Kevin O'Hara's Vocab

Vocabulary – Week of 11/26

Soporific
Definition: Causing or tending to cause sleep.
Part of Speech: Adjective
Picture: www.stationnight.com/Homer-Sleep1.gif
Synonyms: balmy, calming, drowsy
Used in Sentence: The medicine had soporific properties

Prevaricate
Definition: To speak falsely or misleadingly, create a lie.
Part of Speech: Verb
Picture: http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/justices/lewis_court_2006_official.jpg
Synonyms: belie, cavil, dodge
Used in Sentence: The criminal’s entire testimony was a prevaricate.

Reprehensible
Definition: deserving of blame
Part of Speech: Adjective
Picture: http://blogs.indiewire.com/morganspurlock/archives/Morgan%20jail%202.JPG
Synonyms: Amiss, bad, blamable
Used in Sentence: He was reprehensible after destroying the car.

Penitent
Definition: feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing
Part of Speech: adjective
Picture: http://mr.troligt.com/leet/dawson-crying.jpg
Synonyms: abashed, apologetic, bashful
Used in Sentence: The criminal was penitent after committing the crime.

Rapacious
Definition: inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate
Part of Speech: Adjective
Picture: http://l.yimg.com/img.tv.yahoo.com/tv/us/img/site/49/15/0000034915_20061212101105.jpg
Synonyms: greedy, marauding, murderous
Used in Sentence: The billionaire was known for his rapacious attitude.

Molly Cusack

Soporific
To cause sleepiness or drowsiness.
Adjective
downer (s) , tired (s), or numbing (s)
Cough medicine can sometimes make you feel soporific.

Prevaricate
To speak misleadingly; lie
verb
Stall (s), Dither (s), Evade (s)
During the elections some of the candidates start to prevaricate due to the stress.

Reprehensible
deserving of rebuke; blameworthy
adjective
culpable (s), blameworthy (s), negligence (s)
The husband was reprehensible of forgetting their anniversary.

Penitent
A feeling of regret for ones actions or sins
adjective
remorse (s), repentance (s), compunction (s)
When the little boy did something he knew was wrong, a look of penitent came upon his face.

Rapacious
greedy
Adjective
voracious (s), grasping (s), avid (s)
The little boy felt rapacious emotions when in the candy store.

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Erika's Vocab

Rapacious
greedy
Adjective
voracious, grasping, avid
His actions were caused by his rapacious emotions.

Penitent
feeling sorry
adjective
apologetic, sorrowful, repentant
Jared had a penitent feeling after he caught the backyard on fire and ruined his mothers garden.

Reprehensible
deserving to take the blame
adjectivebad, disgraceful, shameful
The reprehensible boy broke the vase instead of his sister, who was the one blamed.

Prevaricate
lie
adjective
quibble, dither, dissemble
The boy told a prevaricated story about what had happened to his mothers broken vase.

Soporific
making somebody sleepy
adjective
sleepy, drowsy, dull
A soporific drug causes drowsiness

Kylie's Vocab

Soporific
1. Medicine that makes you tired.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: calming, dozy, or slumberous
4. My sister took soporific allergy medicine that made her tired all day.

Prevaricate
1. To lie or be misleading
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: lie, unclear, or obscure
4. The teen had to prevaricate his story so he wouldn’t lose his job.

Reprehensible
1. Worthy of blame.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: culpable or guilty
Antonyms: praiseworthy
4. She committed a reprehensible act.

Penitent
1. Feeling bad for doing something wrong.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, or sorrowful
4. The penitent child felt bad for lying to his mother.

Rapacious
1. Being greedy.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: savage, ravenous, or furious
4. The rapacious robber took all the money from the bank.

Brandon's Vocab 11/27

Soporific
1. Sleepy Drowsy
2. Causes drowsiness
Part of Speech
Soporific is an adjective
Picture:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc3052l.jpg
Synonyms
Calming, Dozy, Drowsy.
Sentence: The soporific drug made him tired.

Prevaricate
1. To Lie or mislead
2. Dileberate deception
Part of Speech
Prevaricate is a verb.
Picture:
http://psychology.uwo.ca/fmri4newbies/Images/Huff_cover.jpg
Synonyms
Lie, decieve, mislead.
Sentence: He prevaricated us when we asked him about the missing money.

Reprehensible
1. In the wrong
2. Blameworthy
Part of Speech
Reprehensible is an adjective.
Picture:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/sports/football/27cnd-vick.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Synonyms
Blameable, blameworthy, and condemable.
Sentence: His actions were reprehensible.

Penitent
1. Sorrow for sin or wrong doing
2. Apologetic
Part of Speech
Penitent is an adjective.
Picture:
http://starbulletin.com/2005/04/09/features/art1b.jpg
Synonyms
Apologetic, attoning, regretful.
Sentence: He showed a penitent attitude towards the judge

Rapacious
1. Satisfaction of pluder
2. Feeling of greed
Part of Speech
Rapacious is an adjective.
Picture:
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mba/lowres/mban1427l.jpg
Synonyms
Greedy, ravenous, and marauding.
Sentence: His rapacious desire for plunder made him insane.