This document defines 14 vocabulary words: canard, bourgeois, camaraderie, déjà vu, dilettante, heresy, litany, mantra, nirvana, neutralize, ostracize, Spartan, tryst, and pompous. It provides the part of speech and definition for each word in a concise entry.

1. Vocabulary – Cur. A
Week 4

2. Canard
noun kə- närdˈ also - närˈ
: a false or unfounded report or
story; especially : a fabricated
report

3. Canard
: a false or
unfounded
report or
story; especially :
a fabricated
report

4. Bourgeois
adjective büzh- wäˈ ˌ
:of, relating to, or
characteristic of the social
middle class

5. Bourgeois
:of, relating to,
or characteristic
of the social
middle class

6. Camaraderie
noun käm- rä-d(ə-)rēˌ ˈ
: a spirit of friendly
good-fellowship

7. Camaraderie
: a spirit of
friendly
good-fellowship

8. Déjà vu
Noun dā- zhä- vü, - vueˌ ˌ ˈ ˈ
: the feeling that you have
already experienced
something that is actually
happening for the first time

9. Déjà` vu
: the feeling that you
have already
experienced
something that is
actually happening
for the first time

10. Dilettante
noun di-lə- tänt, - tant; di-lə- ˈ ˌ ˌ ˌ ˈ
: a person whose interest in an art or
in an area of knowledge is not very
deep or serious

11. : a person whose
interest in an art or
in an area of
knowledge is not
very deep or serious
Dilettante
Observe Joey’s interest in
foreign language. Is he a
dilettante?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqwzvtjeYBQ

12. Heresy
noun her-ə-sē, he-rə-ˈ ˈ
: a belief or opinion that does not
agree with the official belief or
opinion of a particular religion

13. Heresy
: a belief or
opinion that does
not agree with the
official belief or
opinion of a
particular religion

14. Litany
noun li-tə-nē, lit-nēˈ ˈ
: a long list of complaints,
problems, etc.

15. Litany
: a long list of
complaints,
problems, etc.

16. Mantra
noun män-trəˈ
: a sound, word, or phrase
that is repeated by someone
who is praying or meditating

17. Mantra
: a sound, word, or
phrase that is
repeated by
someone who is
praying or
meditating

18. Nirvana
noun, often capitalized nir- vä-nə,ˈ
: a place or state of oblivion to care,
pain, or external reality;
also : bliss, heaven

19. Nirvana
: a place or state of oblivion to care,
pain, or external reality; also : bliss, heaven
Not these guys
But this

20. Neutralize
verb nü-trə- līz, nyü-ˈ ˌ ˈ
: to stop (someone or
something) from being
effective or harmful

21. Neutralize
: to stop (someone
or something) from
being effective or
harmful

22. Ostracize
transitive verb - sīzˌ
: to not allow (someone) to be
included in a group : to exclude
(someone) from a group

23. Ostracize
: to not allow
(someone) to
be included in
a group : to
exclude
(someone)
from a group
It starts
with this
and ends like this

24. Spartan
noun spär-tˈ ə
n
: a person of great courage and self-
discipline

25. Spartan
: a person of
great courage and
self-discipline

26. Tryst
noun trist, ˈ especially British
: an appointed meeting or
meeting place

27. Tryst
: an
appointed
meeting or
meeting place

28. Pompous
adjective päm-pəsˈ
: having or showing the attitude of people
who speak and behave in a very formal
and serious way because they believe
that they are better, smarter, or more
important than other people

29. Pompous
: having or showing the
attitude of people who speak
and behave in a very formal
and serious way because
they believe that they are
better, smarter, or more
important than other people

30. Sporadic
adjective spə- ra-dikˈ
: happening often but not regularly
: not constant or steady

31. Sporadic
: happening often
but not regularly :
not constant or
steady