Sunday, December 9, 2007

Kayla

Providentially


Description: Of divine providence; Happening as if through divine intervention

POS: Adj.

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Related words: Opportune (synonym), auspiciously (Synonym), unfortunately (antonym)

Sentence: When the atheist was sure that all was lost he gave in and prayed to whomever presides over us all, and providentially a hand pushed its way above the rubble.



Perdition

Description: Loss of the soul; eternal damnation

POS: Noun

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Related words: Condemnation (synonym), doom (synonym), “perditio”- destruction (related – etymology)

Sentence: Some religions state that those who do not believe will be damned to perdition.



Sardonic


Description: Disdainfully or ironically humorous; bitterly scornful and/or cynically disdainful

POS: Adj.

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Related words: Equivocal (synonym), genial (antonym), sarcastic (synonym)

Sentence: My teacher wrote, “Please excuse Kayla for her lateness, she is SLOW” and I know he was just being funny, but I took it to be sardonic.




Sarcastic

Description: Characterized by sarcasm; derisive and tauntingly contemptuous

POS: Adj.

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Related words: Caustic (synonym), disparaging (synonym), cutting (synonym)

Sentence: I asked my brother for his opinion of my drawing and of course he gave a quick, sarcastic, “It’s a masterpiece.”

Solipsistic

Description: Pertaining to the theory that the self is the only thing that can be known and verified (self is the only reality); Extremely preoccupied with the indulgence of one’s feelings

POS: Adj.

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Related words: “Solus” – alone + “ipse” – self (related – etymology), egoistic (synonym), self-absorbed (synonym)

Sentence: It can be argued that we live in a solipsistic nation with all the self-absorbed, pretentious rappers and actors that rule over our media.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Great Job, Kayla.
30/30