Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Vocab

Soporific
1. picture separate
2. causing or tending to cause sleep
3. adjective
4. unclear, sleepiness, drowsy
5. The doctor recommended a soporific drug to help the girl sleep.

Prevaricate
1. picture separate
2. deliberately create an incorrect impression or lie
3. verb
4. evade, shift, lie
5. The boy had to prevaricate to avoid punishment.

Reprehensible
1. picture separate
2. deserving of rebuke; blameworthy
3. adjective
4. culpable, blameworthy, culpable negligence
5. The reprehensible man was caught stealing.

Penitent
1. picture separate
2. expressing sorrow for a sin or wrongdoing
3. adjective
4. remorseful, rueful, sorrowful
5. The penitent girl confessed about her wrongdoing.

Rapacious
1. picture separate
2. greedy
3. adjective
4. ravenous, voracious, preying
5. My rapacious sister ate all of the food.

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