Thursday, December 6, 2007

Lisa's Vocab

1. Providentially

Definition- having foresight of being lucky
Pos- adjective
Synonym- luckily, conveniently, fortunately
Sentence- I have never really been a providentially person.

2. Perdition

Definition- completely destroy
Pos-noun
Synonym- destroy, loss, obsolete
Sentence- In 1984 the perdition of words is a crucial part of newspeak.

3. Sardonic

Definition- a mean or hurtful sarcastic saying
Pos- adjective
Synonym- scornful, mocking, sarcastic
Sentence- Sometimes I say sardonic things to people with out really realizing it.

4. Sarcastic

Definition- a satirical sometimes hurtful mocking
Pos- adjective
Synonym- ironic, cynical, derisive
Sentence- I love being sarcastic to my friends because it makes them angry.

5. Solipsistic

Definition- to think that you are the only important thing
Pos- noun
Synonym-arrogant, cocky, conceded
Sentence- I never want to seem solipsistic to others.

2 comments:

Lisa Zimmerman said...

i change my sarcastic sentence to.

I love giving sarcastic remarks to my friends, because it makes them laugh.

Julie Schellenberg said...

Providentially is an adverb (the 'ly' ending is the cue). you use it as an adjective (-1)
You get the point back for the literary allusion for 'perdition!'
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