Drew Roby's Vocab Slideshow
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
PERMEATE
- To spread through; to pass through the pores of something
- The lionesses teeth permeated the lions skin
SCRUPULOUS
- Principled; acting with strict regard for what is considered right or proper
- The man was scrupulous about his son's manners
VACILLATE
- To sway unsteadily;waver; totter; stagger
- The boat vacillated when the crocodile nudged it
RECONNAISSANCE
- A preliminary survey to gain info, especially for military
- The team went on a reconnassance
FORMIDABLE
- Causing fear, apprehension, or dread
- Bigfoot is formidable
RELIC
- An item, object, or idea from the past
- The constitution is a relic
POSTERITY
- All future generations
- My kids will be part of the posterity
QUINTESSENTIAL
- Representing the perfect example of class or quality
- The king was quintessential
WHIMSICAL
- Playful, funny, or amusing
- The puppy was whimsical
FIDELITY
- Loyalty
- The squire praised the king with fidelity
CONSCIENCE
- The sense of moral goodness or responsibility of ones own conduct
- His conscience was telling him he shouldn't do it
CONSCIOUS
- To be aware, especially of one self's behavior
- He was conscious of the bad decision he made
PLETHORA
- Over abundance or excess of something
- There was a plethora of ducks
REPRIEVE
- A formal temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially death
- It was a reprieve when the death sentence was suspended
CANTANKEROUS
- Difficult or irritating to deal with; crabby
- The grandma was cantankerous when she woke up
UBIQUITOUS
- Seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent
- The man was ubiquitous
