Vocabulary: Portent, Pernicious, Augment and more

• Portent signifies an ominous or threatening warning.

  • Wild birds inside a house were seen as omens of death.
  • It can be asked, "Was this a portent for what was to come?"

• Pernicious denotes something that causes harm, ruin, or is hurtful.

  • Air pollution has ruinous effects.
  • Television is believed to have a damaging influence on children

• Augment means to enlarge in size, number, shape, or extent; to increase.

  • Heavy rains build up the water supply.
  • Money builds up a fortune.

• Propagate refers to spreading and promoting an idea or theory.

  • An apple tree can be spread by grafting.
  • Plants that fail to spread.

• Languish means to become weak or deteriorate.

  • A prisoner may deteriorate in their cell, yearning for freedom.
  • A neglected plant deteriorates in dry soil.

• Tyrannous describes something unjustly cruel, harsh, severe, or oppressive.

  • This injustice was palpable, oppressive, murderous.
  • A person can be oppressive, preventing the election of new members with the help of friends.

• Beseech means to request or beg eagerly.

  • One might ask someone to make the argument for themselves.
  • One might plead with someone to stay a little longer.

• God-den is a greeting used after noon.

  • "Give you good-den, my lord Bishop," a salutation.
  • Responding with, "God-den to you, good sir."

• Boisterous describes someone noisy or energetic.

  • Taverns are associated with noisy conviviality.
  • A big laugh that filled the room.

• Disparage refers to speaking of another person in a negative or belittling way.

  • Competitors are frequently belittled.
  • Polo was belittled as a game for the wealthy in the article .

PRS Words

• "se-" means apart
  • Example usages: Segregate, Separate, Sexualize
• "aud-", "aur-" means hear
  • Example usages: Audio, Audible, Aural
• "hyper-" means above
  • Example usages: Hyperactive, Hyperaware, Hyperintensive
• "sub-", "suc-", "suf-" means below
  • Example usages: Suffocate, Subway, Succeed
• "auto-" means self
  • Example: Automatic
• Automobile and Autobiography
• "hypo-" means under
  • Example usages: Hypothermia, Hypocrite, Hypotension
• "super-", "sur-" means over or above
  • Example usages: Superpower, Surreal, Surcharge
• "ben-", "bon-", "eu-" means good
  • Example usages: Bonus, Benefit, Euphony
• "il-", "im-", "in-", "ir-", "non-" means not
  • Example usages: Illegal, Imagination, Irrelevant
• "syn-", "sym-" means together or with
  • Example usages: Synonym, Symbol, Symphony