Thursday, November 29, 2007

A Berg V Cab

Soporific
POS: adjective
Description: related to causing sleep or lethargy
Related Words (meaning): sleepy, dull, lazy
Sentence: The soporific man would not stop yawning.

Prevaricate
POS: verb
Description: to no tell the truth on purpose
Related Words (meaning): to lie, to con, “stretch” the truth
Sentence: The Young boy loved to prevaricate in order to not get blamed.

Reprehensible
POS: adjective
Description: worthy of or deserving blame
Related Words (meaning): guilty, objectionable, blameworthy
Sentence: The criminal was reprehensible for the crime of murdering the woman.

Penitent
POS: adjective
Description: feeling sorrow for a wrong doing
Related Words (meaning): guilt, remorse, regret
Sentence: The penitent criminal sobbed, he was about to receive the lethal injection.

Rapacious
POS: adjective
Description: having a huge appetite
Related Words (meaning): hunger, voracious, greedy
Sentence: The rapacious grizzly bear ate the entire flock of geese, bones included.