Thursday, December 13, 2007

Stank's Vocab

Goad
- to provoke
- verb
- incite, aggravate, hassle
- Mrs. Schellenberg's class loves to goad.
- http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/cga/lowres/cgan1205l.jpg

Capricious
- change is likely
- adjective
- impulsive, unpredictable, changeable
- My grade in World Lit is very capricious.
- http://www.bhdca.gov.ba/eng/galerija%20zima%202006/images/Capricious%20Jahorina%20mountain.jpg

Obviate
- to avoid
- verb
- ignore, shun, evade
- Criminals try to obviate the police.
- http://images.ientrymail.com/securitypronews/122706criminals.jpg

Malady
- a disease
- noun
- sickness, virus, infection
- All people try to obviate maladies with medicine.
- http://www.medicalook.com/diseases_images/crohns_disease2.jpg

Felicity
- something that causes happiness
- noun
- joy, laughter, smile
- Humor is a felicity, so am I.
- http://www.utilitarianism.com/happy-pig.jpg

2 comments:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Jake,
You use "obviate" correctly in your sentence for "malady" but not in your sentence for "obviate." The word means to avoid BY ANTICIPATING... (-2) for pictute and sentnece.
28/30

Julie Schellenberg said...

Also, -5 for not identifying your related words...synonyums, antonyms, or etymology.
23/30