vocab 3/30

April Graham
Mrs. Sutter
English/Period 4
26 March 2009
Ambitious - Full of ambition, thirsting after honour or advancement; aspiring to high position.
French 1382
Her ambitious personality is what got her through medical school.

Interactive - Reciprocally active; acting upon or influencing each other.
French 1832
The teachers interactive plans for the class helped them learn better.

Replicate - A repetition of an experiment or trial; each of a number of similar parts or procedures which constitute an experiment or trial.
French 1776
The artist made several replications to his version of the Mona Lisa.

Cue - The concluding word or words of a speech in a play, serving as a signal or direction to another actor to enter, or begin his speech.
1553
When the piano starts that’s Jacobs cue to start singing!

Perspective - An optical instrument for looking through, as a magnifying glass, telescope, monocle, etc. In early use also: any of various devices, such as an arrangement of mirrors, for producing an unusual optical effect, e.g. the distortion of an image.
Middle French 1387
My grandpa uses perspective lenses when reading his National Geographic magazines.

Transparent - Having the property of transmitting light, so as to render bodies lying beyond completely visible; that can be seen through; diaphanous.
Latin 1413
Her shirt was completely transparent after she was done with the balloon toss relay.

Gamut - The first or lowest note in the mediæval scale of music, answering to the modern G on the lowest line of the bass stave.
Latin 1530
The gamut was heard when the knights entered the stadium.

Enrichment - The action or process of enriching, in various senses; the condition of being enriched
1626
Mike used the cilantro to enrich the taste of his homemade salsa.

Overhaul - The action of hauling over a surface; a place where this occurs.
1625
The television show Extreme Home Makeover overhauls different homes for families with special needs.

Exotic - Belonging to another country, foreign, alien (obs.). b. In narrowed sense: Introduced from abroad, not indigenous. Now chiefly of plants (in popular language with added sense of ‘not naturalized or acclimatized’); also, of words, forms of speech or writing, fashions, etc.
Latin 1599
Hue Hefner has a zoo in his backyard full of exotic animals from various different countries.

Derivatives – Characterized by transmission, or passing from one to another.
French 1637
Her derivatives caused her friends to become very ill.

Equity - The quality of being equal or fair; fairness, impartiality; evenhanded dealing.
Old French 1315
The African-American race over the years has gained equity among the American society.

Pension - Any regular payment made to a person for present services or to retain allegiance, goodwill, etc.; a stipend, wage; a fee.
Anglo-Norman 1382
She paid his pension once a month for his helpful services.

Accountable - Liable to be called to account, or to answer for responsibilities and conduct; answerable, responsible.
French 1583
My friends are very accountable, they are there for me whenever I need them.

Fiscal - Of or pertaining to the fisc or treasury of a state or prince; pertaining to the public revenue.
French 1563
California’s fiscal is depreciating very fast.

Ponzi Scheme - is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to investors from their own money or money paid by subsequent investors rather than from any actual profit earned.
The Ponzi scheme is a business where people loose money.