chose this word because it was foreign to my existing vocabulary and it sounded pretty. - Suzy Shrout

[|Remuneration:] (noun) Pay, or __reward__ for work. I found this word in The Declaration of Sentiments and resolutions by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She used it to make a point that women, when allowed to have a __#|job__, do not get paid well. Her sentence is, “He has monopolized nearly all the profitable employments, and from those she is permitted to follow, she receives but a scanty remuneration” (Stanton). Because of the way she used this word instead of just pay, showed that she was an educated person, not just a women. (Emily Schulte)

[|Bloviate]: A verb meaning to speak pompously, or lofty and high flown. I found the word in "Brace For Another Round of Sham Debates", by Bill O'Reilly. He writes, "First of all, the candidates don't have to answer the questions posed and often fly off into rehearsed bloviations that are as boring as they are offensive" (O'Reilly 1). I chose the word because I did not know what it meant, and I thought it was a good word to describe the way politicians sometimes answer questions. (Nick Prather)

Privy An adj meaning participating in the knowledge of something private or secret. Example sentence: She was privy in almost all of the secrets of the school. . This was a nearby word to the word of the day on dictionary.com, and I liked it because i figured it was a practical word that could be easily used. (Sarah)

Prerogative A noun that means an exlusive right or privledge that is limited to a specific person or to persons of a particular category. I found this word in Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. "He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and to her God." I found this word while I was reading the story and didn't know what it meant. (Madison)

====Roil: a verb that has two meanings, to make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment or to displease or disturb; vex. My grandma used this in a sentence to describe how my brother was making her feel, "I'm roiled by the fact that Tony has no intention of listening to what I say." I chose this word mainly because I didn't know what it was. (Carolyn)====

[|Chastisement:]A noun meaning severe critisism or strong reprimand. I found this word in the article "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions", by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton states "...the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty, and to administer chastisement." (Stanton 359). I chose this word because the statement the author stated was interesting to me, but I did not understand this word which impaired my comprehension. (Chelsea)

[|Natty] An adjective meaning neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance. This was a previous word of the day on dictionary.com. I chose this word because it sounded different and I didn't know the meaning of it. (Taylor)

Acquiesce (verb) To submit to or comply with quietly. Looked up agree in the thesaurus to find a useful word for argumentative essays. A quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Let a man attain the highest and broadest culture that any American has possessed, then let him die by sea-storm, railroad collision, or other accident, and all America will acquiesce that the best thing has happened to him; that, after the education has gone far, such is the expensiveness of America, that the best use to put a fine person to is to drown him to save his board." (Jimmy)