Acast's+Vocab

Acast's Vocabulary 1/14/09

1. infirmity-(noun)a moral weakness or failing. 2. infringe-(verb)to commit a breach or infraction of. 3. revitalize-(verb)to give new life to. 4. sparse-(adjective)thinly scattered or distributed. 5. subjective-(adjective)belonging to the thinking subject rather to the object of thought. 6. succinct-(adjective)expressed in few words. 7. allusion-(noun)a passing or casual reference. 8. altruistic-(adjective)unselfishly concerned or devoted to the welfare of others. 9. appease-(verb ) to bring a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment. 10. assail –(verb)to attack vigorously or violently.

1-20-09

1.banal-(adjective)devoid of freshness or originality. A banal and sophoroic treatment of courage on the frontier. 2.mercenary-(adjective)working or acting merely for money or other reward. 3.taint-(noun)a trace of somthing bad, offensive, or harmful. 4.calamity-(noun)a great misfortune or disaster. 5.flagrant-(adjective)shockingly noticeable or evident. 6.persevere-(verb)to persist in anything undertaken. 7.attest-(verb)to bear witness to. 8.enigma-(noun)a puzziling or inexplicable occurrence or situation. 9.exemplify-(verb)to show or illistrate by example. 10.concurrent-(adjective)occuring or existing simultaneously or side by side.

1-27-09

1.nominal-(adjective)being in such in names only. The election was nominal. 2.predominant-(adjective)having ascendancy, power, or influence over others. Male lions are predominant over the others. 3.recession-(noun)the act of receding or withdrawing. My dad recessions at the bank. 4.implausible-(adjective)not plausible. It is implausible to jump from 40 stories and survive. 5.intercede-(verb)to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble. You cannot intercede a cop without getting seen. 6.blatant-(adjective)blazenly obvious. No one can be stupid enough to make a blatant lie. 7.blight-(noun)any cause of imparment, destruction, ruin, or fustration. People can blight from getting mad. 8.contrive-(verb)to plan with ingenuity. The author contrived a clever plot. 9.qualm-(noun)an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct. He has no qualms about lieing. 10.garble-(verb)to confuse unintentionaly or ignorantly. People can garble the instructions.

2-4-09

1.gaunt-(adjective)extremely thin and bony. Dogs are sometimes gaunt from their owners. 2.immaculate-(adjective)free from spot or stain. Sometimes dogs immaculate the rugs. 3.curtail-(verb)to cut short. Some people curtail dogs. 4.digress-(verb)to turn aside. Some people digress from their freinds. 5.intermittent-(adjective)stopping or creasing for a time. The dog intermittent from chasing the bus. 6.rigor-(noun)strictness, severity, or harshness. Getting sick can cause rigors. 7.succumb-(verb)to give away to superior force. Sometimes criminals succumb to the police. 8.covert-(adjective)concealed. You can store food in a covert.

2-11-09

1.infamous-(adjective)having an extremely bad reputation. People that were in jail were infamous. 2.intrinsic-(adjective)belonging to a thing by its very nature. A leaf intrinsics in a tree. 3.revulsion-(noun)a strong feeling of dislike. In cartoons the dog revulsions the cat. 4.virile-(adjective)of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a man. A virile of a cat is nice. 5.abstain-(verb)to hold oneself back voluntarily. 6.aspire-(verb)to long, aim, ro seek ambitiously. 7.dissent-(verb)to differ in sentiment or opinion. 8.charisma-(noun)

2-19-09

1.extrovert-(noun)an outgoing, gregarious person. 2.poignant-(adjective)keenly distressing to the feelings. 3.prevalent-(adjective)widespread. 4.proponent-(noun)a person who puts forward a proposition or proposal. 5.congenial-(adjective)agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character. 6.flippant-(adjective)frivolosouly disrespectful. 7.rapport-(noun)relation. 8.impasse-(noun)a position or situation from which there is no escape. 9.rationale-(noun)the fundimental reason or reasons serving to account for something. 10.reprisal-(noun)an act or instance of retailation.

3-4-09

1.elation-(noun)a feeling or great joy or pride. My sister elated when we got to Six Flags. 2.endow-(verb)to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.My dad endowed a collage. 3.mortify-(verb)to humiliate or shame.My sister doesn't mortify me. 4.nullify-(verb)to render or declare legally void or inoperative.My dad nullified a contract. 5.credible-(adjective)capable of being believable.My sister made a credible statement. 6.deviate-(verb)to turn aside.My dad deviated the trip to Florida. 7.improvise-(verb)to composeand perform or deliver without previous preparation. 8.latent-(adjective)present but not visible.Gosts are latent sometimes. 9.secular-(verb)going on age to age.My great grandpa seculared for a long time. 10.shun-(verb)to keep away from.My sister shuned from the agresive dog.

3-24-09 1.commemorate-(vb.)to call or recall to mind. I need to //commemorate// an item. 2.complacent-(adj.)contentment. My sister doesn't //complacent//. 3.consensus-(n.)an opinion held by all or most. The kids //consensus// for pizza. 4.deplete-(vt.)to use up. My sister //depleted// all the cookies. 5.diligent-(adj.)hardworking. My dad is a //diligent// worker. 6.menial-(adj.)of or fit for a servant. A person in a dongon aren't //menial//. 7.niche-(n.)a recess in a wall. My dad is going to make a //niche// for the vase. 8.waive-(vt.)to give up. My cousin //waived// the game. 9.facade-(n.)the front or the main face of a building. The //facade// of Providence is pretty. 10.blase-(adj.)unexited or jaded. My sister doesn't //blase.//

4-27-09

1.**condone**-(verb)to disregard or overlook. 2.**contemplate**-(verb)to look at or view at a continued attention. The stars are //contemplated//. 3.**feasible**-(adjective)capible of being done, effected, or accomplished. My sister has made a //feasible// plan to play. 4.**fiscal**-(adjective)of or pertaning to the public treasury or revenues. 5.**furtive**-(adjective)taken, done, used,etc. My sister made a //furtive// glance. 6.

5-04-2009

1.detrimental-(adjective)causing detriment, damaging, harmful. 2.inhibitioun-(noun )the act of inhibiting. 3.ironic-(adjective)containing or exemplifying irony. 4.rupture-(noun)the act of breaking or bursting. 5.saturate-(verb)to cause a substance to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like. 6.vindictive-(adjective)disposed or inclined to revenge. 7.fallible-(adjetive)liable to err, esp. in being deceived or mistaken. 8.genial-(adjective)warmly and pleasantly cheerful 9.pragmatic-(adjective)of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations. 10.pretentious-(adjective)full of pretense or pretension.