T2W8 Word Work

Audience: You have a great audience. An audience is people that sit and watch what you could be doing. Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Particularly: Particularly this one! Particularly means especially.

Middle English.  

Ignorance: Stop being so ignorant. Ignorance means you are rude and careless about issues or people. Ignorant also means lack of knowledge. Middle English and Latin.     

Artificial: This is artificial. Artificial means made by human hand. Middle English and Latin.

Odyssey: That’s an epic odyssey. An epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Greek.

Phantom: I have phantom pain. Phantom means it’s not actually there but people think it is, Like an optical illusion. Old French Middle English and Latin.

Mystique: Since the book was banned from the library, it has acquired a certain mystique that has made it quite popular. A Mystique is a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning. French.

Weird: That’s a weird door for a house. Weird means strange or different. Middle English and Old English.

Science: I love science. Science is a thing scientists do to figure something out. Middle English, Middle French and Latin.

Convenience: It was quite convenient. Convenience means suitable for the job or timing when something must be done. Middle English and Latin.

Absence: You are absent. Absence means not there. Middle French, Middle English and Latin.

Pohutukawa: That is a beautiful pohutukawa. A pohutukawa is a New Zealand tree, also known as the New Zealand Christmas tree because it has red flowers around Christmas time. Maori.

Accompaniment: You could be of accompaniment. Accompaniment means to be company to be with someone. Middle English.

Aesthetic: The colour of the room was nor very aesthetic. Aesthetic means relating to the philosophy of aesthetics concerned with notions such as the beautiful and the ugly. Greek.

Optimistic: I’m optimistic this will happen. Optimistic means you think it will happen. English.