Seniors: Vocabulary for a bit

Quiz on 4/21

• Mitochondrion: an organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production
• Nebula: a cloud of interstellar gas and dust
• Nihilarian: a person who deals with things lacking importance
• Nonchalance: cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness
• Nonsectarian: not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination

Quiz on 5/4

• Non sequitur: it does not follow; a statement containing an illogical conclusion
• Omnivore: will eat anything
• Panacea: a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all
• Passion: any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling
• Perfunctory: lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent or apathetic
• Pernicious: causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
• Proletariat: low-wage earning folk who often struggle to afford the basics (food, shelter, clothes)
• Quip: a clever or witty remark or comment; a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest

Quiz on 5/18

• Quotidian: average; ordinary; every-day
• Reflection: an image seen in a mirror or shiny surface; serious though or consideration; contemplation of life, choices, actions, and consequences with an eye to change
• Respite: a delay or cessation for a time, especially of anything distressing or trying; an interval of relief
• Responsible: accept consequences for actions an choices; work for needs and wants; adapt to things that happen rather than blame others.
• Rivals: people who seek to occupy the same place at work, school, or in a social group
• Sargasm: when the urge to make a sarcastic reply is so overwhelming you can only roll yours eyes and grunt incoherently
• Solstice: either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator
• Succumb: to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc
• Supercilious: looking or behaving as if better than other people