Thursday, November 29, 2007

Matt Jablonski's Vocab

Soporific

Description- Something exhausting, causing 0r requiring sleep.

Part of speech- Adjective.

Related words-Boring, tiresome, and exhausting.

Sentence- The students all fell asleep, because the teacher's lesson was soporific.

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Prevaricate

Description- To not tell the truth; dishonest.

Part of speech- Intransitive verb.

Related words- Lie, fib, and obscure.

Sentence- The criminal prevaricated in attempt to escape the charges against him.

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Reprehensible

Description- To orally disprove of something.

Part of speech- Adjective.

Related words- Blameworthy, culpable, and objectionable.

Sentence- The jury was reprehensible of the toward the defendant.

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Penitent

Description- Expressing pain for wrongdoings.

Part of speech- Adjective.

Related words- Guilty, remorse, and contrite.

Sentence- Micheal Vick felt penitent for dog fighting, so he eventually confessed.

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Rapacious

Description- Someone that gives into temptations; greed.

Part of speech- Adjective.

Related words- Greedy, predatory, and voracious.

Sentence- After winning a lot of money, Joe got rapacious and blew away all of his money.

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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Matt,
Your description of "reprehensible" is off in a couple of ways. To be reprehensible does not need to inlude an oral component. It is an action deserving of punishment. Also, I think you meant to use the word "disapprove" rather than "disprove." (-2--sentence and description are wrong)
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