DATE	WORD	PRONUNCIATION	PART OF SPEECH	DEFINITION	SYNONYM	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1/2/07	Probity	PRO bih tee	Noun	Displaying great personal and professional integrity	Goodness Decency Honesty	Nelson Mandela is admired throughout the world for his courage, moral leadership and probity.
1/3/07	Ebullient	ih BUL yunt	Adjective	Very Happy; Enthusiastic; Not Pessimistic	Cheerful Happy Jovial	The people of Berlin were ebullient when they celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
1/4/07	Propensity	pruh PEN suh tee	Noun	Having a liking, fondness, preference for something; a tendency toward something	Tendency Inclination Partiality	Did you know that although Belgium has a population of just 10 million people, it consumers support 2100 chocolate shops?  You could say that the citizens of Belgium have a propensity for chocolate.
1/5/07	Tenable	TEN uh bul	Adjective	Capable of being held, defended or maintained	Reasonable Acceptable Defensible Justifiable	The so-called White Man's Burden was used to justify both European and American imperialism.  This belief is no longer tenable and has been exposed as a self-serving misconception.
1/8/07	Extemporize	Ek STEM pur ize	Verb	To do or Perform something without preparation	Improvise ad-lib	Most people are unaware of the fact that Dr. King extemporized much of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.  In "School of Rock" Dewey Finn improvised or extemporized a great math lesson when his principal entered the classroom.
1/9/07	Recalcitrant	ri KAL auh trunt	Adjective	Stubborn; Defiant	Unmanageable Disobedient Obstinate Obdurate Intransigent Dogged	The recalcitrant cancer continue to spread through the patient's body despite every therapy and treatment the doctors tried.   On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme court unanimously found segregation in public schools unconstitutional ( Brown vs Board of Education).  However, the ruling took years to implement as recalcitrant segregationalists vowed to defy the court order.
1/10/07	Clandestine	klan DES tin	Adjective	Secret	Covert	Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
DATE	WORD	PRONUNCIATION	PART OF SPEECH	DEFINITION	SYNONYM	SAMPLE SENTENCE
1/11/07	Proponent	pruh POH nunt	Noun	One who argues in favor or something; an advocate; a champion of a cause	Supporter Promoter	Proponents of evolution and creationism strongly disagree on how life originated and developed.
1/12/07	Dispassionate	dis PASH yun it	Adjective	Unemotional; Cool; Calm; Detached	Composed Unruffled	Scientists are trained to describe problems in a dispassionate and objective manner.   Abortion and evolution are current issues which inflame heated partisan debates.  As a result it is very difficult for dispassionate observers to find a middle ground that both sides can agree upon.
1/16/07	Uncouth	un KOOTH	Adjective	Vulgar; boorish and ill-mannered	Uncivilized                      Rude	Bluto ("Animal House"), Billy Madison ("Billy Madison") and Ron Burgundy ("Anchorman") were all notorious for their uncouth manners
1/17/07	Bane	bayn	Noun	A source of harm or ruin	Nuisance Pest Blight Curse	Stage fright can be the bane of actors, dancers and other artists who perform before live audiences.
1/18/07	Redolent	RED uh lunt	Adjective	Scented; Fragrant	Aromatic	During the summer the Southern atmosphere is redolent with the fragrant smell of magnolia blooms
1/19/07	Incessant	in SES unt	Adjective	Something that won't stop; A repeated action	Nonstop Never-ending Ceaseless	Do you remember in Shrek 2 when Donkey incessantly asked "Are we there Yet? Are we there Yet? Are we there Yet?"
1/23/07	Magisterial	maj ih STEER ee ul	Adjective	Learned, characteristic of a teacher scholar or expert, authoritative	Dignified Masterly	The magisterial lessons of our English and Math teachers ill make you invincible when you take the ACT or the SAT.
1/24/07	Slighting	SLIT ing	Noun	Disrespectful, disparaging remark	Rejection Refusal Snub	Feuds and rivalries have existed since the dawn of hip hop in the early 1970's.  For example, the Nas versus Jay-Z rivalry began when Nas slighted Jay-Z by refusing to make a guest appearance on Jay-S's debut album " Reasonable Doubt".
DATE	WORD	PRONUNCIATION	PART                                    OF                          SPEECH	DEFINITION	SYNONYM	SENTENCE
1/25/07	Complacent	kum PLAY sunt	Adjective	Tending to go along with others wishes; agreeable not petulant	Satisfied Smug Unworried Content	A person who is complaisant would not be petulant or peevish or irritable.
1/26/07	Boon	boon	Noun	A timely benefit	Advantage Bonus Windfall	In the introduction to his book From Pieces to Weight, 50 Cent admits that it hurt "really bad" when he was shot nine times.  However, the shooting proved to be a boon to his career because the incident and his scars have given him publicity and thus helped sell records.
1/29/07	Guile	gyle	Noun	Slyness; Trickery; Cunning	Astuteness Wiliness Cleverness	Although usually known for his integrity, Franklin Roosevelt sometimes displayed a penchant for guile as shown in his court packing scheme.
1/30/07	Disingenuous	dis in GEN you us	Adjective	Giving a false impression of being honest; Insincere; Not straightforward; Lying	Untruthful Hypocritical	In their song "Lyin Eyes", the Eagles describe a woman who is living a lie and can't disguise her disingenuous and duplicitous eyes.
1/31/07	Gravity	GRAV uh tee	Noun	The natural force of attraction exerted by a celestial body.; A situation with serious or grave consequences.	Seriousness Importance Significance	Residents of New Orld not realize the gravity of the problems facing their city until the day after Hurricane Katrina struck the "Big Easy"
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