Showing posts with label 1st and 2nd hour; week of 12/10-12/14. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1st and 2nd hour; week of 12/10-12/14. Show all posts

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Tyler Cole's Vocab

Goad(Verb/Noun)
-Something with a pointy or sharp end.
-(Syn) Drive,Lash,Lust
-I found the goad object that was used to murder Billy.
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Capricious(Adj)
-Never knowing how someone is going act to someone elses actions.
-(Syn) changeful, contrary, moody
-Her boss was capricious to her new ideas about the business.
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/cza0614l.jpg

Obviate (Verb)
-Taking certain precautions to anicipate, or prevent something from happening.
-(Syn) block, counter, anicipate.
-The obviated and made a plan to stop the criminals.
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Malady(Noun)
-Any disorder or disease of the body.
-(Syn) Ache, infection, illness
-His malady prevented him from doing certain things independently like eating, walking, and going to the bathroom.
http://www.deathreference.com/images/medd_02_img0110.jpg

Felicity(Noun)
-Being very happy or excited.
-(Syn) bliss,cheerful, extatic
-He expressed great felicity after winning the baseball game. http://web.mit.edu/admissions/blogs/photos/jenny-whitesox/8.jpg

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Hannah's Vocab

1. Goad (Verb)- To give heart.
As a young girl, my mother goaded me to sing.
Synonyms: Spur, Push, Impel.
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/imz/imz238/two-businessmen-struggling-to-push-a-boulder-uphill-while-their-boss-~-cwa0025.jpg
2. Capricious(Adjective)- Moody.
Mrs. Hop is a too capricious to be a teacher.
Synonyms: Variable, Flighty, Mercurial.
http://www.fotosearch.com/comp/imz/imz154/moody-businessman-~-sca0394.jpg
3. Obviate(Verb)- To do away with.
Alex obviated the confrontation.
Synonyms: Preclude, Avert, Anticipate.
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/ksm/lowres/ksmn1102l.jpg
4. Malady(Noun)- An undesired sickness.
Colin suffers from some strange malady.
Synonyms: Illness, Disorder, Affliction.
http://www.simulated.net/ts/media/My_Malady.jpg
5. Felicity(Noun)- A state of happiness.
She was in martial felicity after Christmas.
Synonyms: Bliss, Ecstacy, Delight.
http://www.blogwaybaby.com/uploaded_images/Happy%20Days%20Cast-707209.jpg