Vocabulary/Spelling Words 12/01/04
1. Pleasantly Nicely, in a kind way
She treated us very pleasantly.
2. Impossibility Unable to take place
Finishing this today is an impossibility.
3. Constantly All the time
He is constantly asking questions.
4. Humorous Funny
That is the most humorous thing I have heard today.
5. Inhabitant One who lives in a place
Every inhabitant of this valley wants clean water.
6. Glorious Wonderful
It was a glorious sunset with many reds and purples in the sky.
7. Miscellaneous Extra, not a particular thing
Is there any miscellaneous business that you want to talk about?
8. Omnipotent All powerful
The Indians believed their sun god was omnipotent.
9. Enormous Huge, very large
The sun looked enormous as it rose up in the sky.
10. Marvelous Fantastic, great
They put on a marvelous show with many excellent dancers.
11. Various Several, no specific type
There are various ways to get to the mall.
12. Furious Really angry, fuming
The cats were furious and fought all night.
13. Ignorant Not knowing, unaware
You cannot say you were ignorant of the law.
14. Consonant An alphabet letter that makes a hard sound, not a vowel
The letter k is a consonant.
15. Acceptable OK, good enough
I think ten dollars is more than acceptable for a ticket.
16. Jealousy Wanting to keep someone all to oneself
Jealousy can be ugly and very harmful.
17. Available Ready to be taken or used
If the tickets are available, we can pick them up.
18. Confident Feeling very sure of oneself
It looks like the whole team is very confident that they will win the game.
19. Frequent Often, over and over
Your frequent phone calls are costing us a fortune.
20. Legible Readable, Written clearly
If your writing isnt legible, you will never get an A.