Thursday, November 11, 2010

Vocab 4

Magnanimity-adj-very generous- His magnanimity was only surpassed by his love of puppies.


Mollified-v-appease someone's anger- He would only be mollified after the menace was killed.


Adage-n-short statement that expresses a truth- Mom kept saying, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away, except when you're us."


Caste-n-system of separating classes- The Romans used a caste society with slaves at the bottom of it.


Ignominy-n-public shame- The worst part was the ignominy, it alone absolutely destroyed the poor fellow.


Cajolery-n-convince someone to do some thing through flattery- No amounts of cajolery will get me to wear the hot dog costume.


Axiomatic-adj-self evident-  It is axiomatic in a democracy that people have the right to vote.


Ruminating-v-deeply thinking- I'm just ruminating out-loud, but eventually we are going to have to get something done.


Intrinsically-adv-belonging to itself- Intrinsically I always know the right thing to do.


Precipice-n- high cliff-  The princess was pushed off the precipice by the prince who didn't want to marry her.

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