Thursday, December 6, 2007

stacey richter's vocabulary

Providentially

description: fortune or being lucky
POS: adjective
Synonyms: successful, fortunate, prosperous
sentence: The fortune teller told the mad he'd have a providentially good life.

Perdition

description: loss of the soul
POS: Noun
synonyms:bottomless-pit, damnation, abyss
sentence: If you live an evil life you will be sentenced to perdition.

Sardonic

description: bitter
POS: Adjective
synonym: arrogant, mocking, scornful
sentence: The woman used sardonic words when she lost the lottery.

Sarcastic

description: taunting by speaking
POS: Adjective
synonyms: mean, hostile, and arrogant
sentence: The boy said a sarcastic remark to cover up from being embarrassed.

Solipsistic

description: greedy, not sharing
POS: adjective
synonyms: greedy, selfish, self-absorbed
sentence: Since the boy had a solipsistic attitude he had no friends.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Good Job
29/30--1 point off on pictures.