Tuesday, January 12, 2010

F block: vocab words 24-37

Word, definition, and don't forget your name.

14 comments:

  1. Marshall

    Virtue: noun. behavior showing high moral standards.

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  2. Olivia L.

    Eddies (noun)- circular movements of water, counter to the main current, causing small whirpools

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  3. Adela

    #26 Shebeen: n. a tavern or house where liquor is sold illegally.

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  4. Lexy

    24. Vehemence (Adj):showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

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  5. Evy


    #37: specters -(noun)- a ghost. something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurence

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  6. Olivia Glick
    Evocative (Adj)-bringing strong images, feelings, or memories to mind

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  7. Alison
    #29
    Heedless: adjective
    showing a reckless lack of care or attention

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  8. Sam
    quicksilver
    noun, used in metaphors or similes to describe something that changes quickly, or is difficult to hold or contain

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  9. Leigh
    nullity-noun-1. an act or thing that is legally void (the state of being legally void; invalidity, esp. of a marriage). 2. a thing of no importance or worth (nothingness).

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  10. Rosario
    Discordant
    -adjective
    1. being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
    2. disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.

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  11. Alex

    decency-N.-the state or quality of being decent.

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  12. Emily said...
    ensensate/insensate
    28 28
    adjective
    lacking physical sensation : a patient who was permanently unconscious and insensate.
    • lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling : a positively insensate hatred.
    • completely lacking sense or reason : insensate jabbering.

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  13. Ben

    noun;
    -a large single upright block of stone (shaped as a pillar/monument)

    -a large and impersonal political, corporate, or social structure regarded as intractably indivisible and uniform

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  14. Hassam
    #34

    Verb

    Disconcert- To upset the self-possession of; ruffle.

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