Vocabulary/Spelling Words 12/02/04
1. Amiable Friendly
She was very amiable at our meeting.
2. Ecstatic Very happy, joyful
Ive never seen you so ecstatic!
3. Chagrined Displeased
Dont be chagrined over such a small thing.
4. Incarcerated Jailed
He has been incarcerated for fifteen years.
5. Ambulatory Walking
We went to the ambulatory care clinic for our shots.
6. Cranky Unpleasant
My goodness but she is cranky this morning.
7. Consecutive One after another in order
They made five consecutive goals in the game.
8. Simultaneous At the same time
She watched two simultaneous television programs.
9. Symptom Sign
My biggest symptom is my sore throat.
10. Slur Unclear speech, a put down
If you try to slur his family there will be trouble.
11. Placate Calm
Can you try to placate your brother?
12. Participate Join in
Everyone wants to participate in the program.
13. Endure Put up with
How do you endure that terrible noise?
14. Emancipate Set free
He wanted to emancipate all of the prisoners.
15. Incinerate Burn
Try not to incinerate any important papers.
16. Inclement Bad weather
We stayed inside because of inclement weather.
17. Precipitate Fall out, drops
I didnt know that rain is a precipitate.
18. Prenuptial Before marriage
They both signed the prenuptial agreement.
19. Placid Calm, peaceful
My family loves to camp at Lake Placid.
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20. Zipper Interlocking closure
It looks like your zipper is broken again.
21. Zither String instrument
You play a zither by strumming its strings.
22. Zoroaster Ancient god figure
Another named for Zoroaster is Zarathrushtra. (628 BC)
23. Zenith Highest point
The fire reached its zenith at midnight.
24. Zap Hit with energy
That electrical wire really gave him a zap!