CLAS224 Word Elements. Monmouth College Monmouth, Illinois
Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz (toms@monm.edu)
DEGENERATION
| WORD | CURRENT MEANING | ETYMOLOGY |
| artificial | fake | made by art |
| boor | clown, rude person | Dutch, peasant [Ger. Bauer] |
| churl | peasant, rustic | OE, man |
| egregious | eccentric | out of the flock |
| gossip | rumor-monger | godsib, godparent |
| grandiose | pompous | great |
| knave | an unprincipled, dishonest person | OE, boy [Ger. Knabe] |
| sensual | lewd, unchaste, worldly | sensory, feeling |
| slave | slave, bonded servant | a Slav |