Thursday, December 6, 2007

Crystals Vocab.

Providentially
Description: Being lucky or having something good happen.
POS: Adverb.
Synonyms: Favorably, happily, satisfyingly.
Sentence: It was providential that I remembered to do my vocabulary because I forgot to last week.

Perdition
Description: Being lost or destroyed.
POS: Noun.
Synonyms: Damnation, punishment, suffering.
Sentence: After the man killed someone, his perdition was to go to Hell when he died.

Sardonic
Description: Scornfully or cynically mocking someone.
POS: Adjective.
Synonyms: Bitter, mean, sneering.
Sentence: The sardonic comment my brother said to me hurt my feeling.

Sarcastic
Description: Acting or saying something serious when really meaning the opposite.
POS: Adjective.
Synonyms: Disrespectful, mocking, taunting.
Sentence: Her sarcastic remarks made her coach think she wasn't serious about gymnastics.

Solipsistic
Description: A theory that only the self exists.
POS: Noun.
Synonyms: Self-centered, egocentric, obsessive.
Sentence: The little solipsistic boy wouldn't share his toys because they were his and didn't care if he hurts other kids' feelings.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

25/30 (no pictures)