Monday, December 10, 2007

Tori's Vocab

Goad
POS: Goad is a verb.
Description: Goad means to prick or drive with.
Related Words: spur, push, impel (S)
Use in Sentence: She goaded me into throwing everything inside my stomach.

Capricious
POS: Capricious is an adjective.
Description: Capricious means indictive or acting erratic.
Related Words: variable, flighty,mercurial (S)
Use in Sentence: I have such a capricious doctor that i never know what to expect.

Obviate
POS: Obviate is a verb.
Description: Obviate means to anticipate and prevent/ eliminate by helpful measures.
Related Words: preclude, avert, anticipate (S)
Use in Sentence: The obviate risk of being bit by a snake is to wear high shoes.

Malady
POS: Malady is a noun.
Description: A malady is a disease or disorder in the body.
Related Words: illness, sickness, ailment (S)
Use in Sentence: Her malady was believed at first to be cancer.

Felicity
POS: Felicity is a noun.
Description: Felicity is a state of being happy.
Related Words: bliss, cheerfulness, contentment (S)
Use in Sentence: My mom has complete marital felicity with my father.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Tori,
Your sentence for "obviate" makes no logical sense. If you write ..."to obviate the risk of being bitTEN by a snake...one should wear high shoes." (-2--one for improper verb form, one for incorrect sentence)
23/30 untilI see pictures