soporific-to become drowsy or sleep.
*adjective
*dull, unstimulating, hypnotic
*We told our regular teacher that our teacher was a very soporific substitute.
prevaricate-to speak falsely or to be misleading
*verb
*evade, dither, quibble (synonyms)
*No one should ever be prevaricate stories.
reprehensible-to be blameworthy, of deseriving to be blamed
*adjective
*liable, guilty, culpable (synonyms)
T*he person at fault we found to be a very reprehensible criminal.
penitent- to express sorrow for any sins or wrong doings
*adjective
*remorseful, apologetic, regretful (synonyms)
*The sinner had a penitent feeling so he went to confession to feel better about himself.
rapacious- to be greedy
*adjective
*ravenous, voracious, grasping (synonyms)
*Matt is a very rapacious person, so never ask him to borrow money.
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Megan,
Prevaricate is a verb, you use it as an adjective. (-1)
Read your sentence for rapacious carefully. Literally it means that one should never ask him to borrow money...what you mean to say is never ask to borrow money FROM Matt. (-1)
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