This document defines and provides examples for 12 words: augury, baseness, malefactor, muse, mutinous, prodigious, abase, abhorrent, prudence, reprobate. It includes the origin, related words, and a short example sentence for each term.

1. Augury- a sign of what will happen in the future
 Middle English
 Avi, Gero
 It is an augury of good fortune.
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Baseness- lack of moral principles
 English
 Base, baser, basest, basely
 His good looks were unbelievable by the baseness of his
conversation.
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Malefactor-a person who commits a crime or some other wrong
 Malefaction, malefactress, maleficence, malefice, maleficient
 The hunger games is a male factor because they killed
eachother.
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Muse-(nine Greek a Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses,
the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts
and sciences
 Late middle English
 Mused, musing
 Muse over soon!

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Mutinous-(of a sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in
authority
 Late middle English
 Mutinously
 I am mutinous because I don’t like to obey others.
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Prodigious-remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or
degree
 Late 15th
century
 Proddie, prodigal, prodigy, prodromal
 he had a prodigious appetite, he ate a lot of burgers
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Abase-behave in a way so as to belittle or degrade(someone)
 Late middle English
 Abassen, abaissen, abaissier
 She acts in a abase behavior so that Millie wont know she
don’t like her
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3. Abhorrent- inspiring disgust and loathing
 Late 16th
century
 Abhorrently
 Abhorrent practice
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Prudence-the quality of being prudent
 English
 Prudently
 I am thankful that you are still prudence
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Reprobate-an unprincipled person (often used humorously or
affectionately)
 Late middle English
 Reprocess, reproduce
 You need to go to church and stop being reprobate
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