vocabulary week of may 23 by deborah andrews pd. 2
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Perfunctory Emily sat in her Biology
class, with a perfunctory expression painted upon her face, as she waited in an agonizing silence for the lesson to come to an end.
Perfunctory – adj. - automatic, unthinking
Synonyms: careless, boredom, unaware, unconcerned
Meticulous Frank’s obsessive
compulsive disorder was so extreme, that he became accustomed to meticulously cutting his grass to an exact length.
Meticulous- adj.- taking extreme care about minute details
Synonyms: precise, thorough, exact
Lament After discovering her
little miracle was diagnosed with cancer, Betsy lamented her five year old son, who was oblivious to what was occurring inside of his body.
Lament- to express grief for or about
Synonyms: mourn, hurt, wail, weep, sorrow, etc.
Paraphernalia
• While walking through The Deb shop at the mall, you can find a copious amount of paraphernalia necessary for proms, semi-formals, and other dances.
Paraphernalia- noun- furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity
Synonyms: equipment, apparatus, gear
Despotic Adolf Hitler was
considered a very racist, despotic, human being, who believed that there was a perfect race, which only contained people with blonde hair and blue eyes. Despotic- adj.- tyrannical, oppressive
Synonyms: absolute
Tangible
After Amelia was rejected by her crush and best friend, Charlie, the awkward silence was so thick in the air, it was almost tangible.
Tangible- adj- capable of being touched
Synonyms: actual, perceptible, real, concrete
Sensuous
Sensuous- adj.- gratifying to senses
Synonyms: luxurious, lush, passionate, attractive
It was his sensuous touch, the look in his eyes, and the words he had just spoken, that made her first kiss perfect.
Prima Donna
Prima donna- adj.- indicating the most important performer or role
Synonyms: Diva, the lead
Some celebrities seem very genuine, caring, and good in public; however, when out of plain sight, they are spoiled prima donnas.
Garrulous
Garrulous- adj.- excessively talkative
Synonyms: wordy, chattering, mouthy, “motor mouth”, etc.
Tiffany was unable to pay any attention towards the movie because Alicia, her garrulous best friend, could not refrain from speaking about her boyfriend.
Syntax
Syntax- the way in which words are arranged
Synonyms: arrangement, order, pattern, structure, etc.
Mr. Abrams, the Honors English 9 teacher, seems to become annoyed over our improper syntax errors, so he finds in them our essays and has us fix them on the spot.
Sagacity
Sagacity- noun- wisdomSynonyms: clear thinking,
common sense, enlightenment
The author of the novel Animal Farm held a lot of sagacity when he stated that power creates evil in a person.
RavenousThe thirst for human
blood that newborn vampires have is so unquenchable, that it makes each soulless leach obtain a ravenous appetite, and leads to a gruesome, horrifying bloodbath.
Ravenous- adj.- extremely hungry, extremely rapacious, intensely eager for satisfaction
Synonyms: famished, voracious
Parsimonious In the classic movie A
Christmas Carol, an old, parsimonious man refuses to give his workers the holidays off, and is taken to different periods of time to show how his greed affects life.
Parsimonious- adj.- penny-pinching, fugal
Synonyms: stingy, greedy
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