ENGLISH 10

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

VOCABULARY 3

meticulous-adj- careful about details, fussy

VOCABULARY 24

EFFERVESCENT~adj~ bubbly, producing bubbles; full of energy

AGOG~adj~ highly excited by eagerness

CONTRABAND~n~ goods smuggled into or out of a place where they are illegal

PORCINE~adj~ resembling a pig, related to a pig

EBULLITION~n~ a sudden violent outburst

VERSLIBRIST~n~ a writer of free-verse

INCIPIENT~adj~ beginning

INSIPID~adj~ dull, bland

NEBBISH~n~ a timid, meek, or ineffectual person

RAPSCALLION~n~ rascal

ADDITIONAL 5 FOR HONORS................


PRODIGIOUS~adj~ enormous in size or quantity; amazing

UNFLEDGED~adj~ not fully developed, immature

WARREN~n~ a place where rabbits live; a crowded tenement

BENIGHTED~adj~ being in a state of intellectual darkness, ignorant

TYRO~n~ a beginner, a novice


EXTRA CREDIT!!!!!!!!!
versicle-n- a short verse
peckniffian-adj- unctuously hypocritical
swank-adj- full of life or energy
floccinaucinihilipilification-n- an estimation of something as worthless, the act or habit of describing or regarding something as worthless
slugabed-n- a person who stays in bed after usual or proper time to get up