Vocabulary Lesson 14English IV

PROTEGE The rapper Lil’ Wayne has several protégés including Nicki Minaj and Drake.

INDISCERNIBLE In the film The Social Network, the Winklevoss twins are nearly indiscernible from one another.

VIRULENT My nephew has virulent allergies to peanuts and shellfish.

PHLEGMATIC The phlegmatic guards at Buckingham Palace are not

allowed to laugh, smile, or acknowledge passers by.

ARTISAN Students at vocational schools study to become artisans in specific career themes such as cosmetology, construction technology, transportation technology, and culinary arts.

RECIPROCATE In order for any relationship to be successful, respect and love must be reciprocated.

TENABLE The soldiers’ camp was not tenable, so they had to retreat to higher ground.

BOONDOGGLE Many students believe that school, homework, and tests are a complete boondoggle.

CURMUDGEON The two old men from The Muppet Show are such

curmudgeons; they constantly gripe and groan, while insulting the muppets.

MOIETY The Wet Bandits in Home Alone decide to split their loot

into two moieties.

INCULCATE The German teacher inculcates the new vocabulary by consistent verbal repetition.

FIDUCIARY Britney Spears father acted as her fiduciary during her period of instability and insanity.

REPUGNANT Sue Sylvester finds Will Schuester’s hair, singing, and overall presence in the high school to be repugnant.

OPPROBRIUM An opprobrium disgraced the Oval Office when the president was caught embezzling the tax payers’ dollars.

POTENTATE Prince William and Duchess Catherine will assume the positions of potentate following the rule of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.