Monday, December 3, 2007

Brie's Vocab

1. Providentially

Definition: lucky, fortunate, happy

POS: Adverb

RW: lucky (s), unlucky (a), happy (s)

Sentence: The willing child providentially helped out everyone in her surrounding.

Picture: http://stpats.dio.org/St.%20Patrick%20Catholic%20School/Threat%20Fight-Free/four-leaf_clover2.jpg


2. Perdition

Definition: Utter destruction or ruin

POS: Noun

RW: destruction (s), ruin (s), construction (a)

Sentence: After the tornado our city was left in a state of perdition.

Picture: http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/middle_east_beirut_destruction/img/1.jpg


3. Sardonic

Definition: Mocking, cynical, sneering

POS: Adjective

RW: scornful (s), ironic (s), disdainful (s)

Sentence: As I mocked my younger brother I gave him a sardonic smile.

Picture: http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/93/01/23300193.jpg


4. Sarcastic

Definition: using sarcasm

POS: Adjective

RW: mocking (s), joking (s), acerbic (s)

Sentence: I often make sarcastic remarks when a friend says something stupid.

Picture: http://www.dsfanboy.com/media/2006/02/Sarcasm.jpg


5. Solipsistic

Definition: obsessive of ones own feelings

POS: Adjective

RW: reality (s), obsessive (s), desire (s)

Sentence: The solipsistic man only cared about himself and his own thoughts and feelings.

Picture: http://pdxsocialbutterfly.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/notobsessive.jpg