CJ Davis's Vocab

Soporific

1. Tends to cause sleeping.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms- Calming, numbing, soothing.
4. The professor’s soporific lessons often caused the students to not pay attention, even at the start of class.

Prevaricate

1. To purposely lie or mislead.
2. Verb
3. Synonyms- Belie, Con, Palter.
4. Despite how well the thief prevaricated, he was eventually caught by the guards.

Reprehensible

1. Deserving to be rebuked.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms- Blamable, culpable, delinquent.
4. The reprehensible boy’s head was bowed in shame after she caught him throwing a baseball in the house.

Penitent

1. Feeling guilty and wanting to make up for the wrongdoing.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms- Remorseful, rueful, sorrowful.
4. Regal was a penitent man and wore the shackles ever after he was set free.

Rapacious

1. Very likely to steal to satisfy greed.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms- Avaricious, ferocious, ravenous.
4. The pirate was very rapacious.