Thursday, November 29, 2007

Rob Bengel's Vocab

Soporific
1. to cause sleep
2. PoS- adjective
3. The cold medicine had a soporific effect.
4. synonym- calming, drowsy, quitening

Prevaricate
1. to speak falsely deliberately
2. PoS- verb
3. I know it was prevaricate because it came from OJ's mouth.
4. synonym- lie, con, exaggerate

Reprehensible
1. deserving blame
2. PoS- adjective
3. The reprehensible man murdered his entire family.
4. synonym- blamable, guilty, unholy

Penitent
1. feeling sorrowful
2. PoS- noun
3. A penitent person confesses their sins in some way.
4. synonym- remorseful, rueful, sorrowful

Rapacious
1. capture living prey
2. PoS- adjective
3. Lions, the kings of the jungle, are very rapacious.
4. synonyms- ravenous, voracious, grasping

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Great job, Rob.
30/30