Vocab Quiz! YEY!
So I'm in the car on the way to school today -- half asleep, of course -- and I suddenly realise that I had completely forgotten that not only is the rough draft of our essay due today, but that we also have a vocabulary quiz which I had not studied for at all because I had decided that it would be a better idea to work on the essay (essay is worth more than vocab quiz, of course). So now I'm flipping out about that. Ish. Anyway...
Luminous: radiating or emitting light
Embellish: to decorate or adorn
Dissonant: disagreeing or harsh in sound, discordant
Demise: death
Vagrant: nomadic, idle wandering
Transient: impermanent, fleeting, short-lived, not lasting or enduring
Benign: gracious, kindly, favorable, pleasant
Supine: lying on the back; inactive or passive
Ascendant: superior, rising
Cavalier: casual, careless
Undulate: to move in a wavelike motion
Citation: (military) a formal letter recounting a person's achievement
Entourage: a group of personal attendants
Lithe: pliant, supple, flexible
Bereavement: mourning, deep sorrow
Ream: to bore a hole in
Sodden: dank, soggy, humid
Eviscerate: to disembowel; to deprive of vital or essential parts
Waif: orphan, stray child
Diffuse: dispersed, widely spread or scattered
Avert: turn aside or away from
Derelict: a person abandoned by society, a vagrant, a bum
Effigy: the representation or image of someone
Torpid: inactive, sluggish, lethargic
Voluptuous: sensual, luxurious, indulgent
*the first bane of my existence is the blasted literature essay.
So yeah, those were my vocabulary words. I love learning new words, but honestly most of these words are just ones that I already know but with screwy definitions. *le sigh*
I've also got a JSA meeting tonight...I'll be getting home around 7:00ish and then I'll first need to do my homework. Oy.
Luminous: radiating or emitting light
Embellish: to decorate or adorn
Dissonant: disagreeing or harsh in sound, discordant
Demise: death
Vagrant: nomadic, idle wandering
Transient: impermanent, fleeting, short-lived, not lasting or enduring
Benign: gracious, kindly, favorable, pleasant
Supine: lying on the back; inactive or passive
Ascendant: superior, rising
Cavalier: casual, careless
Undulate: to move in a wavelike motion
Citation: (military) a formal letter recounting a person's achievement
Entourage: a group of personal attendants
Lithe: pliant, supple, flexible
Bereavement: mourning, deep sorrow
Ream: to bore a hole in
Sodden: dank, soggy, humid
Eviscerate: to disembowel; to deprive of vital or essential parts
Waif: orphan, stray child
Diffuse: dispersed, widely spread or scattered
Avert: turn aside or away from
Derelict: a person abandoned by society, a vagrant, a bum
Effigy: the representation or image of someone
Torpid: inactive, sluggish, lethargic
Voluptuous: sensual, luxurious, indulgent
*the first bane of my existence is the blasted literature essay.
So yeah, those were my vocabulary words. I love learning new words, but honestly most of these words are just ones that I already know but with screwy definitions. *le sigh*
I've also got a JSA meeting tonight...I'll be getting home around 7:00ish and then I'll first need to do my homework. Oy.