Monday, January 25, 2010
G block: Vocab words 51-64
Please post the word, the part of speech and the definition that is in line with that of the book. That means you should look at the word IN the book and find the single, solitary, only definition that works in the sentence from the book. And don't forget to include your name.
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Rapacious: (p.138)
ReplyDelete1 : excessively grasping or covetous
2 : living on prey
Michel Acevedo
ReplyDelete57. Unpliant: adjective. Not changeable.
Sarah Tillman
ReplyDelete#60 Primeval: adj., of or resembling the earliest ages in the history of the world
Shunt: noun. The act of shoving or turning
ReplyDeleteMaya Rhine
ReplyDelete#54. Presentiment, noun: an intuitive feeling about the future, esp. one of foreboding
Avery Hale
ReplyDelete56. Galling: (noun) annoying/ humiliating.
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ReplyDeleteRyan Kroner
ReplyDelete#63 - Respecter - Noun
Someone or something that is influenced by the social standing, importance, power, or any deterrent put forth by persons or things (used chiefly in negative constructions)
Andrew M:
ReplyDeleteRivet- verb: to hold or fasten
Bobby
ReplyDeleteMelancholic: adj. disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
Ciarra
ReplyDeletefiguration -noun- the act of shaping into a particular figure.
Andrew
ReplyDeleteIntermittent-adj. - occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady
Claire Fox
ReplyDeleteMorass: noun
any confusing or troublesome situation
Alex Hartzell -
ReplyDeleteBrooded (To Brood) - (V) - To dwell on a subject or to meditate with morbid persistence.