VOCAB 4

CONTRITION

• A feeling of regret for doing wrong
• I felt contrite when I ate my sisters birthday cake

PROMONTORY

• A high ridge of land or rock jutting out
• I jumped of the promontory

SUPPLICATION

• A humble request or prayer
• The priest made a supplication

INQUISITIVE

• Curious; inquiring
• The cat was felt inquisitive in it's new house

INCREDULOS

• Doubtful; disbelieving
• The man felt incredulous when watching the magic show

PERSISTENCE

• The act of refusing to stop or be changed
• The football player was very persistent, when refusing to be tackled

MORPH

• To transform or be transformed completely in appearance or character
• The car morphed into a robot

OPT

• Eye
• I went to an optometrist

HOST

• Enemy; stranger
• The soldiers fought the hosts

LEG

• Law
• The legislative branch makes laws

PROVOKE

• To stir up; provoke
• The ref instigated the player

VESTIBULE

• A small entryway within a building
• We entered through the vestibule

AGILE

• Able to move quickly and easily
• The monkey is very agile

FALTER

• To hesitate from lack of courage or confidence
• The boy faltered on his first day of school

RANSACK

• To search or examine vigorously
• The house was ransacked

PRUDENCE

• The use of good judgement or common sense
• The driver was very prudent when driving in the niehborhood

RAVAGE

• Serious damage
• The tower was ravaged on the storm

ASSERTION

• A statement
• The speaker made an assertion

COVETED

• Greedily desired or wished for
• The boy was very covet when making his Christmas list

CHRONICLE

• A record of events
• The news paper is a chronicle

ACCLIMATIZATION

• The act of getting accustomed to a new climate or environment
• The climbers at to gain acclimatization

APLOMB

• Poise; self-assurance
• The man was very aplomb

ARDUOUS

• Requiring much effort; difficult
• The hike was arduous

BANAL

• Common place; trite
• The airport was a banal for the business man

CREVASSE

• A deep crack or splitting a glacier
• Erik almost fell down the crevasse

DEMEANOR

• A way of behaving; manner
• The thug had a bad demeanor

INEVITABILITY

• Something that is certain to happen
• The court date was inevitable

INSURMOUNTABLE

• Impossible to overcome
• The boys fear of clowns was insurmountable

PARAMOUNT

• Of the biggest highest importance
• The model was a paramount

TRANSCEND

• To pass beyond the limits
• The student transcended beyond the goal