Katie's Vocab.

Providentially
Description: A result of something divine.
POS: Adjective
(syn): Fortunate, opportune, lucky.
Sentence: When the young boy fell in the water the waves were providentially small.

Perdition
Description: state of eternal damnation.
POS: Noun
(syn): destruction, ruin, loss
Sentence: In some cultures if you commit even the smallest crime you are have a life of perdition.

Sardonic
Description: cynical mocking
POS: adjective
(syn): wicked, mordant, contemptuous
Sentence: Some people took offense to the sardonic play about George Bush.

Sarcastic
Description: The act of taunting with irony.
POS: Adjective
(syn): ironic, mordant, derisive
Sentence: After Tim got barried in the snow he sarcasticly remarked, " Wow! this is warmer than my bed!"

Solipsistic
Description: The theory that the only thing that we can prove is self existance.
POS: Noun
(syn): Self-absorption, vain, reality
Sentence: Jan is solipsismal when she spends hours talking about herself.

Bethann's Vocab

Bethann Williams
Mrs. Schellenberg
World Lit 1, 1st
28 November 2007

Vocabulary

Soporific
POS: adjective
Description: to become sleepy, or sleepy in nature
Related Words: sleep-inducing, dull, and un-stimulating
Sentence: The pill was soporific in nature.
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Prevaricate
POS: Verb
Description: to lead away from the truth
Related Words: put off, beat around the bush, and evade
Sentence: In the Story of the fox and the crow, the fox prevaricate.
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Reprehensible
POS: Adjective
Description: owed, or admirable
Related Words: worthy, praiseworthy, and commendable
Sentence: The new puppy that has just learned to sit is reprehensible.
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Penitent
POS: Adjective
Description: convey humble or remorseful pain or grief for fault
Related Words: repentant, remorseful, regretful
Sentence: The jail bird was penitent in his wrong doings
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Rapacious
POS: adjective
Description: extremely selfish or jealous
Related Words: ravenous, predatory, and greedy
Sentence: The girl had rapacious actions, for she was hungery.
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