Protege

pro·té·gé

noun\ˈprō-tə-ˌzhā, ˌprō-tə-ˈ\

One who is protected or trained, one whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence.

Daniel LaRusso is Mr. Miyagi's protege in the hit movie "The Karate Kid." I love this movie! NOT the newer version with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. -___-

Utopia

uto·pia

noun\yu̇-ˈtō-pē-ə\

An imaginary and indefinitely remote place.

The people in "The Giver" live in an utopian society or utopia. I don't think I could live there, the people are too weird...

Affluent

af·flu·ent

adj \ˈa-(ˌ)flü-ənt also a-ˈflü- or ə-\

Having a generously sufficient and typically increasing supply of material possessions.

Donald Trump is more affluent than most men his age. He's got it all. He's got racks on racks on racks on racks.

Precedent

pre·ce·dent

adj\pri-ˈsē-d^ənt, ˈpre-sə-dənt\

Prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance.

Even if the Chicago Bulls would have won yesterday it would of been extremely hard to win the series against the Miami Heat due to precedent games that Miami had won.

Intersperse

in·ter·sperse

verb\ˌin-tər-ˈspərs\

To place something at intervals or among other things.

Sticky notes were interspersed throughout my book. The sticky notes were filled with glorious and deeply thought out annotations; just like Ms. Schultz likes them. ;)

Collude

col·lude

verb\kə-ˈlüd\

Conspire; Plot.

In Rome Cassius, Brutus, & their followers colluded to kill Julius Caesar. Poor Caesar was outnumbered and there was nothing he could do. The worst part was that Brutus, Caesars right hand man had betrayed him.

Attest

at·test

verb\ə-ˈtest\

To affirm to be true or genuine; specifically : to authenticate by signing as a witness.

In the show "Pawn Stars" people are always bringing Rick old stuff that could be very valuable BUT at times it is risky for Rick to buy things when there are a lot of fakes made. Because of all the fakes, Rick gets the items attested to make sure they are REAL.