Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Bens Vocab


Goad
1.) getting someone to do something by annoying them
2.) Verb
3.) desire(syn), drive(syn), catalyst(syn)
4.)
5.) I was goaded into the fight.




Capricious
1.) Changeable
2.) ADJ
3.) erratic(syn), careless(syn), contrary(syn)
4.)
5.) The capricious weather conditions were ridiculous.







Obviate
1.) Block
2.) Verb
3.) counter(syn), hinder(syn), forfend(syn)
4.)
5.) I tried to obviate the question by quickly changing the topic of the conversation.

Malady
1.) Disease
2.) Noun
3.) cancer(syn), condition(syn), blight(syn)
4.)
5.) The malady was slowly taking over my grandmother.






Felicity
1.)Happiness
2.)Noun
3.) ecstasy(syn), delight(syn), bliss(syn)
4.)
5.)The felicity was felt around the world.