Vocabulary #7

Definitions :

Aberration: unsoundness of disorder of the mind
Ad hoc: for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application
Bane: harm or ruin
Bathos: the sudden appearance of the commonplace
Cantankerous: difficult to deal with
Casuistry: a resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty
De facto: in reality
Depredation: act of plundering/pillaging
Empathy: action of understanding( feelings)
Harbinger: a person sent ahead
Hedonism: the doctrine that pleasures/happiness is good in life
Lackluster: lacking in sheen,dull
Malcontent: one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance
Mellifluous: smooth rich flow
Nepotism: favoritism based on kinship
Pander: to provide gratification for others’ desires
Peccadillo: a slight offense
Piece de resistance: an outstanding item/ event
Remand: to send back to another court or agency
Syndrome: a group of signs symptoms that characterize a particular condition

Sentences:
1. To Joan a low grade in a class was an aberration
2. Sarah had to make some ad hoc changes to her plan after high school because she couldn't afford it.
3. The fire caused bane to the houses that surrounded it.
4. The novel jenny is reading of full of bathos
5. The cantankerous child was sent to the office for his bad behavior.
6. The casuistry he saw was bad to the society.
7. People believe that everyone will get a happy ever after but de facto try all don't
8. The depredation is when something is being wasted
9. empathy was shown by the psychologist because she understood what she was feeling.
10. The harbinger saw what the witch was hiding in her room.
11. The trip to Peru became an exercise in heedless hedonism
12. The lackluster in the environment is plain and the same all around.
13. Being a complainer he had a reputation of being malcontent
14. Janet has a mellifluous voice when she sings.
15. The nepotism has hurt the environment of the work
16. Being a pander it was one his record forever.
17. The women was peccadillo when they stereotyped her because of her race.
18. Mark's piece de resistance was when his first child was born.
19. remand
20. The syndrome that Jill is fetal alcohol syndrome.