Word #1
- Multicohort
- Predicted maximal aerobic power in youth is related to age, gender, and ethnicity. Med Sci Sports.
- “The sample was a multicohort group of 2540 African Americans (N = 543) and Caucasians (N = 1997), 1279 (50.4%) girls and 1261 (49.6%) boys.”
- Involving multiple cohorts; adjective.
- Cohort:
- A group of people banded together or treated as a group; adjective.
- Cohort:
- My high school had a multicohort of social circles.
Word #2
- Levies
- CONSTRUCTION WORKERS STUMBLE ACROSS OLD POTS WITH 1,300 POUNDS OF ANCIENT ROMAN COINS INSIDE. Archeology World.
- “Investigators floated the hypothesis that the money was set aside to pay imperial taxes or army levies, reported El Pais.”
- Impose a tax, fee or fine; verb.
- The government often levies new taxes.
Word #3
- Clemency
- Michigan man serving up to 60 years for pot seeks release. AP News.
- “Thompson was denied clemency by then-Gov. Rick Snyder two years ago, but now a movement called “Free Michael Thompson” has gained traction.”
- Mercy or leniency; noun.
- I hoped for clemency when my parents found out I crashed my car.
Word #4
- Forfeiture
- Cops can seize Oregon woman’s $354k home following meth dealing conviction, jury finds. OregonLive.
- “A jury in Yamhill County has found that police can legally seize the home of a woman convicted of a felony drug crime in a case that tested the limits of Oregon’s civil forfeiture law.”
- The loss or giving up of something as a penalty for wrongdoing; noun.
- The police continued with the forfeiture of my car.
Word #5
- Punitive
- Cops can seize Oregon woman’s $354k home following meth dealing conviction, jury finds. OregonLive.
- “After a two-day trial, the jury determined Wednesday that the woman’s home helped facilitate her criminal activity and that forfeiting it to police would not be excessively punitive”
- Inflicting or intended as punishment; adjective.
- Punitive measures were taken against the criminal.
Word #6
- Mineralogy
- Atom probe tomography of space‐weathered lunar ilmenite grain surfaces. Wiley Online Library.
- “The surfaces of airless bodies, such as the Moon and asteroids, are subject to space weathering, which alters the mineralogy of the upper tens of nanometers of grain surfaces.”
- The scientific study of minerals; noun.
- To my surprise SJSU offered courses in mineralogy.
Word #7
- Aboriginal
- When Betelgeuse goes supernova, what will it look like from Earth?. Astronomy.com.
- “Aboriginal Australians may have even worked it into their oral histories.”
- Inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists. Synonym for indigenous; adjective.
- Most nations are not run by their aboriginal people.
Word #8
- Elucidate
- Global Household Cleaning Products Market : Current Trends and Future Estimations to Elucidate Imminent Investment Pockets. Instant Tech Market News.
- “Global Household Cleaning Products Market : Current Trends and Future Estimations to Elucidate Imminent Investment Pockets”.
- Make something clear or explain; verb.
- I was able to elucidate my musical process to my friends.
Word #9
- Obfuscate
- Trump impeachment trial live coverage: Democrats make case for obstruction. News.
- “Jeffries: Trump lawyers will try to ‘distract’ and ‘obfuscate’”.
- Render obscure, unclear or unintelligible; verb.
- Sometimes my parents’ reasoning obfuscates me.
Word #10
- Sycophant
- Lou Dobbs Loses It Over Bill Barr’s Criticism of Trump’s Tweets, Attacks ‘Rancid’ Justice Department. Daily Beast.
- “Dobbs’ frustrations on the matter boiled over during a segment with fellow Trump sycophant and frequent guest Tom Fitton, when Dobbs grumbled that while he has “immense respect and great hopes” for Barr, he was less than pleased that the attorney general told ABC News that Trump was making his job more difficult with his tweeting.”
- A person who acts obsequiously toward someone important in order to gain an advantage; noun.
- A few of my older friends have become sycophants as my music career has taken off.
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