Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Vocab words 1/13 (please check)

Surmised V. suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
~The police surmised the girl for committing the murder with out a trace to her
Bounteous Adj. generously given or giving
~The bounteous girl gave a large check to a homeless person
Consort N. a companion, associate, or partner (a husband or a wife)
~His consort left him
Corporal Adj. Punishment of the human body
~The teacher used corporal humilation on the student
Prate V. to talk excessively & pointlessly, babble
~My sister prated on & on, so I left the room
Dauntless Adj. Fearless, not to be intimidated
~The Dauntless girl was not scared by the horrow movie
Chastise V. to criticize severly
~The teacher Chastised the student for not doing his homework
Chalice N. a drinking cup or goblet
~The chalice was full of water
Undivulged Adj. to keep private, unpublic
~the undivulged homework keep the girl from getting a grade
Surfeit N. an excessive indulgence, esp. in food or drink
~The girl was surfeit and so she got fat( I think i use this more like an ADJ)

1 comment:

Kent said...

Kaitlyn - look at sentence 1 and 10. Sentence 1 - The police surmised the guilt of the girl.

Sentence ten - surfeit is a noun. You're using it as an adjective. The surfeit of grain feed the entire city.