Kelsie Sullivan's Vocab

Soporific
Description- A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic.
Part of Speech- Noun
Sentence- I took a soporific when I was still wide awake at 3 AM.
Related Words- sleep, narcotic, sedative

Prevaricate
Description- To stray from or evade the truth.Part of Speech- Verb
Sentence- The child prevaricated when his parents asked if he had thrown a party last weekend when they were gone.
Related Words- lie, falsify, fib

Reprehensible
Description- Deserving blame.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The lying child was reprehensible.
Related Words- blameworthy, guilty, culpable

Penitent
Description- Shamed for doing something wrong.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The man was very penitent when he ran over the grandma with his car.
Related Words- apologetic, sorrowful, sorry

Rapacious
Description- Taking by force; greedy.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The lion was very rapacious and stole all the other lion’s zebra meat.
Related Words- avid, voracious, greedy