What Weighty Words Are My Students Learning?

Parents- we are studying a book entitled "The Weighty Words" in an effort to increase your student's vocabulary. All of these words have stories that help with memorizing a definition. PLEASE BE CURIOUS and make your student tell you the anything they remember about the following words:

ABASEMENT

BIFURCATE

CORUSCATE

DOGMATIC

EXPEDIENT

FELICITY

GERIATRICS

HERESY