Monday, October 8, 2012

Vocabulary List #7

1: ad infinitum: again and again
2: apportion: divided
An apportion piece of pie was on the table
3: bona fide: real
My group of friends are bona fide
4: buoyant: able to float
I am buoyant in the water
5: clique: small group of people
There are cliques throughout the school
6: concede: to admit
I had to concede my wrongdoings to police
7: congenial: like able, pleasant
That baby is very congenial
8: lofty: spacious
The living room is very lofty
9: migration: seasonal movement of animals
The ducks migrated for the winter
10: perceive: become aware
I perceived the voices downstairs as a burglar
11: perverse: to behave badly
Those kids in timeout were being perverse
12: prelude: introduction
The prelude of that movie was great
13: rancid: smelling or tasting bad
The milk went rancid
14: rustic: simplicity or charm
That older lady had a rustic feel about her
15: sever: to cut
His arm was severed in an accident
16: sordid: dirty?
17: untenable: no able to be maintained
That garden was untenable
18: versatile: able to adapt
You must be versatile with the jobs nowadays
19: vindicate: to clear someone of blame
The chief finally vindicated the man with the charges of burglary
20: wane: decrease in size, to become weaker
The moon waxes and wanes

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