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.

Rob Bengel's Vocab

Soporific
1. to cause sleep
2. PoS- adjective
3. The cold medicine had a soporific effect.
4. synonym- calming, drowsy, quitening

Prevaricate
1. to speak falsely deliberately
2. PoS- verb
3. I know it was prevaricate because it came from OJ's mouth.
4. synonym- lie, con, exaggerate

Reprehensible
1. deserving blame
2. PoS- adjective
3. The reprehensible man murdered his entire family.
4. synonym- blamable, guilty, unholy

Penitent
1. feeling sorrowful
2. PoS- noun
3. A penitent person confesses their sins in some way.
4. synonym- remorseful, rueful, sorrowful

Rapacious
1. capture living prey
2. PoS- adjective
3. Lions, the kings of the jungle, are very rapacious.
4. synonyms- ravenous, voracious, grasping

Bo's Vocab

Soporific

1. to cause to be tired.
2. Adjective
3. Synontms: drowzy, tired, sleepy
4. You can take pills before bed to make you soporific.

Prevaricate

1. To lie or to be misleading
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: falsify, belie, misrepresent
4. The child prevaricates to his parents when he says he did his chores but really did not.

Reprehensible

1. Needing to be reproofed or censured

2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: blamable, culpable, guilty
4. Critics thought that the T.V. show was reprehensible because it was too vulgar.

Penitent

1. Feeling sorry or bad about something you did wrong
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: remorseful, regretful, atoning
4. He felt penitent so he went into confesion.

Rapacious

1. To be greedy and take for yourself
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: greedy, predatory, ravenous
4. Scrooge was rapacious because he would not give money to the poor.

Jennifer Pawloski's Vocab

Soporific
1. Description: Something that causes one to become sleepy.
2. Part of Speech: It is an adjective.

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4. Related words include: drowsy (synonym), dull (synonym), and invigorating (antonym).

5. Sentence: After spending hours reading the soporific textbook, John began to close his eyes.

Prevaricate

1. Description: Giving a false imression and using misleading terms.

2. Part of Speech: It is a verb.

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4. Related words include: misrepresent (synonym), belie (synonym), and falsify (synonym).

5. Sentence: The sign prevaricated and left many confused.

Reprehensible

1. Description: The person to blame.

2. Part of Speech: It is an adjective.

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4. Related words include: discreditable (synonym), disgraceful (synonym), and deserving(antonym).

5. Sentence: The reprehensible criminal was found guilty.

Penitent

1. Description: Feeling or expressing agony because of wrongdoing.

2. Part of speech: It is an adjective.

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4. Related words include: regretful (synonym), remorseful (synonym), and unashamed (antonym).

5. Sentence: After arguing, the penitent man apologized.

Rapacious:

1. When someone is unreasonably greedy.

2. Part of Speech: It is an adjective.

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4. Related words include: demanding (synonym), thoughtful (antonym), and unselfish (antonym).

5. Sentence: The rapacious boy made a fit in the toy store because his mom wouldn't buy him every toy he wanted.

Kelsie Sullivan's Vocab

Soporific
Description- A drug or other substance that induces sleep; a hypnotic.
Part of Speech- Noun
Sentence- I took a soporific when I was still wide awake at 3 AM.
Related Words- sleep, narcotic, sedative

Prevaricate
Description- To stray from or evade the truth.Part of Speech- Verb
Sentence- The child prevaricated when his parents asked if he had thrown a party last weekend when they were gone.
Related Words- lie, falsify, fib

Reprehensible
Description- Deserving blame.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The lying child was reprehensible.
Related Words- blameworthy, guilty, culpable

Penitent
Description- Shamed for doing something wrong.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The man was very penitent when he ran over the grandma with his car.
Related Words- apologetic, sorrowful, sorry

Rapacious
Description- Taking by force; greedy.
Part of Speech- Adjective
Sentence- The lion was very rapacious and stole all the other lion’s zebra meat.
Related Words- avid, voracious, greedy

Kelsie Stephen's Vocab

Soporific- causing sleep.
a. Adjective
b. Sym- dozy,and slumberous. ant-invigorating.
c. The soporific milk silenced the infant.


Prevaricate- to deliberately mislead/deceive.
a. verb
b. Sym- belie, fabricate, and fib.
c. The maze was cut prevaricate the people trying to find the exit.



Reprehensible- blameworthy.
a.Adjective
b. Sym- blamable, and guilty. Ant- praiseworthy
c. The reprehensible convict stole from the guard.



Penitent- feeling or expressing sorrow/remorse for sins.
a. Adjective
b. Sym- apologetic, and regretful. Ant-unashamed.
c. The penitent murderer prayed for weeks.



Rapacious- greedy.
a. Adjective
b. Sym- predatory, and plundering. Ant- unselfish.
c. The Rapacious Grinch stole all the food and presents in Whoville.

Heathers Vocab

Soporific

1. Sleepiness
2. Adjective
3. Syn: drowzy, hynotic, dull
4. Sometimes medicine can make you feel soporific.
5. Picture: seperate

Prevaricate

1. To be misleading, to lie
2. Verb
3. Synonyms: evade, belie, dither
4. The boy prevaricated when he told his mom he was doing his homework, when he was really playing video games.
5. Picture: seperate

Reprehensible

1. Deserving of reproof
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: blamable, culpable, guilty
4. The girls reprehensible action of shoplifting got her into a lot of trouble
5. Picture: seperate

Penitent

1. Feeling or expressing sorrow for sin or wrongdoing.
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: regretful, sorry, remorseful
4. The penitent boy felt bad for cheating on his test.
5. Picture: seperate

Rapacious

1. To be greedy
2. Adjective
3. Synonyms: greedy, grasping, voracious
4. The rapacious, rich man gave no money to the poor guy.
5. Picture: seperate