Words for Week of January 30

Words:

[Taken from the Princeton Review's Word Smart 3rd Edition]

1. Arbiter - n. one who decides; a judge
1. An arbiter of fashion is someone who determines what other people will wear by wearing it herself.
2. Arbiter and arbitrator mean the same thing. An arbiter presides over an arbitration, which is a formal meeting to settle a dispute.
   
2. Exposition - expounding or explaining; explanatory treatise
   
3. Polemic - a powerful argument made in refuation of something
1. The editorial was a convincing polemic that revealed the true nature of the proposition.
   
4. Forbear - to refrain from; to abstain
1. "He forbore from eating fried foods because of the trans fats."
   
5. Plumb - to measure the depth of something
   
6. Deleterious - harmful
1. "Overeating is deleterious to your health."
   
7. Hermetic - impervious to external influence; hermetic
1. "Bush led a hermetic existence as his advisers tried to keep bad news from him."
   
8. Salubrious - promoting health
1. "The salubrious country air was a welcome change from the city air."
   
9. Goad - to urge forcefully; to taunt someone into doing something
1. "The cheerleaders goaded the geek into doing something bad."
   
10. Rampart - a fortification; a bulwark or defense
1. "They stormed the ramparts of the city."