ARC's+Vocabulary

February 2-6 1. gaunt-adjective;;extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated. The cat was very gaunt. 2. immaculate-adjective;;free from spot od stain; spotlessly clean. The linen is immaculate. 3. curtail-verb;;to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish. The life span of a bug is curtail. 4.digress-verb;;to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study. When she talks, she digresses away from the topic. 5. intermittent-adjective;;stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again. The dog intermitted when the owner told him to do so. 6. rigor-noun;;strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people. The math teacher is very rigor. 7.succumb-verb;;to give way to superior force; yield. The car succumbered at the yeild sign. 8. covert-adjective;;concealed; secret; disguised. Angela has converted herself after she finished swimming. 9. cynic-noun;;a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. To be cynic, might make you wierd. 10. demise- noun;;death or decease. My grandfather is demised.