Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Kylie's Vocab

Soporific
1. Medicine that makes you tired.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: calming, dozy, or slumberous
4. My sister took soporific allergy medicine that made her tired all day.

Prevaricate
1. To lie or be misleading
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: lie, unclear, or obscure
4. The teen had to prevaricate his story so he wouldn’t lose his job.

Reprehensible
1. Worthy of blame.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: culpable or guilty
Antonyms: praiseworthy
4. She committed a reprehensible act.

Penitent
1. Feeling bad for doing something wrong.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, or sorrowful
4. The penitent child felt bad for lying to his mother.

Rapacious
1. Being greedy.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: savage, ravenous, or furious
4. The rapacious robber took all the money from the bank.

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