Thursday, December 11, 2008

VOLCABULARY WORDS 16-20

16. desist - to cease; discontinue.
Please desist with that loud music.

17. disaffected - alienated; estranged; unfriendly.
The crowd was disaffected to the police officers.

18. dotard - one whose intellect is impaired by age; senile.
They say that Mr. Smith is dotard.

19. dub - to strike lightly with a sword in the ceremony of conferring knighthood; to invest with
any dignity or title; to style, name, or call by a descriptive nickname.
On television he was dubbed Sir Christian of Wayne.

20. duly - in a due manner; properly or fittingly; punctually.
That will be duly noted.

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