Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Rob's Vocab

Providentially
1. happens by chance
2. POS- adjective
3. syn- favorably, happily, swimmingly
4. Providentially, the warm weather continued throughout the remainder of the week.

Perdition
1. loss of soul
2. POS- noun
3. syn- damnation, inferno, purgatory
4. Sinning is the road to perdition.

Sardonic
1. characterized by mocking
2. POS- adjective
3. syn- bitter, offensive, scornful
4. Her comment to her friend was so sardonic that it made her cry.

Sarcastic
1. harsh or bitter irony
2. POS- adjective
3. syn- ironical, satrical
4. When the boy was mad at his mom, he always responded to his mom in a sarcastic manner.

Solipsistic
1. the theory that only the self exists
2. POS- adjective
3. syn- egocentric, selfish, self-centered
4. The solipsistic woman only bought Christmas presents for herself.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

25/30 unless you have pix when you return to class.