#8 Bi-Weekly Vocab Study

Word #1: ​Consortium

Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“‘The farmers in your ​consortium​ could have no better partners’”(406 Leigh, Crooked
Kingdom).
Definition and part of speech:
Adjective, An association, usually a group of companies formed on undercutting or
defending an enterprise, or the legal right of one spouse to accompany the husband.
Your own sentence that uses it:
She sighed as she watched the ​consortium​ stroll away. One day it was bonds, the other
was stocks, the next was an empire of suited humans.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
Latin, consortium - fellowship & British law, a term for - right of husband’s access to his
wife

Word #2:​ ​Officious

Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“‘Who do you have over there?’ His tone was ​officious​. Stadwatch, Wylan though” (424).
Definition and part of speech:
Adjective, meddlesome, volunteering when one isn’t needed.
Your own sentence that uses it:
Kaz had known Van Eck would have an ​officious​ plan yet according to his cards; in fact,
Kaz decided rather than playing cards, he would be playing liar’s dice -a game neither would
suspect him to vote in- something risky.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
Latin, officious - full of courtesy & officium - duty

Word #3: ​Monogrammed

Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite): 
“Van Eck drew a snowy ​monogrammed​ handkerchief from his pocket. It was
embroidered with the red laurel” (426).
Definition and part of speech:
Verb, to mark with a monogram - a sign of influence/identity in a formation of the
combined initials of a name, or symbol.
Your own sentence that uses it:
As she walked the prep halls, it seemed like everyone had pretentious blazers
monogrammed​ with their coat of arms while she didn’t.
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Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
1856 - decorate with a monogram
Word #4:​ ​Apse
Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“When she was done, she took up her perch in one of the metalwork pockets that
overlooked the ​apse​ and the vast nave of the cathedral” (430).
Definition and part of speech:
Noun, a semicircular concave dome ceiling of a building like a church.
a projecting part of a building (such as a church) that is usually semicircular in plan and
vaulted
Your own sentence that uses it:
She twirled around the floor, circling through the crowd, those peering into the domed
Apse​ and paintings, and those admiring several spiritual sculptures.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
Greek, hapsis (Ionic apsis) - loop/arc & Latin, apsis - an arch

Word #5: ​Staccato

Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“...Inej could barely track, the bids climbing as Radmaker jabbed his gavel at each
bidder, repeating the offers in ​staccato​ bursts” (437).
Definition and part of speech:
Adjective, abruptly/short-cut, marked by clear-cut notes/chords/tones.
Your own sentence that uses it:
When she was visiting the music hall, she did not expect to hear the stairs play like an
instrument, one with a ​staccato​ clicking and ringing of her heels.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
Italian, staccato - detached & French, destacher/Old French, destachier - to detach

Word #6:​ ​Cardamom

Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“Move over, cinnamon and nutmeg, make way for ​cardamom​ and sumac” (63 Firhoozah,
The F-word).
Definition and part of speech:
Noun, an Italian Herb from seeds used as a spice or condiment.
Your own sentence that uses it:
He loved his ​cardamom​; he was always preparing it with nutmeg for his rice, curry and
occasional sausages.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
French, cardamome & Latin, cardamomum & Greek, kardamomon ~ kard-/card- Cress +
amomum- Spice plant
Word #7: ​Permutation
Context you found it in: (copy down the sentence/phrase and cite):
“Every once in a while, though, somebody comes up with a new ​permutation​ and I am once
again reminded that I am an immigrant with a foreign name” (66 Firhoozah).
Definition and part of speech:
Noun, an ordered arrangement of objects, fundamental change, process of rearranging
current elements/objects
Your own sentence that uses it:
I didn’t want this ​permutation​. To leave the warmth of my coffee, my fuzzy socks, and
inciting book -the one I had abruptly finished.
Words with similar Latin/Greek roots (i.e. laudable applaud) and/or synonyms:
Old French, permutacion - change, shift & Latin, permutationem - alteration/revolution