Wednesday, September 28, 2011

vocab 9/28/11

1) Obsolete - ADJ - no longer in general use; fallen into disuse - The obsolete food was considered and antique compared to the new pill food of the future

2) Paucity - N - 
smallness of quantity - The hobos paucity of money did not compare to the millionaire amount of money.

3) Philistine - N - someone who is hostile towards another race or culture - The KKK member was acting like a philistine when he called the African American a n*****.

4) Meticulous - ADJ - taking or showing extreme care about minute details - The doctor was very
meticulous when looking at his dying patients blood sample.

5) Officious - ADJ - forcibly giving help.

6) Peruse - V - to read through with thoroughness or care:

7) Mitigate - V - to lessen in force or intensity.

8) Perfidy - N - faithlessness.

9) Morose - ADJ - gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

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