Monday, April 2, 2012

Vocabulary for 4/2



39.      stringency (N)—tight or constricted ; rigid , adhering firmly to accepted standards
                                                               i.      stra/stri—stringere "to compress, contract, bind or draw tight"
                                                              ii.      SIMILAR: strain, strict

40.  disseminate (V)—to disperse or spread everywhere (knowledge or ideas) as if sowing
                                         seeds
                                                               i.      dis- "in every direction"
                                                              ii.      seminare "to plant, propagate,"/serere “ to sow”
                                                            iii.      SIMILAR: semen, seed, season

41.      malice (N)—the desire to see another suffer; extreme ill will or spite 
                                                               i.      mal—bad 

**NOTE:  You must finish Act I by Wednesday.