CONTRITION

• A feeling of regret for doing wrong
• I felt contrition when I punched someone in the hallway.

PROMONTORY

• A high ridge of land or rock jutting out
• We love going to the mountains to climb promontories.

SUPPLICATION

• A humble request of prayer
• Many people ask if their supplication was heard by God.

INQUISITIVE

• Curios; inquiring
• Usually inquisitive people ask many questions

PERSISTENCE

• The act of refusing to stop or be changed
• When she persisted to keep going she won the fight.

INCREDULOUS

• Doubtful; disbelieving
• The incredulous child had a hard time believing the fake story.

MORPH

• To transform or be transformed completely in appearance or character
• Tony Stark morphed into his Iron Man suite.

OPT

• Eye
• The girl looked at an optical allusion.

HOST

• Enemy; stranger
• The hostile guests started to scare everyone.

LEG

• Law
• The legislative branch is part of the American government.

INSTIGATE

• To stir up provoke
• The girl shouted at her teacher instigating a fight.

VESTIBULE

• A small entry way within a building
• The spy snuck up the vestibule and escaped.

AGILE

• Able to move quickly and easily
• We were trained to be agile so we could escape quickly.

FALTER

• To hesitate from lack of courage or confidence
• I faltered before I could speak in front of the crowd.

RANSACK

• To search or examine vigorously
• We came home to find our house ransacked by burglars.

PRUDENCE

• The use of good judgement or common sense
• Kaylin used prudence when we had to think of a game play.

RAVAGE

• Serious damage
• The car wreck caused ravage.

ASSERTION

• A statement
• Emily made an assertion to the argument.

COVETED

• Greedily desired or wished for
• Camryn coveted the iPhone 5 since she saw it at the store.

CHRONICLE

• A record of events
• He wrote his biography in chronicle order.

ACCLIMATIZATION

• The act of getting accustomed to a new climate or environment
• When we climbed the mountain we had to acclimatize to the air.

APLOMB

• Poise; self-assurance
• The ballerina was very poised in her solo.

ARDUOUS

• Requiring much effort; difficult
• The arduous task was too hard for me.

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