4th Vocab Words

Sorry, I am trying to do a science lab report so I don't yet have another book review but here are some for vocab words :)

consensus |kənˈsensəs|

noun [usu. in sing. ]

general agreement : a consensus of opinion among judges | [as adj. ] a consensus view.

ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘agreement,’ from consens- ‘agreed,’ from the verb consentire.

weird |wi(ə)rd|

adjective

suggesting something supernatural; uncanny : the weird crying of a seal.

noun archaic chiefly Scottish

a person's destiny.

verb [ trans. ] ( weird someone out) informal

induce a sense of disbelief or alienation in someone.

DERIVATIVES

weirdly adverb

weirdness noun

ORIGIN Old English wyrd [destiny,] of Germanic origin. The adjective ( late Middle English ) originally meant [having the power to control destiny,] and was used esp. in the Weird Sisters, originally referring to the Fates, later the witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth; the latter use gave rise to the sense [unearthly] (early 19th cent.).

concord |ˈkä ng ˌkôrd; ˈkän-|

noun

1 formal agreement or harmony between people or groups : a pact of peace and concord.

• a treaty

avarice |ˈavəris|

noun

extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French, from Latin avaritia, from avarus ‘greedy.’

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