Monday, December 04, 2006

HONORS AND COLLEGE I VOCABULARY 11 for Week of 4-8 December!
Sentences due Wednesday or Thursday and Quiz is Thursday or Friday!!


ingenuous-adj- innocent; sincere

altruistic-adj- selfless

arduous-adj- difficult, hard

venal-adj- open to bribery or corruption

capricious-adj- changeable, whimsical

sycophant-n- flatterer, suck-up

vacuous-adj- stupid or inane, devoid of meaning

ungainly-adj- awkward, clumsy

quell-v- to suppress or quiet by force

strident-adj- loud, harsh, doscordant, grating



additional words for honors:


cherubic-adj- angelic, innocent

meddlesome-adj- interfering

reprisal-n- retaliation

ebullient-adj- enthusiastic

dogged-adj- stubborn and perservering

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