Hi everybody this is Sam and this is the 13th episode of the Victor Prep

vocab podcast just wanted to say that the last week or so has been quite bad for me in terms of recording new episodes.

That's partly because I work in video games and we released a new game recently and it's meant that I've had

very little time to actually make recordings because part of my job is that if there

are any problems with the servers, I have to essentially work on them at home.

So I get called up and people say, oh Sam, the server has broken, can you fix it, basically.

So I've been very busy, but things are calming down a little, so I'm trying to record as many podcasts as I can in events, so I have some in reserve.

So that said, let's go on and review the previous episodes words. Our words last time were Parley, Decorum, Gouge and Lucid

Pahli means a conference or discussion between opposing sides in a dispute. It is a verb and a noun, so Parley can be a name for a conference,

but you could also say the two sides parleyed.

Decorum, that is behaving with good taste,

behaving with proper etiquette for the situation.

Gouge. That means to make a groove or whole or indentation with a chisel or with another tool.

You can also mean to dig or force out with a gouge,

because a gouge can be a name for a type of tool as well.

Gouge can also mean to overcharge, i.e. to charge too much for something, could also mean to swindle.

Lucid means understandable or obvious. Easily understood, comprehensible, lucid can also mean transparent or clear or a great word, limpid.

Our first new word is derivative.

Deriv is spelled D-E-R-I-A-T-I-E derivative.

Derive-I-T-I-E derivative is usually used when talking about an artist or a work of art.

And what it means is that piece of art or that artist is imitating the work of another person.

And usually derivative is a negative word.

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