week 11

clandestine
klan-ˈdes-tən
adjective
concealed
French, Latin
 Jones is alleging that Sony and MJJ Productions set up a “secret” company so that Quincy could not keep track of what was going on. The complaint details “Disguised Royalties” and “Clandestine Agreements.”
http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/10/25/quincy-jones-accuses-michael-jackson-estate-sony-music-of-clandestine-agreements-wants-10-mil

The CIA is an agency that like to keep their work as clandestine as possible.
http://www.trutv.com/conspiracy/government-lies/manchurian-candidate/cia-programmed-killers.html

contingency
kən-ˈtin-jən(t)-sē
noun
possibility
Middle English, French, Latin

“We plan for every contingency,” Mr. Obama said in a more than hour-long press conference from the White House.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/10/08/obama-says-debt-ceiling-contingency-plans-in-works/

Hospitals have to be prepared for every contingency.
http://www.quellerfisher.com/hospital-negligence/

egocentric
ˌē-gō-ˈsen-trik
adjective
self-involved
Latin

The lack of civility in politics today is because we have become so egocentric, so consumed with ourselves, that we really have begun to think that it’s all about us and what we think.

http://www.mywesttexas.com/top_stories/article_8f415938-3231-11e3-a82c-001a4bcf887a.html

Egocentric people think the universe revolves around them.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201201/the-healthy-side-narcissism

exonerate
eg-ˈzä-nə-ˌrāt
verb
prove innocent
Middle English, Latin
A lawyer for the undercover New York City police detective prosecutors have accused of participating in a motorcycle rally-turned-violent-melee says the video authorities used to incriminate him will ultimately exonerate him.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/10/lawyer-video-will-exonerate-nypd-undercover-officer-charged-in-suv-motorcycle/

People who are exonerated are often very emotional and happy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/us/10exonerate.html

incongruous
in-ˈkäŋ-grə-wəs
adjective
contradictory
Latin
Even without the penguins, a winter sports arena in the desert is more than a little incongruous.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/09/travel/unexpected-desert-dubai-cnngo/

Putting these two signs next to each other is very incongruous.
http://ap-terms-oxymoron-paradox.wikispaces.com/1.+Paradox+%26+Oxymoron

indigenous
in-ˈdi-jə-nəs
adjective
native
Latin

Some 200 indigenous women from seven regions are due to meet next week in Lima, Peru, ahead of a January 2013 international conference at the UN Headquarters in New York to look at how indigenous women can play a greater role in the challenges of the post-2015 development agenda.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46308&Cr=indigenous&Cr1=#.UnVYcCDD9jo

Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/plan-to-lift-roo-exports-prompts-legal-threat-20110807-1ihnp.html

liability
ˌlī-ə-ˈbi-lə-tē
noun
handicap
Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin

Halloween became safety oriented about 10 years ago; some websites offered Halloween Candy Liability Waiver forms that people could print out, and give to the trick or treater's parents before they could get their candy.   

http://www.wwlp.com/news/local/hampden/halloween-night-liability

Helen Keller proved that her blindness and deafness were not liabilities to her learning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

prolific
prə-ˈli-fik
adjective
creating abundantly
French, Latin

And then there are some authors whose output would take years to read. Here are the 11 most prolific science fiction and fantasy authors of all time.

http://io9.com/11-most-prolific-science-fiction-and-fantasy-authors-of-1443957263

Rabbits deserve their reputation for being prolific because they produce many offspring.
http://www.cottontails-rescue.org.uk/rabbits.asp

reinstate
ˌrē-ən-ˈstat
verb
to restore
Middle English, Anglo-French, Latin

A federal appeals court issued a ruling Thursday reinstating most of Texas' controversial new abortions restrictions, just three days after a federal judge ruled they were unconstitutional.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/31/federal-appeals-court-reinstates-most-texas-abortion-restrictions/

President Obama was reinstated for his 2nd term last year.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-02-10/politics/37026127_1_gun-violence-gun-debate-gun-laws

superfluous
su̇-ˈpər-flü-əs
adjective
unnecessary
Middle English, Latin

Awarding such superfluous theories thus is meaningless. The authorities should encourage development of theories that seek truly developing environment.

http://www.arabnews.com/news/468255

Apostrophes are sometimes used superfluously.
http://www.apostropheabuse.com/2012/04/you-missed-one.html