week 2

collaborate
kə-ˈla-bə-ˌrāt
verb
Latin
Two scholars collaborate beyond the Missouri-Kansas divide.
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/30/4445915/readorama-two-scholars-collaborate.html

http://iee.camden.rutgers.edu/institute-for-effective-education/teachers-collaborating-for-prof-dev-pic/

despondent
di-ˈspän-dənt
adjective
Latin
If you've ever had flu you certainly know the difference between that and a head cold. So, is despondency the head cold equivalent as depression is to flu?
http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/c/4182/133181/despondent/

She is disappointed and low-spirited after losing a race.
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2011/daegu/day7md/imagepages/image22.php

instigate
ˈin-stə-ˌgāt
verb
Latin
A Seattle man who was stabbed in Cal Anderson Park on Mother's Day says he wants to set the record straight as online comments make it sound like he instigated the attack.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man-stabbed-in-Capitol-Hill-park-I-didnt-instigate-the-attack-207636511.html
 
Spreading rumors is an easy way to provoke arguments and fights.
http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/View/frontpage/editionId/35493/NewspaperId/3086/Default.aspx

resilient
ri-ˈzil-yənt
adjective
Latin
Resilient people often utilize these events as an opportunity to branch out in new directions.
http://psychology.about.com/od/crisiscounseling/tp/become-more-resilient.htm

http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Resilient-Person

retrospect
ˈre-trə-ˌspekt
noun
Latin
There has been so much scribbling about a new fashion in poetry, that I may perhaps be pardoned this brief recapitulation and retrospect.
http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/m_r/pound/retrospect.htm



Considering many children have nightmares, letting them watch scary movies is not a good idea in retrospect.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/trapped-on-a-plane-with-an-in-flight-movie
http://children.webmd.com/ss/children-sleep-problems 

rudimentary
ˌrü-də-ˈmen-tə-rē, -ˈmen-trē
adjective
Latin
When the scientists transplanted the rudimentary livers into mice, the little organs grew, made human liver proteins, and metabolized drugs as human livers do.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/health/scientists-fabricate-rudimentary-human-livers.html?_r=0

"Despite the rudimentary nature of its instruments—an octant, a chronometer and a level—the Lewis and Clark Expedition was a triumph for science and natural history." —Daniel J. Boorstin, U.S. News & World Report, 11 July 1994

http://www.history.nd.gov/exhibits/lewisclark/geomethods.html
 
scoff
ˈskäf, ˈskȯf
noun/verb
Middle English
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it. (proverbs 9:12)
http://biblehub.com/proverbs/9-12.htm

Scoffing is similar to mocking or sneering at someone.
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Scoff

squelch
'skwelch
verb
orgin unknown (early 17th century)
Miss America: High schools squelch natural curiosity of children.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/06/18/miss-america-high-schools-squelch-natural-curiosity-of-children

http://oddities-pictures.feedio.net/act-natural-act-natural-funny-pics-co/funny-pics.co*wp-content*uploads*act-natural...act-natural-445x299.jpg/

 venerate
ˈve-nə-ˌrāt
verb

Latin
To venerate the relics of the saints is a profession of belief in several doctrines of the Catholic faith.
http://www.motherteresa.org/09_relics/RELICS.htm#3

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/04/28/what-next-from-pope-francis/

 zealot
ˈze-lət
noun
Latin, Greek
Sen. Howell calls McDonnell 'zealot' on social issues.
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/sen-howell-calls-mcdonnell-zealot-on-social-issues/article_cfec5a54-2270-540a-987b-82518fb21601.html?mode=image